{"product_id":"two-gentlemen-in-touraine-perfume-oil","title":"Two Gentlemen in Touraine","description":"\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTWO GENTLEMEN IN TOURAINE \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story of the Gibson House begins with Catherine Hammond Gibson’s move to the Back Bay, Boston’s newest and trendiest residential neighborhood. Catherine commissioned noted Boston architect Edward Clarke Cabot to design the Gibson House at 137 Beacon Street. From 1860 until 1954, seven different Gibson family members and dozens of their employees lived at the house. Its interior is filled with the family’s original furnishings—elegant wallpapers, imported carpets, and an abundance of furniture, art, and family heirlooms. Its working spaces, which include a kitchen, laundry room, and coal shed, also remain. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thegibsonhouse.org\" title=\"The Gibson House Museum\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Gibson House Museum\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thegibsonhouse.org\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the vision of Charles Hammond Gibson, Jr. (1874-1954), a writer, a preservationist, and a gay man. Understanding and interpreting Gibson's sexuality within the context of the rest of his lived experience is a key part of the historical work at the Gibson House. Making the Gibson House Museum a welcoming and affirming place for the contemporary LGBTQ+ community is a key part of their current mission.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLet us then take a sweeping glance around, for we may not have another half so grand, half so fair, or half so high, while we are in the old Touraine which lies before us, there in the last orange glow of the departed sun. And if we follow these avenues of the roof below us, if we wind our way around these great towers, around the high and pointed roofs of slate, we may well imagine ourselves in some fairyland. This maze of cupolas, of domes, of towers, appears more bewildering to us than ever. And we lean against the stone, in an artistic intoxication, so overpowering is it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Charles Hammond Gibson, Jr., Two Gentlemen in Touraine (1899)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA crisp lavender-forward fougere with a heart of bourbon vanilla, sandalwood, warm, well-loved leather, and clary sage.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the founder of the Gibson House Museum \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegibsonhousemuseum.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/part-2-two-gentlemen-in-touraine.html\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharles Hammond Gibson Jr.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1874-1954), met Maurice Talvande, the self-styled Count de Mauny Talvande (1866-1941)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e he was immediately inspired to write about him. In 1895, Charlie began writing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo Gentlemen in Touraine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1899) as a fanciful and semi-autobiographical version of their travels together through France. This Arcadian story details the flower-scented landscape where their romance began.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-513cc014-7fff-8340-24c6-d455ca22fba5\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"A crisp lavender-forward fougere with a heart of bourbon vanilla, sandalwood, warm, well-loved leather, and clary sage.","offers":[{"title":"5ml Perfume Oil","offer_id":47097655361692,"sku":"Collab-Gibson5ml","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1oz Beard Oil","offer_id":47097655394460,"sku":"Collab-GibsonBeard","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5ml Perfume Oil + 1oz Beard Oil","offer_id":47097655427228,"sku":"Collab-GibsonSet","price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/7891\/8812\/files\/TwoGentlemenInTouraineWEB.jpg?v=1782139804","url":"https:\/\/blackphoenixalchemylab.com\/products\/two-gentlemen-in-touraine-perfume-oil","provider":"Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}