27
May
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...
Macerations
23
May
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
06
Mar
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...