Best Smell Ya Later Podcasts (2025)

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195: The Scent of Australia In 6 Stories [Feat. Raconteur] 🇦🇺 1:08:24

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Years ago, Craig Andrade took a candle-making class that became the impetus for a life pivot from being a lawyer to becoming a perfumer. And in studying perfumery, he realized that so many of Australia's native raw materials had yet to be introduced to the world. We have Andrade on this episode to discuss how Raconteur embodies the stories of Austr…

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194: Rite Of Way's lighting accord in a bottle⚡️(feat. Alex Brands) 1:06:27

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We recently met Alex Brands, founder of the new fragrance... brand, Rite Of Way, at our scent swap last month. He gifted us his first scent Outer Realm, and we were intrigued by the packaging design, the cute little tote, and of course, the scent (which also happens to be created by Joey Rosin, former guest and perfumer for Sable's Die Hot With A V…

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193: Honestly what's with all these body mists? 41:56

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No, really though? What would a banana, peanut butter, and bread perfume smell like? What's that one fragrance brand Tynan accidentally had been hating on for too long? What will Sabrina Carpenter's new Man's Best Friend album era perfume release be? What's the cocktail scent Tynan wanted to wear this week? So many queries for so many smells we've …

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192: A Roundabout NYC Perfume Shopping Itinerary 58:40

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Here's an episode about all the places we like to go smell some good and premium smells in the Big Apple. Also: - We went to the Fragrance Foundation Awards. What are they? What do they mean? Why didn't we get invited to the dinner portion? - Tynan got the new soon-to-be-released Clue Perfumery scent, Dandelion Butter - We attended Fugazzi's Orange…

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191: Anyway, shout out to billionaires 😮‍💨💸 45:01

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Sable went to Miami for too long. Tynan discovers what a buy-out is for Rhode Beauty's M&A. We both went to Nette's Lemon Puff fete. We smell the new D.S. & Durga cologne collection, with unexpected results. We talk about Krigler's newest fragrance and Violet Grey's first fragrance, only one of which we've smelled, but both may as well be Klarna ba…

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190: Talking with your hands never smelled so good 55:11

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Hand sanitizer has a rather unfair reputation — this sticky, medical-smelling goo serves to remind us of a worldwide pandemic, or else the inconvenience of not being able to find a wash sink with soap. Ugh. Touchland is a brand that elevates the hand sanitizer experience with complex, trend-driven scents that could double as perfume in a pinch (and…

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189: What went down at our first scent swap? 50:18

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In case you hadn't heard from our last five eps or so, we hosted our first scent swap last week at Talea in Brooklyn. We had 180 RSVPs, 50 swag bags, and a whole lot of perfumes to swap. Here's a little catch-up about the event, and some smells we've been enjoying recently.By Smell Ya Later

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188: When Rebrands Flop ☹️ 52:37

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The chat around the frag-o-sphere as of late has been steaming about Boy Smell's big rebrand. It's been called everything from Temu-ified to TikTok-bait. And aside from our thoughts about it (of which they exist in abundance), we wondered what rebrands are for, when are they successful, and what do brands owe their audience? [What we smell like tod…

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187: How to smell like a music festival 🏁 [feat. Romy Kowalewski of 27 87] 1:02:19

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Burnt rubber, absinthe, red pepper, fennel — not the most typical notes you'd find in a perfume, but 27 87 has a clever way of incorporating unexpected things into their very sophisticated, very balanced, and very can't-stop-smelling-yourself fragrances. Romy Kowalewski, the German-born and Barcelona-based founder of 27 87 makes such scents, based …

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186: How smart homes smell good 1:13:37

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We're hosting a Scent Swap at Talea in Williamsburg on May 7th from 6-9 pm. It's free with RSVP. Bring at least one fragrance to swap and enjoy bevs & snacks from our host. If your idea of home fragrance involves sticky reed diffusers, sweeping up incense ash, or $80 candles, Pura offers something for the tech-savvy, with one of the first smart hom…

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185: The computers are smelling [feat. Christophe Laudamiel of OSMO] 1:11:50

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The fragrance industry is trotting out AI more and more in new creations and creative development, but when it comes to digitizing smells, OSMO is a Google-born initiative that uses machine learning, sensory neuroscience, data science, engineering, fine fragrance, analytical chemistry, and product development to map smells, engineer new smell molec…

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184: "It's a TikTok rose," and other things we've smelled this week... 44:22

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This is what happens when we're left to our own devices in front of two hot mics, a bevy of new scents, and no guest 🙃 [What we smell like today: Bond No. 9 Greenpoint, Phlur Rose Whip] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a futu…

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183: A dupe by any other name would smell as [redacted] 53:16

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Did you know that beneath our noses this whole time, our beloved Bath & Body Works have been releasing their own body mist line of dupery? The collection is a flexible series of scents that go in and out of style based on... perfumes most mentioned on Tiktok? Most inescapable scents in the culture? Mysterious trend forecasting documents? Who can kn…

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182: The magic's in the minimalism feat. Maison Louis Marie 1:07:14

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You know their minimalist packaging and their cozy, comforting scents — perhaps most famous being No. 4 Bois de Balincourt, one of the defining sandalwoods of the decade. We have Marie Du Petit Thouars alongside her partner Matt Berkson on this episode for her very first podcast interview. The couple are the founders of Maison Louis Marie, the tres…

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181: Swipe no more: sniff your way to your next match 1:08:13

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For those tired of swiping on apps, four artists in London have brought you another sensory option for finding a date: smelling your way to a match. The Scent of Connection is an artist collective founded by Jack Jessé, Niko Alonso, Porsha Thompson, and Jasmine Imren, focused on reimagining how people connect by exploring sensory experiences beyond…

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180: The blind leading the buys 55:18

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We all know perfume collecting is an expensive hobby. Yet blind buys are on the rise, according to this BoF article (but also to anyone who's keyed into PerfumeTok or fragrance enthusiasts in general). What's the most you're willing to shill for an unknown scent? [Today we smell like: Valentino Sogno In Rosso, Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur] 🌐 Find m…

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179: Perfumes to fall in love (or just crush) to ❤️ 59:04

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We've all been perfume-fished before — someone smells really good, which makes you crush real hard, and then after getting to know them, you realize that maybe the best thing about them was their scent... Honestly, could be worse! [What we smell like today: Montale Bubble Forever, Merit Retrospect] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalate…

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178: What does a movie smell like? 52:32

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New year, same us — now with more ( ◡‿◡ *) as you'll notice in our official new look (thanks to photographer Zach Bergren). We're chatting about all the things we've smelled during the longest month of the year (new Chloe, new Fine'ry collection, Jil Sander's newest perfume drop, and more), addressing a listener question about scents being licensed…

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177: How will PerfumeTok survive this? 53:28

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We recorded this ep on the eve of the U.S. TikTok ban, speculating what will become of the fragrance culture (and economy) in a post-TT digital landscape. Welp. We all know how that went... So instead, enjoy this little chat that may very well become prescient now that we know who the clock app is pledging allegiance to... [What we smell like today…

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176: The State of Scent (What is it?) 55:45

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It’s the start of 2025, and what are we smelling? A lot of existential ennui, a lot of apocalyptic uncertainty, a lot of Baccarat Rouge dupes. If a chart of the fragrance brands with the most social media “vitality scores” (c/o WWD and Beauty Inc) is to be believed, it’s a lot of the usual suspects. But if we were to go off of what we’re seeing (or…

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175: 🔮 2025's Gonna Smell Kooky 54:06

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We do this every year: reflect upon what happened in smells this year, while predicting what the next year will bring in our scented economy. So far, we've been... right. So please enjoy another edition of our visionary scent forecasting for the year to come based on our sheer intellect and powerful nosiness of the industry at large. [What we smell…

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174: Smell Ya Later's 2024, Wrapped 1:02:13

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AKA Our most-worn, most-talked-about, most loved scents released in 2024. [What we smell like today: Dauphinette Poisonoud, Snif No Noses Inc Naughty Nonna] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram…

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173: A highly specific scented gift guide for any non-random individual in your life 1:05:59

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What do you get your college-aged girl relative, boy roommate, tech bro with questionable hygiene, situationship, hot mom, and anxious wellness-pilled friend for the holidays? We don't know. Oh wait, but it's scent-themed? OK, yes, we know. Enjoy this highly specific gift guide for all kinds of non-random individuals in your life who you wish to tr…

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POTW 10 - Transformative Glow Up 10:21

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Send us a text Hi there Pokémon Trainers! Santiago here! Hope you guys had fun guessing my POTW from last week's episode. The POTW I was describing was..... MORPEKO!! Morpeko is a Pokémon first introduced in Generation 8 and recently debuted in Pokémon GO. This is one of the many "Pika-clones" and it has the unique ability to change its form in bat…

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172: Mist Connections with Sol De Janeiro 52:05

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The smell that launched a thousand ships, if there was one, it would probably be wafting from some maiden absolutely doused in any cheirosa of choice from Sol De Janeiro's perfume mists. We have Maggie Arms and Liza Henowitz from the product side to talk to us about the Sol De Janeiro scent philosophy, some top-tier Cheirosa combos, and what makes …

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POTW 9 - Hormonal Changes 10:06

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Send us a text Hi there Pokémon trainers, Santiago here! I hope you guys have been enjoying these Pokémon of the Week episodes as much as Madeline and I have been enjoying making them. We really enjoy coming up with clues to the Pokémon we pick and even more excited to share them with each other and with all of you! So in last week's episode, Madel…

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171: What Does The Amazon Smell Like? [feat. Francisco Costa] 45:27

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Aroma is the singular fragrance of Costa Brazil, one recognizable by its wooden box "bottle" and unforgettable by its deeply resinous and earthy... aroma. We have Francisco Costa on this episode to talk about his trips to the Amazon, which led to the creation of this very popular scent, and the importance of having a point of view through scent. [W…

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POTW 8 - Dia De Los Muertos 13:40

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Send us a text Hi there Pokémon trainers! Santiago here with another Pokémon of the Week episode. Last week I gave you a total of 9 clues for you and Madeline. Some of these clues were academic based, so if you were able to figure it out, give yourself a huge pat on the back! After a few tries, Madeline was able to correctly guess my Pokémon of the…

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170: Can you ever fully dissociate your ex's fragrance from memory? 49:59

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...And other listener queries. We are catching up at SYL HQ with a few hotline queries, including what scented laundry detergent is actually good for, and what's the deal with fragrance getting so intense lately? Other things we discuss in this ep: An xoVain wedding reunion The Cult Gaia scents (well, one of them) Sable smells like Creed Delphinus …

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POTW 7 - Back to School! 11:05

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Send us a text Hi there Pokémon trainers! Santiago here. This is another Pokémon of the Week episode with the menacing Madeline. Last week Madeline gave you a few clues to figure out her Pokémon. And her Pokémon pick of week 6 is.... Falinks!! Falinks was introduced in generation 8 and is known as the Formation Pokémon. As you heard last week, one …

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169: Chicago Smells F*cking Terrific (feat. Bianco Profumo) 1:04:12

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We have Mark and Nick Holmes, the father & son duo of Bianco Profumo — a new Chicago-based fragrance brand that captures the Italian-Americana of the '80s and '90s. In their words: "We do it big. Our hair is perfectly spritzed into place, we speak ten decibels louder than everyone else, we’re the life of every party, and we smell f**king terrific."…

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POTW 6 - Let's get in formation 10:10

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Send us a text Hi there Pokémon trainers! Santiago here bringing you another Pokémon of the week episode with the menacing Madeline. If you're tuning in from last week's episode, I bet you're wondering what the answer to POTW 5 is. And the answer is..... *Drum roll*..... UrsaRING! Madeline's initial guess was Ursaluna, but I told her that Luna was …

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168: What Does Attachment Theory Smell Like? 1:20:33

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Eleasium's mystically oceanic and intuition-formed debut scent is a single perfume oil inspired by dark, cold water, pomegranates, mermaids, seashells, pearls, and...attachment theory. We have Courtney Brunson, founder of Eleasium (and our former colleague from xoJane days) on this episode to chat about her career in brand copy and product developm…

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POTW - 5 9:50

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Send us a text Hi there Pokémon Trainers! Welcome to week 5 of Pokémon of the Week! Last week Madeline gave you 7 clues for her Pokémon of the Week. We invited you to go come to our Instagram page and give us your answers if you thought you knew what it was. And the answer for last week's Pokémon is.......... SAWK! Sawk is a fighting Pokémon introd…

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167: 🕯️Getting A Clue💡 with Laura Oberwetter of Clue Perfumery 55:21

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Classic gameboard game turned film, and now perfume brand, Clue Perfumery is such a novel take on the smells of everyday surroundings: the forest floor, church pews, a dusty lightbulb, and more curious objects. Perfumer and co-founder Laura Oberwetter comes on the pod for this episode about all things Clue Perfumery (Those custom caps! Designing th…

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Grass/Dark - Crunchy Leaves and Autumn Breeze 46:35

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Send us a text Hi there Pokémon Trainers! It's been a while since we uploaded a Fusion episode, but here we are! This week's fusion is Grass/Dark. Fall/Autumn is here and spooky season is almost upon us! Madeline and I love Halloween and so we wanted to do a "spooky" type combination. The Pokémon with this dual type are: - Nuzleaf - Shiftry - Cactu…

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POTW - 4 12:20

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Send us a text Hi there Pokémon Trainers! Santiago here, and we're back with another Pokémon of the Week episode. In today's episode we reveal the Pokémon from last week's hints. That Pokémon is none other than.......... Articuno!! I picked Articuno because we just got news from Pokémon GO, that the shiny Galarian Birds will be coming to the game. …

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166: Amphora Parfums Will Cure Your Hottness Fatigue 1:08:52

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We have Noah Virgile of Amphora Parfums on this episode to talk about their breakout debut collection that we've personally fallen for, taking perfume classes and creating scents, their growing vintage Mugler flanker collection, and the joy of finding new ways to self-express through makeup, scent, eyebrow bleaching, you name it. This is such a gre…

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Pokémon of the Week - Week 3 14:41

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Send us a text Hi there Pokémon trainers! Welcome back to another Pokémon of the Week! The Pokémon of the Week for week 2 was: PHIONE! This one was a little tricky for Santiago, he forgot that Manaphy could breed and produce a baby form. Anyways! We also talk about why Madeline chose this particular Pokémon and Santiago recounts his memories of Man…

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165: ✨🏆 The 2024 Smell Ya Later Awards 🏆✨ 1:07:07

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Every year we concoct the most unique, intriguing, clever, and correct awards categories for smells and scents in the Smell Ya Later universe. This year is no different, except yes it is because we've added new categories that explore the depths of our scent logic that you can only find on Smell Ya Later. This year's categories are: The Honda Award…

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164: Bringing Ceremony Back To Scent [feat Richard Christiansen of Flamingo Estate] 1:07:47

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Before the tomato-ssance, there was Flamingo Estate. Richard Christiansen's humble Los Angeles farm is where the vegetal scent trend gained the luxury home reputation. His home, place of work, and brand has quickly made a name for itself in all things farm-to-credenza, agriculture awareness, farmer-friendly, and salt (and herb, and flower, and vine…

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Pokémon of the Week - Week 2 8:35

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Send us a text Hi there Pokémon Trainers! It's Santiago! Thank you for tuning into our 2nd Pokémon of the Week episode! If you listened last week and you were anxiously awaiting for us to reveal what the POTW for last week was, wait no more! It's Brionne! Madeline started taking guesses almost immediately after we finished recording last week and s…

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163: Stéle Ya Later 🪽 [feat. Jake & Matt Belanger] 1:05:51

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You'll find NYC's newest and coolest fragrance boutique in South Williamsburg. For those who wander further from the beaten path of the neighborhood's main drag, at Stéle you can smell some of the most unique and hard-to-find fragrance brands you've only seen online. In this episode we speak with founders and shopkeeps, Jake & Matt Belanger about h…

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Pokemon of the Week!! 12:11

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Send us a text Hi there Pokémon Trainers, Santiago here! Going forward, Madeline and I will be adding a new type of episode to the podcast known as: Pokémon of the Week! This is nothing new to the fandom of Pokémon, there's other podcasts and social media pages that already do this, but we wanted to jump on the bandwagon as well. We will still be d…

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162: The Perfume You Can Smell Only When It's In Season [feat. April Gargiulo of Vintner's Daughter] 1:04:25

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Imagine only being able to make a perfume when the raw materials are in peak season. That's how April Gargiulo developed Understory, the singular perfume oil from her brand Vintner's Daughter. A year after its original launch, it's back again—round 2—with some slightly evolved aromatic tweaks. This is how a winemaker creates a perfume oil. [What we…

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161: apom is a pom is a pom 48:23

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A friendly and chill "what we're smelling lately" chat, including some spookily familiar scents and some new scent discoveries found in the gift shop (or regular shops too). Things we discuss: NOAH is Sandy Liang for boys (??) Our new obsession with Clue Perfumery and Amphora Burberry Goddess now has an INTENSE flanker Le Labo's newest city-exclusi…

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Water/Rock - That Was Petrifying 46:10

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Send us a text Hi guys! It's Madeline and Santiago! I hope you've all been having a great summer, if it's summer where you're currently living. This is our last July episode! A lot happened this month, we had the 8th anniversary of Pokémon GO, and we also had GO Fest in person and global! If you play Pokémon GO, I hope you all had a wonderful time.…

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160: "brat" scents for when you want to party but are in the midst of an existential crisis 1:11:16

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This, as well as other hard-hitting listener questions, are included in this week's Q&A episode. Enjoy! We discuss: Sable's Die Hot With A Vengeance perfume launch event at Stèle. Why do They (Big Fragrance) keep trying to make perfume layering happen? Byredo 1996 is allegedly coming back. What fragrances belong in a museum? Perfume snobbery. The i…

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159: The Perfume Room Crossover Episode (feat. Emma Vernon) 57:58

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When two scent podcasts collide... we have fellow New Yorker and perfume podcaster Emma Vernon on this week's episode to talk about all the behind-the-mic business of making a podcast, the uniquely weird and fun idiosyncrasies of talking about smells online. It's a good hang chat! Follow Perfume Room @perfumeroompod and @emmavern And subscribe to t…

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158: "Beauty is crazy" AKA The Die Hot With A Vengeance special interview episode 1:06:02

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Here's a one-off special, a minor departure, a host-turned-guest episode where Tynan interviews Sable about her debut essay collection Die Hot With A Vengeance. We cover the process of the book deal, the writing of the book, the convoluted nature of our current beauty culture and the precarious positions we find ourselves in for its pursuit, and (a…