Founder, Charenton Macerations

06 Mar

CaFleureBon Reviews Christopher Street

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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CaFleureBon - Charenton Macerations' Christopher Street: The Passion of Collaborative Creativity CaFleureBon Managing Editor Mark Behnke interviews Charenton Macerations' founder Douglas Bender, putting him to the passion test in his fragrance review of Christopher Street. No...

05 Mar

Macerations

Fragrance From The Top

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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When describing fragrances like Christopher Street, we have a tendency to break these scents down into three basic components: top (or head) notes, mid (or heart) notes, and dry (or base) notes. While convenient...

27 Feb

Ingredient Stories, Macerations

Christopher Street: Leather

January 14, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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In crafting Christopher Street, leather was always understood as a central, inescapable theme to the narrative. Whether discussing the many merchants selling their wares along the Hudson waterfront, or the infamous bar scene stretching...

22 Feb

Headlines, Macerations

Olfactive Creationism

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Olfactive Creationism - The idea that the art of perfumery begins with the creation of synthetic materials (i.e Coumarin, Vanillin), denying any prior scent history. According to strict interpretations of Biblical texts, Intelligent Design teaches...

21 Feb

Gender, Macerations

Fragrance and Gender: It’s A Cultural Thing

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Cultural Fragrance Differences - The Gender Spectrum Earlier I talked a bit about the history of gender stereotypes in fragrance. To continue this discussion on fragrance and gender, let's now look at "Running with the...

19 Feb

In The News, Macerations

The Non-Blonde – Christopher Street

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Respected beauty blogger, Gaia Fishler (The Non-Blonde), has been reviewing beauty products since 2006, becoming well known for her discerning eyes (and nose). Here she dives headfirst into the vibrant, fun of Christopher Street,...

18 Feb

Gender, Headlines, Macerations

Olfactive Liberation

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
blog, Fragrance, gender, history
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It is only by enlarging the scope of one's tastes and one's fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that that unfortunate individual called man, thrown despite himself into this sad world, can succeed in...

12 Feb

From The Underground, Gender, Headlines, Ingredient Stories, Macerations, Product

Christopher Street: The Fragrance

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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“Out of the Bottle, Into the Street”: Home to merchants and misfits, Beatniks and Bohemians, dissidents and protesters, Christopher Street has established a reputation for celebrating rugged and rebellious individualism. Like the unique architecture of the...

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07 Feb

In The News, Macerations

Indieperfumes Talks Christopher Street

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Indieperfumes - Romance and Freedom: Jul et Mad & Charenton Macerations Lucy Raubertas of Indieperfumes takes a closer look at Christopher Street and gender differences in the world of perfume as she discusses how modern...

08 Jan

From The Underground, Ingredient Stories, Macerations

Christopher Street – The Brief

November 21, 2019
Posted by Douglas Bender
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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