Perfume Room
By Emma Vernon
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Episodes: 139
Feb 13, 2023
Description
Hosted by comedian, dating expert, and perfume lover/advisor Emma Vernon, Perfume Room is a safe space for the Perfume-Obsessed to hang, learn, *live, laugh, and love.* Each episode delves into the mysterious world of fragrance through a lens that is equal parts entertaining and informative.
You can expect perfume reviews, 101s, hot takes, funny tangents, dating stories, and juicy conversations with top experts, innovators, and personalities in and outside of the fragrance world.
Perfume Room is a pod about life and love as experienced through the fifth sense.
IG: @perfumeroompod @emmavern
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Music by Max Vernon
Art by Israel Rodriguez
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136. Perfume Room LIVE (w/ Givaudan VP Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux!)
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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135. Stop Limiting Your Own Perfume Exploration (w/ LuckyScent's Steve Gontarski and Dana Buchanan!)
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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134. From Marketer to Perfumer: Making the Perfumery Career Shift (w/ Givaudan Perfumer Christine Hassan)
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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133. Esxence 2024 Recap: Everything You Need to Know (& Smell!) (w/ Valerie March AKA @thenichesampler)
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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132. Spring '24 Fragrances: A Bird's Eye View (w/ Fat Mascara Co-Hosts Jenn Sullivan and Jess Matlin!)
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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131. The Untold Story of the Titanic Perfume (w/ Givaudan Head Of Product Safety Sciences Neil Owen)
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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130. What Makes a Perfume a Smash Hit? (w/ Chromeo's Dave 1!)
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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129. The Britney Spears Ep You've Been Waiting For (w/ @basenote_bitch Elizabeth Renstrom)
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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128. Following Her Nose All the Way To The Dream Job (w/ Perfumer Margaux Le Paih Guerin)
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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127. What Makes a Fragrance Sensual? (w/ Master Perfumer Honorine Blanc)
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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126. Perfumes That Smell Like Myanmar (w/ Gabar Co-Founder Phway Su Aye)
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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125. In Defense of the Celebrity Fragrance (w/ Flower Shop Perfume Co's Isaac Lekach and Lillian Shalom)
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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124. The $4000/oz Everlasting Gobstopper Perfume (w/ Régime des Fleurs Creator Alia Raza)
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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123. 2023 Favorites & 2024 Predictions ~ A New Year's Solo ~
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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122. The 2023 Perfume Room Holiday Gift Guide! (w/ a very special surprise guest!!)
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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121. This Smells Like War and Dirty Dollars (w/ Toskovat Creator David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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120. Wear This Perfume For Good Luck (w/ Marissa Zappas & Ruby McCollister)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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119. From Bass to Base Notes (w/ DJ + Fragrance Entrepreneur Zernell Gillie)
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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118. Jurassic Park, but for Perfume (w/ Future Society Founder Jasmina Aganovic)
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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117. Turning Poetry into Perfume (with Parfums Dusita's Pissara Umavijani)
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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116. Gen Z Love Smells Like What? (w/ Givaudan's Matthieu Befve & Dana Schmitt)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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115. Scents *for The Horse Girl By a Horse Girl* (w/ MAISON d’ETTO Founder Brianna Lipovsky)
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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114. A Fragrance So Filthy, It's A Safe Word (w/ Papillon Artisan Perfumes Creator Liz Moores)
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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113. Chanel No. 5 for Your Dog? (w/ Olfactive Artist & Researcher M Dougherty)
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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112. The ~Perfume Room Hotline~: Answering Your Biggest Fragrance Dilemmas (w/ me... and YOU!)
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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111. *SPECIAL TREND REPORT* NYFW + Fragrance! (w/ Highsnobiety Beauty Editor Alexandra Pauly)
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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110. (Part 2) The Man Who Put Molecules on the Map (w/ Escentric Molecules Founder/Perfumer Geza Schoen)
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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109. (Part 1) The Man Who Put Molecules on the Map (w/ Escentric Molecules Founder/Perfumer Geza Schoen)
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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108. My Le Labo Hypothesis, New Favorites, and LIVE LISTENER SCENT CONSULTS! (a ~solo~)
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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107. Red for Filth: The Perfume! (w/ Drag Queen Alaska Thunderfuck and Fragrance Evaluator Travis Aikman!)
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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106. Creating Postmodern Vintage Perfume (w/ ERIS PARFUMS Founder Barbara Herman)
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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105. You Can't Read Courtney Rafuse's Diary, But You Can Wear It (w/ Universal Flowering Perfumer Courtney Rafuse)
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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104. Gourmands Aren’t All A Piece of Cake (w/ Perfumer Hilde Soliani)
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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103. K-Fragrance Has Entered the Chat. (w/ ELOREA Co-Founders Wonny Lee & Su min Park)
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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102. What Made Perfume Get So Damn Expensive? (w/ Obvious Parfums Founder & Fragrance Entrepreneur David Frossard)
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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101. What Really Happened to Atelier?! + Niche [Fragrance] Hidden Gems You Need To Know! (w/ Scent Stylist + YouTuber El-Aton Georges)
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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100. Shampoo to Laundry: Scenting the Everyday (w/ DSM-Firmenich Principal Perfumer Sabine de Tscharner)
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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*BONUS* RE-RELEASE & GUEST UPDATE: Episode 1 (w/ Thin Wild Mercury's Cathleen Cardinali)
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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99. ISO ~ New Signature Scent: A Live Scent Consult (w/ TV Writer & Comedian Cynia Barnwell)
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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98. Emma in Paris! (a solo episode)
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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97. The Fragrance That Went to OuterSpace (w/ Olfactive Artist Eva Petrič)
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May 23, 2023 |
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96. No, Not Everything Smells Like Baccarat (w/ Fragrance Specialist & Personality Travaulya Wallace)
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May 16, 2023 |
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95. Only [Fragrance] Fools Rush In (w/ Roja Parfums Creator Roja Dove)
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May 09, 2023 |
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94. There are no bad smells (w/ ISIPCA Student Yousif Saleh)
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May 02, 2023 |
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93. A Conversation Between Founder and Perfumer (w/ Ourside’s Keta Burke-Williams and Delbia Do's Darryl Do)
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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92. Your Favorite Fragrance Family (no, not that kind) (w/ BDK Founder David Benedek)
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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91. My Go-To Spring Scents, The Weirdest Perfume I've Ever Smelled, Scented Products I Can't Quit, & More! (a solo episode)
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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90. Perfume for Wine Tasting? Groundreaking. (BUT ACTUALLY!) (w/ Kelly + Jones Founder Kelly Jones)
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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89. Christopher Chong Doesn’t Give a Fu*k! (w/ Thameen’s Artist in Residence Christopher Chong)
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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88. These Are All My Fav Designer Scents Right Now! (w/ Fragrance Collector & Strategist Olya Bar)
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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87. A Fragrance Collector [Keeper] with Over 900 Bottles (w/ Fragrance Creator & Strategist Olya Bar)
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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86. Preserving History Through Perfume (w/ ARQUISTE® Founder Carlos Huber)
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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85. The Case for Minimalist Perfume (w/ Liis Co-Founders Alissa Sullivan & Leslie Hendin)
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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84. East of Where? Be Specific (w/ Jazmin Saraï Perfumer Dana El Masri)
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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83. *Synesthetes* are the New *Empaths* (a solo ep)
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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82. The TRUTH About Pheromones... From An Evolutionary Biologist! (w/ Dr. Tristram Wyatt)
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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81. Queen of Animalics, Countess of Indie Fragrance (w/ Indie Perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz!)
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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80. How Beauty Editorial Round Ups Really Get Made (w/ R29 Sr. Beauty Editor Amanda Mitchell)
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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79. Chronicling Space & Time (& Trauma) Through Scent (w/ Chronotope Founder Carter Weeks Maddox)
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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BONUS EPISODE: Pt. 2 BGSG x Perfume Room Holiday Gift Guide (w/ @blackgirlssmellgood's Maiya Nicole!)
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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78. MAIYA NICOLE EXPOSED AS A ROSE LOVER PT. 1 (w/ @blackgirlssmellgood Founder Maiya Nicole)
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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77. Scents, Cities, Sag Szn, & Secrets (w/ Actress Ashley Benson!)
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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76. A Family For Every Fragrance (w/ The Fragrance Wheel Creator Michael Edwards)
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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75. The Instagram School of Perfumery (w/ @fragrance.drama AKA Erik Constantin)
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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74. Smell & Tell, But Mainly *Tell* (w/ Fragrance Content Creator Tracy Wan)
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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73. Reimagining the Harlem Renaissance Through Scent (w/ Harlem Candle Company Founder Teri Johnson)
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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72. The Scottish Fragrance Brand Crafting Everything In-House (w/ Jorum Studio Co-Founders Euan McCall and Chloe Mullen)
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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71. No One's Complimenting My Perfume & Other Short Stories (a solo ep)
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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70. Talking Smell of Scents Without Sense of Smell (w/ Perfumer Ugo Charron & Congenital Anosmic Emma Dancourt)
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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69. The Man Who's Scenting All of New York (w/ Principal Perfumer Frank Voelkl!)
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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68. The Perfumer Bottling Our Collective Scent Memories Through Her Own (w/ Perfumer Maya Njie)
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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67. Farm-To-Table but Make it Fragrance (w/ MATIERE PREMIERE Perfumer, Supplier, & Co-Founder Aurélien Guichard)
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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66. The Fall It-Fragrance Trend: Mac & Cheese Scents (SOLO EPISODE)
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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65. From Brain to Bottle: The A-Z of Creating a Fragrance (w/ Fragrance Agent Bart Schmidt)
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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64. Lighting The Way to The Soft Life (w/ Sir Candle Man!)
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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63. Scenting the Nordic Aesthetic (w/ Icelandic Artist and Fragrance Founder Andrea Maack)
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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62. Chris Collins Smells like WHAT? (w/ Fragrance Founder Chris Collins)
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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61. Vabbing, The Ultimate Indie Sleaze Perfume, and Why You Need to Stop Trying to Make Goblincore Happen (w/ Old Loser In Brooklyn, Mandy Lee!)
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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60. Beauty Editors' Most Coveted Fragrances (w/ Breaking Beauty podcast Co-Hosts Jill Dunn & Carlene Higgins)
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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59. Reconstructing Cleopatra’s Signature Scent: The Perfumes of Ancient Egypt (w/ Egyptologist Dora Goldsmith)
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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58. The Urge to Herbal (w/ Queer Icon & Pop Star Hayley Kiyoko)
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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57. The Perfume with a 200,000-person-long Waitlist (w/ PHLUR Re-Founder Chriselle Lim!)
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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56. Perfume Room LIVE!!! (w/ Kismet Olfactive Founder/Perfumer Shabnam Tavakol!)
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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55. We Need a Le Labo Kitty Litter!! (w/ COMEDIAN MARGARET CHO!)
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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54. Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Perfumery School (w/ Apprentice Perfumer Ashley Santiago)
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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53. Fragrance Shouldn't Be 'Genderless' (w/ Boy Smells Founder Matthew Herman)
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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52. A Fraghead Hotel!!! (w/ The Maker Co-Founders Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg)
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May 31, 2022 |
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51. Perfume That's Meant to Surprise *and Delight* (w/ Maison Crivelli Founder Thibaud Crivelli)
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May 24, 2022 |
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50. When Fragrance Creates Community (w/ BROWN GIRL Jane Co-Founders Malaika Jones and Tai Beauchamp)
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May 17, 2022 |
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49. Fragrance Brands *Should* be Educating the Consumer (w/ Floral Street Founder Michelle Feeney)
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May 10, 2022 |
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48. Creating The Next Mugler Angel (w/ Master Perfumer and Akro Co-Founders Olivier Cresp and Anaïs Cresp)
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May 03, 2022 |
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47. A 'Perfect' Perfume is Boring (w/ Master Perfumer Alberto Morillas)
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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46. The Venn Diagram of Wrestling and Fragrance (w/ Wrestler & Producer Gail Kim)
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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45. The Drugstore Fragrance Brand That's Giving *Niche* (w/ Good Chemistry Fragrance Director Greta Pagel)
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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44. The Scents Your Fave Sister Duo are Wearing (w/ Sisters and Artists Susan Alexandra and Janie Korn)
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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43. When Your Living Room Doubles As A Fragrance Shop (w/ MUSE Experiences Founder Kim Waters)
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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42. Making Content, Perfume, Money, & Moves (w/ Exalté Perfume Creator & TikToker Funmi Monet)
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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41. NFTs and Barrel-Aged Alcohol…For Your Perfume (w/ Scents of Wood Founder Fabrice Croisé)
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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40. The Inner-Workings of a Fragrance Distributor… & Collector! (w/ Kintessence's Josie Plumey)
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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39. A Rare Look & Smell Inside Firmenich (w/ Firmenich Perfumer Alexis Grugeon and Evaluator Ségolène Dewey)
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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38. What is the Pink Sugar Aquolina of Wine? (w/ Sommelier + Legally Wined Creator Michelle Chen)
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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37. Make Perfume Not War (w/ The 7 Virtues Founder Barb Stegemann)
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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36. Decolonizing Scent (w/ Perfumer Yosh Han)
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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35. Analyzing Birth Charts of Your Favorite Perfumes (w/ Astrologer Annabel Gat)
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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34. Niche Houses You Need to Know (w/ @thenichesampler Valerie March)
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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33. Turning Scent Memories into Home Fragrance (w/ Otherland CEO & Co-Founder Abigail Cook Stone)
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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32. The Future is Fragrance (w/ Fragrance Foundation President Linda Levy)
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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31. New Year, New(ish) Brand: The COMModity Re-launch (w/ COMModity CEO Vicken Arslanian)
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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30. A Conversation with Fragrantica’s Srebecca (w/ Musician Sasha Spielberg)
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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29. Let’s Talk About It! (w/ Content Creator Charles Gross)
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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28. Deck the Halls in Elizabeth Taylor Passion (w/ Fat Mascara Hosts Jess Matlin and Jenn Sullivan)
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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27. Is Niche Still Quiche? (w/ Perfumer Marissa Zappas)
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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26. The Smell of Anal (w/ UFO Parfums’ Maxwell Williams)
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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25. Rose Fragrances Are In Fact For Men...and Everyone Else (with Kierin NYC Creator Mona Maine de Biran)
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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24. The Next Santal 33 (w/ Comedian Lauren Servideo)
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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23. Answering all of Your *Burning* Qs (w/ Candle Influencer Ashley Hosmer)
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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22. The Secret Formula to Going Viral (w/ Fragrance TikToker John Gonzalez)
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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21. Creating Photo-Realistic Scents (w/ D.S. & Durga’s David and Kavi Moltz)
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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20. The 90s Edit (w/ Base Note Bitch Liz Renstrom)
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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19. ~Wine & Dine~ Your Perfumes (w/ Black Girls Smell Good Founder Maiya Gant)
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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18. Should Your Wedding Scent be Different Than Your Signature? (w/ High Priestess of Brooklyn, Alex Caiola)
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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17. My Secret Weapons: My Teachers! (w/ Serendipitee NYC Founders Kathryn Balcerski and Tami Katz)
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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16. INVITE ONLY (& you're all invited!) (w/ Kayali Founder Mona Kattan)
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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15. Lavender Is Not the Answer!!! (w/ Aromatherapist Frauke Galia)
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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14. Only Virgos Wear Baccarat Rouge (w/ Astrologer David Odyssey)
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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13. The *Tell-All*: Emma's Favorites
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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12. The Woman Behind all the Smells of Your Childhood (w/ Ann Gottlieb)
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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11. Don't Scent Your Face! (w/ 4AM Skin Co-Founders Sabrina Sadeghian & Jade Beguelin)
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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10. Do Your Big 3 Determine Your Perfume Tastes? (w/ TikTok's Professor Perfume Emelia O'Toole)
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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09. What Makes a Fragrance 'Easy-to-Wear?' (w/ by Rosie Jane's Rosie Jane!)
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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08. A CBD-Infused Fragrance?! (w/ Aspen Apothecary Co-Founder Keta Burke-Williams)
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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07. Smell then Tell (w/ Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli)
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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06. Do You Condition Your Hair *Everywhere*? (w/ Fur Co-Founders Laura Schubert and Lillian Tung)
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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05. A Live Perfume Consult (w/ TikTok Comedian Jake Cornell)
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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04. When Perfume Causes An Identity Crisis (w/ my cousin Lauren Rubin)
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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03. THE COLOGNE *and synesthesia* EPISODE! (w/ Creator Justin Copeland)
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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02. The Angel Wears DedCool (w/ Perfumer Carina Chaz)
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May 25, 2021 |
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01. Thin Wild Mercury: TikTok’s Fave Indie Perfume (w/ Perfumer Cathleen Cardinali & SURPRISE GUEST!)
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May 18, 2021 |
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Perfume Room Trailer
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Apr 27, 2021 |