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What’s Inside: Matthew Singer’s Dopp Kit

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Matthew in the Dallas flagship

Matthew Singer is going places. As our men’s fashion director he not only travels the world’s fashion capitals every season, he also hosts events at our 42 stores and shuttles frequently between New York, where he resides, and our headquarters in Dallas. He can’t look bedraggled in any of these situations; therefore he has to have his dopp kit nailed down. (Dopp kit, if you’re wondering, is gentleman speak for a toiletry bag.) So what’s in there?

For starters, a whole lot of Jack Black: Eye Rescue, Texture Cream, Beard Lube, Hand Healer, Face Buff and the “life changing” Post Shave Cooling Gel.

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Jack Black dominates.

“I used to use Eye Balm but the Eye Rescue has antioxidants and peptides, and it’s less sticky,” says Matthew. “I’m brand loyal, and I like how it looks all together inside the medicine cabinet. It’s tidy.”

He’s loyal to some drugstore favorites too: Jergens, Complex 15, Crest, Secret… Wait, Secret?

“That’s the secret. It’s the best I’ve found. I only go for the Powder Fresh scent, and for some reason I always get the last one on the shelf.”

Two more essentials: an emery board and a set of Wurkin Stiffs collar stays. “One of my all-time favorite products.”

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Wurkin Stiffs Power Stays

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Men's // Beauty

Maison Francis Kurkdjian For Men, Women and Children


Maison Francis Kurkdjian Paris

Francis Kurkdjian

“Upon each new meeting, an emotion is grafted with people or places,” says Parisian perfumer Francis Kurkdjian. Kurkdjian has created fragrances for the likes of Jean Paul GaultierChristian DiorLanvin and Narcisco Rodriguez and collaborated with renowned artists to create extravagant olfactory installations. After spending time in New York, Kurkdjian composed a perfume (the scent of a dollar bill passed from hand to hand) for artist Sophie Calle, and presented it at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art. He later transformed the basin of the Orangerie of Versailles into a giant fluorescent and perfumed orange. Since 2009 Kurkdjian has created sophisticated perfumes under his own line – Maison Francis Kurkdjian.  

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Men's // Beauty

Who is Thirdman?

Thirdman

Illustration by Sophie Toulouse

A plethora of glamorous designer fragrances launched this season to well-deserved fanfare. Among them, a new eau de cologne called Thirdman quietly stands out. Thirdman’s taciturn packaging is just a fragment of the gender-neutral musk’s mysterious identity. From its countenance to its contents, Thirdman is filled with secrets.

“Consumers are so used to having things fleshed out for them,” says Thirdman founder Jean-Christophe le Greves. “So we are going against the trend of celebrity and designer fragrances, who are all about the name. Here we are taking the extreme opposite.”

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Scent o’ The Irish

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Green Irish Tweed

For a lucky few, the scent of St. Patrick’s Day is not just spilled beer. Creed presented the grand marshals of St. Patrick’s Day parades in Manhattan, Chicago and Boston with bottles of Green Irish Tweed, the famed sandalwood, ambergris, verbena and iris blend. Bestselling author and Manhattan parade grand marshal Mary Higgins Clark, Chicago mayor and grand marshal Richard M. Daley, and Boston grand marshal John Zebris received the gifts. Clark penned a thank-you note that will become part of Creed’s 251-year archive. Fun fact: she’s the top selling fiction author in France.

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Creed Introduces Polo Player Max Palacio

Max Palacio Creed PoloFrom the country that gave us Nacho Figueras comes Maximiliano Palacio, Argentine-born polo player and co-star of Telemundo’s “12 Corazones,” who has just been signed to Creed’s polo team. Argentina’s Marcos Di Paola, one of the top 20 among professional polo players worldwide, is also on the team, along with Adam Brecht, vice president of Creed North America. Competition will be held in the United States, England and Argentina.  Shop Creed fragrances.

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