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Cartier's resident "nose," Mathilde Laurent, left, will meet with clients at least four times in the store's Salon des Parfums. Over the course of two or three hours, Laurent will grill clients about why they like to wear perfume, what their favorite childhood fragrances were and which ingredients they use when cooking. In subsequent appointments, clients are given three prototypes from which to choose, and then Laurent adds the final touches to the fragrance. The process can take anywhere from six months to three years, depending on the client, and costs $72,600. The finished product arrives...
Ironically, Laurent, who has worked as a perfumer for 11 years, does not wear any fragrance. "I want to stay clean," she says. "If you want to work well with fragrances, you have to have a fresh nose...
Heavy on the Metals This page: Bottega Veneta Fenice bag, $3,850 bottegaveneta.com) Paco Rabanne by Patrick Robinson python sandal with rope detail, $738 pacorabanne.com) Opposite page, from top: Giorgio Armani spectator shoe, $875 giorgioarmani.com) Yves Saint Laurent anthracite Muse bag, $895 ysl.com) Bottega Veneta Intrecciato sterling silver charm bracelet, $1,200 bottegaveneta.com) Story styled by Rachel Haas...
...resale market online and in sneaker consignment shops like New York City's Flight Club can make flipping shoes a lucrative side job. Laurent Touma, 31, a financial consultant in Miami, says he makes $1,500 a month buying and selling Nikes and Adidas on eBay, where an original Air Jordan I in metallic blue, which retailed at $65 in 1985, sold for $2,001 in January. "In the vintage business, the sneaker has become like a Rolex," says Touma. As with the watches, counterfeits are rampant, so sneakerheads pitch in on sites like niketalk.com to study pictures posted online...
...THAILAND: Siam Winery (www.siamwinery.com) began life producing blended wine-juice coolers, but lifted its game in recent years with the help of French winemaker Laurent Metge-Toppin. Siam's Chatemp label took a bronze medal at the International Wine & Spirits competition...