Paris, Perfume Launches, and “Please make me smell like a cave!”

CAN Suzy @fragrantmaven find fragrances for a listener who wants to smell like a cave (yes, really), and for an actor playing Belle’s eccentric inventor dad, Maurice, in Beauty & the Beast the Musical? Of COURSE she can! This week on the podcast: Nicola shares her dreamy perfumery day in Paris with her mum, exploring the gorgeous Maison @diptyque (complete with its own garden) and falling for L’Eau Papier all over again, before swooning at the divine @dior fashion exhibit. Nicola also finally sniffed some recent launches Suzy raved about: @marcantoinebarrois Aldebaran and @angelaflandersperfumery Shantung Dream.Then we’re on to some other new exciting launches:@chanelofficial Chance Eau Splendide – a joyously fruity, sparkling berry scent with a mischievous twinkle. Perfect for carefree days.@creed Eladaria – “a dreamlike garden reawakening in the silvery mist of dawn.” Budding roses, peonies, lily of the valley and dewdrops – ideal for spring/summer weddings.@aftelier Mandy Aftel Biblioscents – four genius scratch-and-sniff bookmarks scented with vetiver, geranium, frankincense, and ginger. The perfect gift for fragrance book lovers!We’re prepping for our talk and live podcast at @barnesfragrancefair (plus Suzy’s talk with @aliceduparcq later that day). Join us SATURDAY MAY 17th!9:30am: Suzy & Nicola ‘Top of the Morning’ talk show (guests, interviews, fragrant weather forecasts, perfume prescriptions, goody bags!)https://tinyurl.com/SuzyAndNicola11am: Suzy & Alice’s Barnes Fragrance Fair Round-Up (our curated edit of the things you MUST smell, and why… plus goody bags!)https://tinyurl.com/SuzyAndAlice#listenerprescriptions@popeyehut asks for inspiration for playing Maurice in Beauty & the Beast – aiming for “a slightly mad, eccentric French inventor.” Suzy suggests:@beaufortlondon Pyroclasm (cold steel meets fire – think wild inventions!)@dsanddurga Steamed Rainbow (surreal, misty, colourful, dreamlike)Meanwhile, Jessi @grostesquex.o wants to smell like a cave – hidden, wet, strange, glimmering. Suzy’s picks:CAVE Alheba (from @artparfumsmilano) – matured in turf-dug caves, cold and dank yet comforting, with earthy, incense and woodland notes.@vyrao Mamajuju – the earthiest scent, with wet red clay, sandalwood, rum and olibanum. “Smell the earth, soaked by rain; feel grounded, connected, awakened.”What would YOU have answered to both questions?Until next week (when we’re up for our second @fragrancefoundationuk Jasmine Award and Suzy’s shortlisted in two other categories – cross your fingers for us!), wishing you wonderfully fragrant days ahead. xx#onthescentpodcast #perfume #fragrance #perfumelovers #fragrancecommunity