Pistachio smells sweet like almond, but where almond usually gives a boozy amaretto note, pistachio leans a bit more creamy. It can blend into something Mediterranean and bright—but hasn’t yet been overused like bergamot or neroli—as easily as it can go gourmand. In other words, it’s a great scent for summer. —Luke Guillory, commerce editor
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A gourmand fragrance is exactly what you need for summer.
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We’re always doing our best to stay on top of the latest trends in everything from men’s fashion to skin care and colognes—and lately we’ve seen a surge in the popularity of pistachio-centered fragrances. Yes, pistachio like the healthy snack your mom is always trying to turn you on to, or like the bright-green ice cream you either love or hate.
As it turns out, there are lots of great colognes out there that feature nutty notes, so many that we’ve barely cracked open the shell of the pistachio-fragrance world ourselves (sorry). Maybe you like something sweet and gourmand that evokes a pistachio ice cream sundae; maybe you’re looking for something refined and elegant that uses accents of pistachio to elevate the overall scent or add a bit of intrigue.
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I have only a few nonnegotiables for a swimsuit. I need a mesh lining (who wants to wear underwear underwater?), and a back pocket is always useful. In terms of material, I need something that’s breathable the second I hit the surface. And of course, the preference for a more casual board-short style remains—albeit one that’s not too baggy. It took a while, but at last I’ve found the swim trunks that check all the boxes and do so in style. This summer at the beach, you’ll find me in my Seersucker Montauk swim trunks.
These swim trunks from our buddy Todd Snyder come in all kinds of patterns, but the one that screams vacation is the striped seersucker. The Montauk trunks have all the comfort and convenience of board shorts while looking the part enough to fit in at a garden party, yacht, or beachside bar. You can get other colors, but the blue-and-white stripes are the iconic seersucker look for a reason. It’s chic, it’s adaptable, and it’s summer through and through.
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A video popped into my feed last week showing Kevin O’Leary, one of the Shark Tank hosts, extolling the virtues of drinking wine for breakfast. “This is my biggest weakness—I love wine,” he says on Logan Paul’s vodcast, Impaulsive. “But if you drink wine three hours before you go to bed, you really screw up your sleep. You get no REM. The best thing to do is get up in the morning and drink.”
I was thinking about the clip as I rolled through Newark Airport recently. Americans are drinking less than any time on record, but you wouldn’t know it at the nation’s airports, where travelers are bellied up to the bar at 7:00 a.m., slugging wine, beer, and cocktails. Ahead of my 7:30 a.m. flight, I saw a middle-aged woman sitting by herself sipping a martini. I was impressed.
Of course, any self-imposed rules about drinking—not before 5:00 p.m., never alone, whatever—cease to exist once you pass through TSA. The plane is boarding in 30 minutes? Do whatever the hell makes you happy. But what about O’Leary’s idea that you should drink at breakfast when, you know, you don’t have a flight to catch? On, say, a regular Tuesday? Is that an idea worth pursuing? Should we be pairing our Greek yogurt with a crisp glass of Assyrtiko or sipping pink Taittinger Champagne with our scrambled eggs in the manner of James Bond?
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