Fashion
May 15, 2015

First Steps: My Thoughts




Confucius said, "At fifty, one understands the mandate of heaven."
Indeed, after passing the age of forty, when one is no longer bewildered, I've clarified what I want to do and what I should do, yet my daily life knows no such thing as stability.

I still want to explore, enjoy, and find amusement in my choices of clothing, food, leisure, and life itself, seeking something new, experiencing surprise, and sometimes laughing or getting angry along the way as I savor this life as a man.

Just as the clothes we wear paint our individuality, I feel we are constantly seeking something more customized to ourselves.
Services exclusively for oneself, orders made just for oneself – "special" is indeed exceptional, it's cool, and it can elevate you to the next stage.

As I make clothes, I think it's fine for the scent to differ: the scent for a suit, the scent for a sports jacket, or the scent for espadrilles with shorts.

When it comes to men's fragrances, the image often takes precedence, like animalic or floral notes, or scents for the night, but there should be something that fits our mood (and attire) better.

I looked for such things, but they don't exist in this world.
If they don't exist, I'll create them.

As someone completely new to the world of fragrance, I wonder how far I can go.
I want to pursue this with enjoyment for myself.

"If you want to understand things more deeply, you must pay a price commensurate with that understanding." A phrase from a novel I recently read stays with me.

Our generation is already dominated by such values.
If anything will do, you can find it at the convenience store over there.
But a life like that is (convenient, but) boring.

This is for the men who feel the same way. (By [Name])