It is a particular pleasure, as a woman, to get to edit a men's issue. In fact, it is the great pleasure of journalism - and by extension of being a reader - to be able to step outside one's own world and dive into another as an interested outsider. This month we feature a wonderfully diverse array of men, all admirable in distinct and varied ways. The cover shoot of the breakout star Matthias Schoenaerts was, for our seasoned team - the brilliant Bruce Weber, who has shot many a handsome, famous man, and also our entertainment director, Lauren Tabach-Bank, who has coddled many a star on a photo shoot - a charmed experience in which they were enthralled by the energy and realness of this actor, who having worked mostly in his native Belgium did not seem like so many of his slick, packaged and protected Hollywood peers. Witness the picture of the crew cuddled in bed with Schoenaerts and see the video Weber made on the actor. On these pages, you'll also find the work of five exceptionally talented young poets who draw on their very different backgrounds to write poetry that allows us into their worlds, and their experiences to become part of ours. We visit the Stockholm studio of the perfumer Ben Gorham, a Swedish former basketball player, whose alchemy, spun from dreams and desire, yields transporting fragrances. We go to Toronto to find the oddest of rare-book shops, one that, thanks to the passion of its owner, just might be a template for the success of the bookstore in the digital age. In Tangier, we gain entree into the exquisite, book-lined home of the world-renowned garden designer Madison Cox. And in London, we see how Evgeny Lebedev uses his oligarch-paved influence, as owner of the Evening Standard and as a man of the world, to champion free speech, aid to Somali refugees, and the heritage of Russian theater. As for the secret life of friendships between men, I will have to remain satisfied with what others tell me, and Andrew O'Hagan's essay on the subject shines a deep light into the existential phenomena of true bromances. Our fashion director at large, Joe McKenna, and our men's style director, Bruce Pask, show us the season's smartest coats and lightweight suits. Thankfully we have passed through that short and annoying transitional phase of the "metrosexual," a neccessary step on the road to the rise of regular men caring about what they wear. Guy Trebay makes the case that it is quite possible that we are living in an era when a greater number of men are dressing better than ever before. That is a pleasant boon for the eyes of women and men alike, as we hope this issue is for you.