Founder, Charenton Macerations

07 Jun

A Walk on Christopher Street with Mad Perfumista

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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One sunny Thursday in June, I invited Mad Perfumista, Katherine Chan, out for an olfactive walk down Christopher Street; a chance to discuss some of the inspiration behind the fragrance in relation to some...

27 May

In The News, Macerations

Bois de Jasmin Reviews Christopher Street

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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I've known Victoria Frolova of Bois de Jasmin for a few years now, first meeting through some work we did together at The Fragrance Foundation. An early supporter of her work, our paths have...

23 May

From The Underground, Ingredient Stories, Macerations

Christopher Street Carnation

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Tell people that you have created a fragrance based on the stories of Christopher Street, and you are bound to elicit some very interesting responses (i.e. "What does THAT smell like?"). These types of...

01 May

In The News, Macerations

EauMG Reviews Christopher Street

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Seattle-based Victoria Jent of EauMG is the latest to review Charenton Macerations' Christopher Street. Describing Christopher Street as "the longest wearing citrus heavy fragrance on the planet," Victoria goes on to beautifully capture the...

17 Apr

Gender, Headlines, Macerations

Real Men Wear Flowers

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Pop Culture today teaches us that men who wear flowers (or floral fragrances) are somehow betraying their "masculinity." With the exception of boutonnières worn for formal occasions, we are constantly told by mainstream media...

08 Apr

From The Underground, Ingredient Stories, Macerations

Christopher Street With A Lime Twist

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Christopher Street is the type of fragrance that is designed to grab you from that first spray. It's olfactive story begins with that first blast of mist cast off into the air. Alcohol isn't...

31 Mar

Macerations

Happy Easter from Charenton Macerations

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Easter Greetings Lilies, Hyacinth, Chocolate... and Church. Plenty of these to be found on Christopher Street. Happy Easter from everyone at Charenton Macerations.

29 Mar

From The Underground, Gender, Headlines, In The News, Macerations

Christopher Street: Ralf Schwieger and Douglas Bender

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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I first met my Christopher Street fragrance co-conspirator, perfumer Ralf Schwieger, back in 2008. I had been working as an independent fragrance consultant for about a year, and was contacted by Mane USA to...

12 Mar

Macerations

Fragrance Points of View

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Fragrance is an object of overlapping points of view. A scent, at any given moment, is made up of a series of simultaneous inputs and outputs, stimulations and exclamations. Its effects are both physical...

10 Mar

In The News, Macerations

Christopher Street – Now Smell This Review

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Christopher Street and Douglas Bender have been featured on Now Smell This, one of the largest and most trusted online fragrance communities on the web. From its "boozy" top to its "earthy" base, here's a...