In its recent guide to New York’s evolving Korean cultural landscape, AFAR included Takamichi Beauty Room among a new generation of destinations redefining how Korean creativity is experienced in the city.

Pop culture has turned dokkaebi into demons.
Korean folklore tells a different story — one of mischievous spirits born from ordinary objects, testing humans with humor rather than terror. This Sunday Reading looks at how a recent K-pop demon hunter film reshaped the legend, and what gets lost in translation when folklore becomes spectacle.

We don’t carry everything. We choose carefully, paying attention to materials, process, and how objects age over time.

Cade is not a polite ingredient. Smoky, tarred, and volatile, it can move from glowing embers to cold ash in seconds. In this Sunday Reading, we explore one of perfumery’s most demanding raw materials—how it’s made, why it’s risky, and what happens when it’s handled with discipline and restraint.