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I’m going to say this very quietly: there is a point in everyone’s life when you think smoking is cool. However brief (or not), it’s undeniable—google “James Dean” and you’ll see what I mean. Thankfully, you can recreate some of this allure without the threat of terminal illness with Portland General Store’s Tobacco cologne. Suited for men or women, the cologne blends lavender, citrus, warm florals, and tobacco.

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James Dean and James Franco share a common given name, and Prince James played King James in a biopic that won Franco a Golden Globe in 2002. The two are now linked forever, but fate dove in before the agents ever placed a call. It was a casting choice far bigger than the triumph of comparable facial features and skin tone: Franco was the right person to star in that portrait because, like Dean, he is too complex, too aggressively artistic to be contained by an 8x10 glossy.

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(Watch "Icon Redux: James Dean @ Hotel Gansevoort" to get the frontstory for this backstory.)

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Reimagining an icon

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UPDATE: It's live, so take a look.

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