Today’s fragrances have no boundaries when it comes to gender.

The Style Rant is a regular column that addresses some topic related to personal style. Sometimes it is literally about fashion and sartorial style; other times about social interaction, entertainment, or some other topic that has caught my attention.

Inspired by James Baldwin’s “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to my Nephew on the one hundredth anniversary of the emancipation” originally published in The Progressive magazine, from December 1962. A piece written in a time when seemingly everyone was celebrating freedom, Baldwin takes it upon himself to iterate to his fifteen-year-old nephew who he was born to be, what shackles society would try to put on him, and his obligation to his community.

A late night rendezvous, turned into a morning hustle in the city means snooze alarms, crowded metro trains and engaged streets. In a world of camera phones and selfies, everyone is looking to engage their audience with quivering statement pieces as they scroll through their social media on their smart devices.