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...racial animosity stirred up will undo years of hard work. At a press conference in St. Paul last week, community leaders tried to distance themselves from Vang and announced that they were starting a fund for the victims' families. Fearing a backlash, Joe Bee Xiong, director of the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, has suggested that Hmong hunters stay home for the rest of the season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Massacre in the Woods | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...should be advertising fried chicken, they have a seminaked woman." The book also imparts practical advice. If you order café au lait, beer or water at a restaurant, you're likely to get skinned; instead, demand a crème, a demi or a carafe de l'eau, as the French do. To wiggle out of a house purchase, ask your bank to deny you a mortgage. At dinner, don't commit the cheese-course gaffe of cutting the tips off Brie and Camembert wedges; instead try the fragrant Cantal, "like soft Cheddar, with a hint of athlete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Literary Hoax-en-Paris | 9/12/2004 | See Source »

...wait three months, then Florentine perfumer Lorenzo Villoresi will conjure up a fragrance in a mere two hours. You choose ingredient by ingredient?the master tests their effect on your skin. The final product?a 100-ml bottle of eau de toilette or a 30-ml bottle of eau de parfum?costs $730, and you can also order shampoos, body lotion and bath oils with the same fragrance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dollars and Scents | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...been creating custom-made perfume for over 240 years. It takes perfumer Olivier Creed between three and six months to develop a personal scent, although consultations can be conducted by phone and test fragrances may be flown out to the client. Prices start from $3,300 per liter for eau de cologne and $7,300 per liter for eau de parfum. Sound reasonable? Well, there's a small catch?the minimum order is 10 L. But look at it this way: it'll last you a lifetime, and you'll never have to smell like anyone else again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dollars and Scents | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...customer receives a certificate of exclusivity. If you can't wait three months, then Florentine perfumer Lorenzo Villoresi will conjure up a fragrance in a mere two hours. You choose ingredient by ingredient - the master tests their effect on your skin. The final product - a 100-ml bottle of eau de toilette or a 30-ml bottle of eau de parfum - costs $730, and you can also order shampoos, body lotion and bath oils with the same fragrance. The grand master of bespoke scents is the House of Creed in Paris, which has been creating custom-made perfume for over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dollars And Scents | 3/21/2004 | See Source »

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