It was a slightly chilly Wednesday evening when artfully disheveled, effortlessly chic guests circulated the Rag & Bone store on Mercer Street, and found temporary refuge in the bright wooded store and warmed up to glasses of champagne and wine. Several stopped as they made their way past the Fall/Winter 2010 collaborative collection by Timberland and Rag & Bone, laid out on a long wooden table that would have been a perfect outdoor dining table, someone stopped by the small corner in the back where a Timberland artisan was bent over a cut-out leather panels, busy threading and sewing the shoes together into recognizable shape. “Wow, that totally doesn’t look handmade, it’s ridiculous,” he remarked at the perfect execution of craft.

The power of olfaction is different from the other four senses. While the sense of sight goes from the sensory organ, i.e. the eyes, the ears, the skin, into the thalamus before it gets processed, scent skips straight to the limbic system that includes the amygdala (for emotion) and the hippocampus (for memory). As such, specific smells are often tightly related to our emotions. For instance, if your mother always wore Chanel No.5, when you chance upon a whiff of the classic perfume, you can immediately feel warm and happy. As such, scent takes on an important role in our lives, and it is one of the most luxurious, and evocative of stimulants. A pipeline to happiness shouldn’t be taken lightly, because a change of mood can be just a wicker away.

Yesterday, Cire Trudon, the oldest candle company in the world is opening its very first shop outside its native Paris in New York City, on Bond Street, with Billy Reid and cool monochromatic retailer, OAK, as neighbors.

In 1999, when Martin Margiela was still at the helm of his eponymous fashion house, it created an iconic 5 zip leather biker jacket which went on to become one of the most popular pieces from the label, for its simplicity and versatility, but also for the rebellious use of multiple zippers that gives the biker jacket a fresh Margiela twist. This season, the iconic 5-zip biker has been resurrected in glazed indigo cotton denim for a limited edition release. The new jacket is available now via Maison Martin Margiela’s e-boutique, and comes in a run of 50 pieces each for men and women.

Shot by JFK in the great American outdoors, the vistas of trees, plains, and mountains are the ideal setting for this F/W video roll out of Penfield’s offerings. Hailing from Massachusetts and in the business since 1975, the folks at Penfield know weather-tested products. One hiker in the short, contemplative video wears a down vest over a buffalo check flannel. Another dons a lined mountain jacket, and yet another treks across the landscape in vest with leather shoulder patches. Fall is now upon, so if you haven’t already thought about your outerwear garment of choice, these Penfield outwear pieces should have you covered, whether your facing the elements on the streets or the hills.

There has been much talk about the pristine craftsmanship, ruggedness, and scarcity of Roy. Crafted from Cone 14 oz. unsanforized selvedge denim, the jeans have gained a sort of mythical status in denim circles. Now Roy Denim is among the top-notch offerings at Self Edge. Crafted by one artisan, these jeans are bursting with details, like the hand stitched logo on the pocket bag, the hand-stamped leather tab, and the sea shell stitching on the inner fly. Check the Kellen Dengler-directed video below to get an idea of the process of assembly and the variety of beautiful machines used to construct a single pair of these jeans, which are now available at Self Edge.

Forget about leather soles, dressy meets down to earth in Rag & Bone’s Fall/Winter Crepe Brogues, merging the best of both worlds. The new Brogue shoes has a gentlemanly old-world upper in brown perforated leather with Brogue details with a slightly worn-in brown suede. Waxes leather laces complete the scholarly look of these shoes, and the think crepe soles promises not just comfort, but also a casual touch. Think of the studied academic who resides in the country, embarking on a world-changing philosophical project in his little cabin-, with great, unfussy, unostentatious style. These are currently available at oki-ni.