British GQ - 09.2019

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DETAILS GROOMING

1. The swimwear
   god
   Comme Des Garçons
   Eau De Parfum, as
   chosen by Adam
   Brown, founder of the
   world’s pre-eminent
   swimwear brand,
   Orlebar Brown.
   2. The sunglasses
   man
   India Ink by Heretic,
   as chosen by
   Giampiero Tagliaferri,
   creative director of
   the best men’s
   sunglasses brand,
   Oliver Peoples.
   3. The summer
   restaurant tsar
   Sauvage by Dior,
   as chosen by
   Don Scott-Horne,
   doorman at Scott’s,
   Mayfair, and chief
   overseer of the Scott’s
   Summer Terrace.
   4. The suitcase
   king
   Colonia by Acqua
   Di Parma, as chosen
   by Toshiyasu Takubo,
   president of the
   world’s most
   beautiful luggage
   brand, Globe-Trotter.
   5. The
   sandals star
   Leather by Perfumer
   H, as chosen by
   Álvaro González,
   the leather sandal
   maker extraordinaire
   and creator of his
   eponymous brand.

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ummer in the UK

is less of a given, as it is in the

Mediterranean (where infal-

lible warm weather and long,

white sandy beaches are

thrust upon you whether you

like it or not), and more of a

construct. Thanks to our pre-

dictably unpredictable climes,

it takes the serendipitous

alignment of countless tiny

factors in order for us to actu-

ally experience the sunshine

season as Mother Nature in-

tended. From an excellently

positioned restaurant terrace

that gets the best of the sun

(even if it’s actually quite cold)

to a stylish pair of sunglasses

with lenses so sepia they make

grey skies look golden, it’s a

point from which many of this

country’s cleverest men have

made a living. Here, to under-

stand what it is that brings

sunshine into their lives, the UK’s

summer-makers-in-chief reveal the

warm-weather fragrances that get

them in the holiday mood. TvdB

THE BOYS OF SUMMER: Swimwear designers, sandal

creators and luggage makers, the men who build the SUNSHINE

SEASON share the warm-weather SCENTS that make theirs

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Edited by Teo van den Broeke

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