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Fragrant Temple.(Aedes de Venustas)(Brief article)

Vanity Fair

| November 01, 2008 | Ortved, John | COPYRIGHT 2004 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: --JOHN ORTVED

Even the sophisticates who regularly shop the West Village have trouble pronouncing Aedes de Venustas, the sensuous Christopher Street boutique specializing in hard-to-find fragrances, such as Alora and Hierbes di Ibiza. But with the addition of their signature scent, Aedes de Venustas Eau de Parfum, German-born partners Robert Gerstner and Karl Bradl are going to have New Yorkers, uptown and downtown, brushing up on their Latin (for the record, it's "Eye-dace day Weh-noose-tahs"--translation: temple of beauty). "It's a dark scent, very rich, leather-and-incense-based--literally the store in the …

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