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Tag Archives: Process
Finding Eye Hatshepsut
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13 Jul
Hatshepsut, Macerations, Product

Eye, Hatshepsut — The Fragrance Brief

  • May 16, 2025
  • Posted by Douglas Bender
  • Brief, Charenton Macerations, eye hatshepsut, Fragrance, gender, history, Inspiration, Process
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Ancient traditions, gender nonconformity, and scents of the Sahara. The original olfactive story of Charenton Macerations\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’ Egyptian inspired Eye, Hatshepsut – in brief.

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Asphalt Rainbows
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22 Mar
CM2 Project, From The Underground, Macerations, Product

Asphalt Rainbow – The Brief

  • May 16, 2025
  • Posted by Douglas Bender
  • #roseshards, asphalt rainbow, blog, Brief, Charenton Macerations, Fragrance, Process, street art
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Distortion. Transformation. Impermanence. The original olfactive story of Charenton Macerations’ street art rose inspired Asphalt Rainbow – in brief.

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10 Oct
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The Rules of Olfaction

  • January 12, 2018
  • Posted by Douglas Bender
  • blog, Charenton Macerations, Education, Fragrance, Process
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Olfaction really involves two things: application and experience. We place scent on our bodies AND we seek it out in the world. In today's audiovisual-centric world, the full beauty of our olfactory senses can...

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Rainbow Cascading Christopher Street Signs
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08 Jan
From The Underground, Ingredient Stories, Macerations

Christopher Street – The Brief

  • May 17, 2025
  • Posted by Douglas Bender
  • Brief, christopher street, Fragrance, Process
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The origins of the Christopher Street fragrance story. From its architecture to the music and its people, take a look inside to read the fragrance brief

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17 Dec
Headlines, Macerations

Return to Innocence

  • January 12, 2018
  • Posted by Douglas Bender
  • blog, Charenton Macerations, Inspiration, Process
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As the launch of Christopher Street looms ever closer, I'm starting to feel oddly nostalgic... remembering what first inspired me to open Charenton Macerations and why I felt now was the right time to...

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01 Dec
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On Formulation

  • January 12, 2018
  • Posted by Douglas Bender
  • blog, formulation, Fragrance, Process
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Admittedly, I am a detail oriented person; probably a product of years studying analytical chemistry. After all, chemistry is a science obsessed with understanding underlying phenomena, a way of looking under the world's hood....

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29 Nov
Headlines, Macerations

Activism and Making a Statement

  • January 12, 2018
  • Posted by Douglas Bender
  • Activism, blog, Fragrance, Process
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Activism has always had a big influence on how I do things. When I started Charenton Macerations in 2007, I knew the company needed to try and stretch the boundaries of the fragrance world...

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Jasmine Enfleurage - What's a Fragrance Brief?
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21 Nov
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What’s a Fragrance Brief?

  • January 12, 2018
  • Posted by Douglas Bender
  • blog, Brief, Education, Fragrance, Process
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I have to admit, aside from actual fragrance formulation, my favorite part of the development process has to be writing the fragrance brief. The brief is the blueprint, the underlying story you expect your...

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