On Pride Day we celebrate queer fragrance. Six vanguard queer perfumers and creative directors share their intimately unique, raw and captivating stories.
From marriage equality to Pride inspired collections, gender transgression, genderfluidity, fashion and perfume have undeniably been having a queer moment.
Charenton Macerations Eye, Hatshepsut achieves the unusual quality of never seeming either truly masculine or feminine,
Asphalt Rainbow by Charenton Macerations reappropriates the rich multi gendered rose using street art techniques
In Part 2, Douglas Bender continues our virtual tour of the FIT Exhibit. From the The Post War right wing reactionaries when after pre war tolerance. Fragrances began to be aggressively marketing by gender. 1969 brought the Stonewall riot. Part 2 concludes with onset of the AIDS crisis, the power of the t shirt as a billboard and a watershed time for the LBTGQ community
