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Crossing Time and Space: Perfumer Carter Weeks Maddox

By Steve Price & Bryan Ergle Like the artificers of old, he crafts concoctions that bequeath eloquence and beauty upon the user. With a skilled nose and hand of a master craftsman, he expertly blends different ingredients with his own form of unique alchemy, whose potions are worn and whose effects are rapturous upon the

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Perfume vs. Cologne: On Being Masculine

By Bryan Ergle Did you grow up understanding that cologne was for men, and perfume, for women? That inherently, perfume was something feminine, and no masculine man would buy it – unless it was as a gift – much less wear it? Then you’re in the majority. I myself grew up with this impression, but,

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Fashion

Swiss Magnificence: The Story of Oris, Pt. I

The watch has become a staple accessory in fashion for hundreds of years; the first mechanical pocket watches date back to the early 16th century, with ensuing evolutionary designs over the next five hundred years would turn the watch from curiosity into a fashion mainstay. Some of the finest watches emanate from Switzerland, home to

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