Although Lamplight Penance does not come out until Saturday, October 13, it has been a long time in the making. On my end, approximately two years to find the right way to tell this story. But considering when an electrician uncovered Henri Chatillon’s secrets underneath attic floorboards in 1967, it has been just over 50 years. And if we really look at the big picture, it all starts in 1845 in the wake of a heartbreaking event during an expedition led by Chatillon that would later be detailed in The Oregon Trail. The Story Behind the Scent Henri Chatillon was...

Since I began making our post-shave salve over three years ago (and almost three years since Chatillon Lux opened for business), things have changed quite a bit. In the beginning, my friend Jason and I ran the company, making batches of salve together. We were lucky to have a handful of orders per week and we made what I now realize were very small batches of just three scents.   Now, I run the business on my own as my full-time job (well, I do some freelance copywriting and brand strategy on the side, as well, but I’m still working...

The origin story of Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli is not one of grand toil, but rather grand inspiration. While enjoying a lazy Sunday afternoon, I found my mind wandering towards fragrance, as it often does. I began considering the classic rose and patchouli accord. The two go together splendidly, with the deeply round and pungent woody notes of patchouli finding their stasis with the sharp, intensely floral rose in the scent. But I felt like there was something missing and something that had not been explored deeply enough. At that moment, I had found myself beginning a love affair with yuzu. Yuzu is...

  Creating the Fourth and Pine Eau de Cologne was like walking a tightrope between tradition and modernity. This isn’t wholly unfamiliar territory because that is the entire idea behind Chatillon Lux Provisions, however, but this was an extreme case. First of all, the history of Farina’s Eau de Cologne is a big part of Fourth and Pine’s story. The original mass-market fragrance, Eau de Cologne was a bright, citrusy personal fragrance. I say personal fragrance instead of perfume because at that time it was a hygienic product as much as anything else. Literally, people would bathe in the stuff...