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When the Roman emperor Hadrian’s young lover Antinous drowned in the Nile, he was so devastated that he had statues built in Antinous’ likeness to deify him, a custom normally reserved for the imperial family. “I thought that was such a beautiful mourning love story,” says Carlos Huber, founder of the perfume brand Arquiste. It provided Huber with the inspiration for Arquiste’s next fragrance, Peau, which fits into a growing trend known as skin scent perfumes. “All these beautiful statues wer…
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