Paper Vases, Nest Fragrances Opens a Store, and Custom Suits in Boerum Hill

In late January, the made-to-measure-suit company Indochino took over BookCourt’s former storefront, joining Boerum Hill’s start-up center.

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1. Deciem: Cold-pressed marula oil ($10); a caffeine solution for under-eye pigmentation and puffiness ($7).

2. Bonobos: Stretchy Italian-wool blazers ($400); dusty-purple polos ($68); chinos in aqua, chestnut, and lavender ($98).

3. Indochino: Khaki chinos ($79); a charcoal merino-wool suit ($369); navy-striped cotton dress shirts ($79).

4. Warby Parker: Clear rectangular Wilkie frames ($95); stainless-steel round lenses ($145); polished-gold aviators ($145).

For winter anemones.

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Actual paper
Taller: Stromboli paper vase, $22 at octaevo.com.
Shorter: Crinkle Bag vase, $125 at store.moma.org.

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Looks like paper
Taller: Papier-mâché vase, $30 at westelm.com.
Shorter: Folded Vase in taupe, $100 at nordic.house.

Christopher Bruno has opened a space for Rally Rd., his app that lets regular people invest in rare cars (250 Lafayette St.).

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“On the app, we take high-value assets like cars and turn them into stocks. The storefront is just about seeing that asset you’re investing in in real life. Right now we have a super-super-rare 1980 Lamborghini Countach up for investments, and we have that same Lambo in the store. The walls around it are covered in information about the car — like that there were only about 100 made, ever. And there are people on hand to talk about the types of investments you can make; some people only put in $50. And we have merch: like red-and-white hoodies ($70) and a Lamborghini-leather-scented candle ($25). So you can smell the car you’ve invested in at home.”

Nest Fragrances founder Laura Slatkin on the brand’s first brick-and-mortar (232 Elizabeth St.).

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“Each week, the store will have a different smell. First, it’ll be Wild Poppy ($74), which is rose de grasse with apricot and pear. I will not allow the store to have a horrible medley of smells; our diffusers will all have caps. Though I suppose I can’t help it if people are spraying testers all day long.”

The We Company has opened Made by We, an available-to-the-public café–slash–market–slash–co-working space, in Flatiron (902 Broadway).

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Drink: The Australian coffee shop Bluestone Lane has a café space offering golden lattes ($5), passion-fruit-and-grapefruit sparkling water ($2), and food items like banana toast with almond butter ($6) and coconut quinoa and oat porridge ($11).

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Shop: A market stand stocked with products made by WeWork-member-formed companies includes geometric wallets and laptop cases by Dynomighty Design (from $10), stationery by Miks Letterpress ($12), and reusable water bottles by Memobottle ($32).

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Work: Ninety-six modern workspace seats available for booking by the minute or day (from $6); six meeting rooms equipped with whiteboards, TVs, and wireless phones (from $50).