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.
Tag Archives: Fragrance
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...
05
Mar
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
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...
21
Feb
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...
18
Feb
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
“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...
08
Jan
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
02
Jan
Take a closer look at some historic moments that helped inspire Charenton Macerations’ Christopher Street. Order your bottle today.