During the Opera’s intermission, a group of seven young men gather at the Grand Foyer in search of new flirtations .Women of all sorts are lured in the crisp, green scent of the men’s gardenia bountonnieres, enlivened by the bergamot and lavender colognes they wear.
As they draw closer, the “opera flower” exudes its elegant masculinity, the last breath of a bloom sacrificed on a black-tie lapel.