House Rules Apply
By Kayla Baken
Once a year, City Exclusives visit one another’s stomping grounds, bringing their own rules from home...
SHIU 25 (BEIJING)
Dress like you’re not trying. Smell like you very much are.
GAIAC 10 (TOKYO)
In this neck of the woods, necks should smell like woods.
TUBEREUSE 40 (NEW YORK)
Everything good happens after midnight. Don’t be early.
CEDRAT 37 (BERLIN)
Lights out at 10:30. Cedrat on at 11.
VANILLE 44 (PARIS)
It’s only polite to kiss strangers in the rain.
CORIANDRE 39 (MEXICO CITY)
A true zest for life starts with three limes and a dash of bad judgment.
BAIE ROSE 26 (CHICAGO)
Fragrance is to be free-styled. Spritz as you’d scat.
MOUSSE DE CHENE 30 (AMSTERDAM)
What you do is your business. What you wear is everyone’s.
LIMETTE 37 (SAN FRANCISCO)
If it’s fresh, scale it.
OSMANTHUS 19 (KYOTO)
Silence is observed. Fragrance may speak.
POIVRE 23 (LONDON)
Mind the gap between you and your neighbor—unless they’re wearing me. Then feel free to shove in with reckless abandon.
MUSC 25 (LOS ANGELES)
If it doesn’t last the drive from Santa Monica to Silver Lake, it’s not long-wear.
CITRON 28 (SEOUL)
Flawless is expected. Fresh helps.
TABAC 28 (MIAMI)
No shirt, no problem—apply me to skin. Smoking is strictly metaphorical.
BIGARADE 18 (HONG KONG)
Don’t take up space. Take over the air.
MYRRHE 55 (SHANGHAI)
Move quickly. Age beautifully.
ALDEHYDE 44 (DALLAS)
Save a horse, ride a collarbone.
