Interview: Adam Eastwood and Franco Wright of Scent Bar

The destination for independent and niche perfume shopping opens a new location in LA's new retail space the ROW

Walking into Scent Bar, egg-shaped and gem-colored The House of Oud bottles draw the eye. The Oriza L Legrand bottles evoke a historic era and Fueguia 1833 features a more modern apothecary style. But it’s what is inside all of these vessels that captured the imagination of Adam Eastwood and Franco Wright, who began the first chapter of their perfume journey 15 years ago. In …

Interview: Winemaker Kate MacDonald, Skeleton Root Winery

Reviving America's native grapes and the country's first commercial wine region in Cincinnati

One way to entertain yourself during the more sobering moments of a “dry January” is to study up on the very stuff from which you’re abstaining. Oenophiles should start with Skeleton Root, a small-scale Cincinnati winery helmed by aviation engineer-turned-winemaker Kate MacDonald. The Ohioan’s approach to wine is as exceptional as its surprising backstory, a lesson in American history we wish wouldn’t have escaped our …

Studio Visit: Bend Goods

Showcasing designer Guarav Nanda's stylish and functional furniture in a home from 1929

by Kyle Ryamond Fitzpatrick Designer Guarav Nanda believes a furniture brand can do much more than create objects that fill a room. The scope of work that Nanda produces at Bend Goods (which he founded in 2010) is vast—as small as a wire basket or as big as an entire home renovation. The studio’s Hollywood adjacent headquarters is a 1920s storybook home that Nanda completely …