Chris Yu & Laurent Delafon - Co-founders of niche fragrance house Ostens

Hi, and welcome along to episode 5 of Man in the Mirror, season 2. I recently spent some time chatting to Laurent Delafon & Chris Yu, the co-founders of niche fragrance house Ostens. They have both worked in the fragrance industry for over 20 years and decided to launch their own brand a few years ago. Ostens is a celebration of the finest raw materials and they work with some of the best perfumers in the world. Each fragrance contains ingredients in their purest form and is a combination of provenance and beauty. They also happen to make one of my all time favourite fragrances, Cedarwood Heart. I hope you enjoy the episode! Laurent & Chris also talked me through their bathroom essentials:Chris:Paula’s Choice - Salicylic Acid 2% liquidhttps://www.paulaschoice.co.uk/skin-perfecting-bha-liquid-exfoliant/m2010.htmlElectric shaverOstens - Cashmeran Velvet Preparation Oil (as sold with the Eau de Parfum Cashmeran Velvet)https://ostens.com/products/cashmeran-velvet-impressionThen a lot of fragrance layering (!)Laurent:Aesop - Purifying facial exfoliant pastehttps://www.aesop.com/uk/p/skin/combination-skin-type/purifying-facial-exfoliant-paste/Face wash (whatever is in the bathroom!)Roger & Gallet - Shower Gelhttps://www.escentual.com/roger-and-gallet/bois-dorange/rg_boisorange008/Beard trimmerOstens - Cedarwood Heart (Eau de Parfum)https://ostens.com/products/cedarwood-heart-impressionOstens Website and store:https://ostens.comYou can find Ostens on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/ostens_official/- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You can follow me @maninthemirrorpod on IG:https://www.instagram.com/maninthemirrorpod/I’d love you to leave a review and follow the podcast on your preferred platform. You can also review here on Podchaser.https://www.podchaser.com/ManInTheMirror——————————————————————————————————Special thanks to: Anders Sundberg for sound mixing and production, Andy Goff @goff_andy for the artwork and Andy Gilbert (ATRX) @andygilbert_atrx for the theme music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.