Mark Buxton is something of a legend in the perfume world. At 50, he has done it all: designed fragrances for major mainstream brands and, finally, set off on his own path to create his eponymous line. We sat down with Buxton to talk about his earliest perfume memories, the completely crazy story of how he became a perfumer, the extraordinary story of how he designed Black Angel, and his real thoughts on the "big" industry that he happily left behind.
Long-time niche aficionados all know the initials DSH. Dawn Spencer Hurwitz is a Boulder-based perfumer who was one of the earliest to appear on the modern American indie perfume scene, and her irresistible Au Lait is featured in the Olfactif Evening collection. 
One minute and thirty seconds: That's how much daylight, on average, we are losing each day. By December, darkness consumes well more than half of our daily time. But how can we begrudge the darkness when it is filled with such delight? In December, life is lived in the evenings.