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Perfume Room — 222 episodes
216. NARCISO RODRIGUEZ(!!!) ~ The Man Who Modernized Musk.
215. EL MOROCCO PERFUMERY ~ A Cafe Society-Fueled Fantasy
214. MATHILDE BIJAOUI + LAUREN SHYMAN ~ A Conversation Between Perfumer and Evaluator.
213. SEBASTIAN JARA ~ A NICHE PERFUME CONVENTION IS COMING TO SF!?
212. DOMINIQUE ROPION ~ The Master of Flowers!
211. DR. RACHEL HERZ (Neuroscientist & Smell Expert) ~ Single? Let your nose pick your partner.
210. SONIA CONSTANT [Givaudan Sr. Perfumer + Ella K Founder] ~ The Real Life Ella K.
209. CALICE BECKER (Givaudan Master Perfumer) ~ The Perfumery School Harder to Get Into Than Harvard.
208. ANKITA GILL (Param Sara) ~ The Niche Indian Perfume Brand Winning Awards in Year One.
207. DAISY BOW ~ 'Gourmands,' 'Authenticity,' & Other Western Constructs.
206. JANA MENARD [Fragrance Vault] ~ What Happens to Your Perfume When You Die?
205. GEORGE TEDDER [IFF PERFUMER] ~ Eau de Toilette (Bowl Cleaner): Scenting the Unsexy.
204. BRIAN PARK [COMEDIAN] ~ If He Can Pronounce Loewe, He Smells Like:
203. MICHAEL EDWARDS [RE-AIR] ~ The Quintessential American Perfumes.
202. AUDREY ROBINOVITZ ~ When is a Perfume Actually Undupable?
201. BRUME ORPIN ~ The New [incredible] Perfume Brand with a 50-Ingredient Palette!
200! SMELLS LIKE LOVE ~ the live recording (finally)!
199. THE BEST OF 2025 EPISODE! (in 1Q26!) (w/ surprise co-host!)
198. SY TRUONG [SYLHOUETTE] ~ The Man With the Paracresol Tattoo.
197. BRIAC FROCRAIN [MARLOU] ~ How To Smell Human.
196. BONUS HOLIDAY EP ~ Hot Takes LIVE! (FEAT. YOU!!)
195. A SOLO ~ 2026 WILL BE THE YEAR OF TENDER WEIRD.
194. VÉRONIQUE SPOTURNO ~ The Great-Granddaughter of Modern Perfumery
193. CHRISTOPHER SHELDRAKE ~ Your favorite perfumer's favorite perfumer.
192. CAMMYREVIEWS ~ MUD!!! (and other perfume white whales)
191. AMÉLIE HUYNH [D'ORSAY] ~ reviving a 200-year-old perfume brand
190. MANUEL MATHIEU ~ What Lingers: Haiti, Memory, and Home
189. GARY MCNATTON ~ THE CREATOR OF 90s GAP PERFUMES!
188. JOY MILNE ~ The Nose That Can Smell Parkinson's
187. OLIVIER CRESP ~ How to Create a Blockbuster Fragrance (over, and over, and over again).
186. A SOLO ~ PerfumeRoomGPT, My Collection Revealed(!), & My Full Bottle Wishlist!
185. VIRGINIA BONOFIGLIO ~ So You Want a Degree in Fragrance!
184. MICHAEL NORDSTRAND (perfumer) ~ Is perfume just a bunch of fucus pocus?
183. AGUSTINE ZEGERS (AGAR OLFACTORY) ~ Perfuming the Apocalypse, Unscented Perfumes, and Fragrant Time Portals.
182. RODRIGO FLORES-ROUX ~ What Does 2025 Smell Like? (According to a World-Renowned Perfumer.)
181. CÉCILE ZAROKIAN ~ Do Epic (Woman) Shit.
180. CRAIG ANDRADE (The Raconteur) ~ The Law Firm Partner Who Became a Perfumer
179. THE ALLOY STUDIO ~ A Perfume with a 'Trashy Perfume' Accord?!
178. JAKE LEVY & MATT BELANGER ~ How did Stéle Become a Household Name?
177. SOLO, INTERVIEW & HOTLINE EPISODE! ~ 3-in-1
176. CHARLOTTE ERCOLI ~ Perfuming the Silver Screen
175. ELIZABETH RENSTROM ~ (Perfume) Room Raiders, Let's Go!
174. THE LIPSTICK LESBIANS ~ Shop Like A Beauty Product Developer!
173. SISSI FREEMAN (GRANADO) ~ Brazil's Beauty Legacy (the ~other~ BBL)
172. [GOLDFIELD & BANKS' DIMITRI WEBER] I Smell Like A Land Down Under 🎵
171. [NOMAD NOÉ] A Sense (& Scents) of Home
REVISITING EP 47 [ALBERTO MORILLAS]: A 'Perfect' Perfume is Boring
170. BEST OF 2024 (in 2Q25)!!! (w/ special guest! ;))
169. Do Not Perceive Anna Dorn's Perfume plz.
168. VICKEN ARSLANIAN (COMMODITY) ~ Niche is a Mindset, oh and, ORRIS IS BACK!
167. ROBIN MASON (dsm-firmenich President of Fine Fragrance) ~ So You Want a Corporate Fragrance Career!
166. PERFUMERISM ~ From PerfumeTok to Perfumery School!
165. [PERFUMER JOEY ROSIN] Do You Have Bad Mouilletiquette??
164. [Odette Parfum Co.] Ballet and Patisserie Fantasy Perfumes
163. [SOLO!] 2025: Year of the Grandma Perfume, Post-Modern Gourmand, and…?????
162. [MABELLE O'RAMA] Smells of Sumac, Stardust, and Secret Gardens!
161. Dave 1 and I Exchange Perfumes (a belated holiday treasure)!
160. RENAUD SALMON ~ If Not Amouage, Then Who?
159. *The* 2024 Perfume Room Holiday Gift Guide
158. [FISCHERSUND] A (Nordic) Journey for the Senses
[HILDE SOLIANI] Gourmands Aren't All a Piece of Cake! [RE-RUN]
157. [ANTOINE LIE - PT. 2] The Free-Spirited Perfumer
156. [PERFUMER ANTOINE LIE - PT. 1] Market Testing Killed The Perfume Star
155. Rachel Syme Wants to Earn Your Perfume Compliments
154. [FLAVORIST(!) JOAN HARVEY] A Journey to Flavortown!
153. [PERFUME ROOM HOTLINE] Ring Ring, hello? It's YOU!
152. [JOUISSANCE] Perfume to Smell like a 'Naughty Grandma'
151. [PERFUMER MATTEO SANCHEZ] Horchata Accords, Perfume Apprenticeships, & Serendipitous Dentist Appointments
150. [JACKIE AINA] FORVR Elevating the Mood
149. [US OLYMPIAN ASHER HONG] Asher's Other Vault: the fragrance one ;)
148. [PERFUMER AZZI GLASSER] Hollywood's Perfume Secret!
147. [PERFUMER BRUNO FAZZOLARI] Debunking your Perfume Beliefs
146. [SONGWRITER STEPH JONES] Smash Hits & She Perfumed Them For Ya!
145. [A PERFUME POD CROSSOVER] SMELL YA IN THE PERFUME ROOM LATER!
144. [ROBERT PIGUET PARFUMS PRESIDENT BAYLY LEDES] Preserving the Iconic Legacy of Fracas
143. [CLUE PERFUMERY] Scenting the Scentless
142. [STÉLE CO-FOUNDERS] You Don't Need to Be a Fraghead to Enjoy the Deep Cuts!
141. Did you miss me? A SOLO. (some fave 2024 discoveries, teen boys & perfume, TFF Awards, and more!)
REVISITING EP 30 [SASHA SPIELBERG]: A Conversation with Fragrantica’s Srebecca
140. [THIN WILD MERCURY] A [Perfumed] Love Letter to NY (w/ Cathleen Cardinali & Anthony Polcino)
139. [THE NEW SAVANT] When the Wax is Poetic: Candles That Smell like Steamed Rice and Queer Love (w/ Ingrid Nilsen and Erica Anderson)
138. [FRAGRANCE TAXONOMIST MICHAEL EDWARDS] *THE* Quintessential American Fragrances
137. [JULIETTE HAS A GUN'S ROMANO RICCI] Evolving A Fragrance Family Legacy
136. Perfume Room LIVE (w/ Givaudan VP Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux!)
135. Stop Limiting Your Own Perfume Exploration (w/ LuckyScent's Steve Gontarski and Dana Buchanan!)
134. From Marketer to Perfumer: Making the Perfumery Career Shift (w/ Givaudan Perfumer Christine Hassan)
133. Esxence 2024 Recap: Everything You Need to Know (& Smell!) (w/ Valerie March AKA @thenichesampler)
132. Spring '24 Fragrances: A Bird's Eye View (w/ Fat Mascara Co-Hosts Jenn Sullivan and Jess Matlin!)
131. The Untold Story of the Titanic Perfume (w/ Givaudan Head Of Product Safety Sciences Neil Owen)
130. What Makes a Perfume a Smash Hit? (w/ Chromeo's Dave 1!)
129. The Britney Spears Ep You've Been Waiting For (w/ @basenote_bitch Elizabeth Renstrom)
128. Following Her Nose All the Way To The Dream Job (w/ Perfumer Margaux Le Paih Guerin)
127. What Makes a Fragrance Sensual? (w/ Master Perfumer Honorine Blanc)
126. Perfumes That Smell Like Myanmar (w/ Gabar Co-Founder Phway Su Aye)
125. In Defense of the Celebrity Fragrance (w/ Flower Shop Perfume Co's Isaac Lekach and Lillian Shalom)
124. The $4000/oz Everlasting Gobstopper Perfume (w/ Régime des Fleurs Creator Alia Raza)
123. 2023 Favorites & 2024 Predictions ~ A New Year's Solo ~
122. The 2023 Perfume Room Holiday Gift Guide! (w/ a very special surprise guest!!)
121. This Smells Like War and Dirty Dollars (w/ Toskovat Creator David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi)
120. Wear This Perfume For Good Luck (w/ Marissa Zappas & Ruby McCollister)
119. From Bass to Base Notes (w/ DJ + Fragrance Entrepreneur Zernell Gillie)
118. Jurassic Park, but for Perfume (w/ Future Society Founder Jasmina Aganovic)
117. Turning Poetry into Perfume (with Parfums Dusita's Pissara Umavijani)
116. Gen Z Love Smells Like What? (w/ Givaudan's Matthieu Befve & Dana Schmitt)
115. Scents *for The Horse Girl By a Horse Girl* (w/ MAISON d’ETTO Founder Brianna Lipovsky)
114. A Fragrance So Filthy, It's A Safe Word (w/ Papillon Artisan Perfumes Creator Liz Moores)
113. Chanel No. 5 for Your Dog? (w/ Olfactive Artist & Researcher M Dougherty)
112. The ~Perfume Room Hotline~: Answering Your Biggest Fragrance Dilemmas (w/ me... and YOU!)
111. *SPECIAL TREND REPORT* NYFW + Fragrance! (w/ Highsnobiety Beauty Editor Alexandra Pauly)
110. (Part 2) The Man Who Put Molecules on the Map (w/ Escentric Molecules Founder/Perfumer Geza Schoen)
109. (Part 1) The Man Who Put Molecules on the Map (w/ Escentric Molecules Founder/Perfumer Geza Schoen)
108. My Le Labo Hypothesis, New Favorites, and LIVE LISTENER SCENT CONSULTS! (a ~solo~)
107. Red for Filth: The Perfume! (w/ Drag Queen Alaska Thunderfuck and Fragrance Evaluator Travis Aikman!)
106. Creating Postmodern Vintage Perfume (w/ ERIS PARFUMS Founder Barbara Herman)
105. You Can't Read Courtney Rafuse's Diary, But You Can Wear It (w/ Universal Flowering Perfumer Courtney Rafuse)
104. Gourmands Aren’t All A Piece of Cake (w/ Perfumer Hilde Soliani)
103. K-Fragrance Has Entered the Chat. (w/ ELOREA Co-Founders Wonny Lee & Su min Park)
102. What Made Perfume Get So Damn Expensive? (w/ Obvious Parfums Founder & Fragrance Entrepreneur David Frossard)
101. What Really Happened to Atelier?! + Niche [Fragrance] Hidden Gems You Need To Know! (w/ Scent Stylist + YouTuber El-Aton Georges)
100. Shampoo to Laundry: Scenting the Everyday (w/ DSM-Firmenich Principal Perfumer Sabine de Tscharner)
*BONUS* RE-RELEASE & GUEST UPDATE: Episode 1 (w/ Thin Wild Mercury's Cathleen Cardinali)
99. ISO ~ New Signature Scent: A Live Scent Consult (w/ TV Writer & Comedian Cynia Barnwell)
98. Emma in Paris! (a solo episode)
97. The Fragrance That Went to OuterSpace (w/ Olfactive Artist Eva Petrič)
96. No, Not Everything Smells Like Baccarat (w/ Fragrance Specialist & Personality Travaulya Wallace)
95. Only [Fragrance] Fools Rush In (w/ Roja Parfums Creator Roja Dove)
94. There are no bad smells (w/ ISIPCA Student Yousif Saleh)
93. A Conversation Between Founder and Perfumer (w/ Ourside’s Keta Burke-Williams and Delbia Do's Darryl Do)
92. Your Favorite Fragrance Family (no, not that kind) (w/ BDK Founder David Benedek)
91. My Go-To Spring Scents, The Weirdest Perfume I've Ever Smelled, Scented Products I Can't Quit, & More! (a solo episode)
90. Perfume for Wine Tasting? Groundreaking. (BUT ACTUALLY!) (w/ Kelly + Jones Founder Kelly Jones)
89. Christopher Chong Doesn’t Give a Fu*k! (w/ Thameen’s Artist in Residence Christopher Chong)
88. These Are All My Fav Designer Scents Right Now! (w/ Fragrance Collector & Strategist Olya Bar)
87. A Fragrance Collector [Keeper] with Over 900 Bottles (w/ Fragrance Creator & Strategist Olya Bar)
86. Preserving History Through Perfume (w/ ARQUISTE® Founder Carlos Huber)
85. The Case for Minimalist Perfume (w/ Liis Co-Founders Alissa Sullivan & Leslie Hendin)
84. East of Where? Be Specific (w/ Jazmin Saraï Perfumer Dana El Masri)
83. *Synesthetes* are the New *Empaths* (a solo ep)
82. The TRUTH About Pheromones... From An Evolutionary Biologist! (w/ Dr. Tristram Wyatt)
81. Queen of Animalics, Countess of Indie Fragrance (w/ Indie Perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz!)
80. How Beauty Editorial Round Ups Really Get Made (w/ R29 Sr. Beauty Editor Amanda Mitchell)
79. Chronicling Space & Time (& Trauma) Through Scent (w/ Chronotope Founder Carter Weeks Maddox)
BONUS EPISODE: Pt. 2 BGSG x Perfume Room Holiday Gift Guide (w/ @blackgirlssmellgood's Maiya Nicole!)
78. MAIYA NICOLE EXPOSED AS A ROSE LOVER PT. 1 (w/ @blackgirlssmellgood Founder Maiya Nicole)
77. Scents, Cities, Sag Szn, & Secrets (w/ Actress Ashley Benson!)
76. A Family For Every Fragrance (w/ The Fragrance Wheel Creator Michael Edwards)
75. The Instagram School of Perfumery (w/ @fragrance.drama AKA Erik Constantin)
74. Smell & Tell, But Mainly *Tell* (w/ Fragrance Content Creator Tracy Wan)
73. Reimagining the Harlem Renaissance Through Scent (w/ Harlem Candle Company Founder Teri Johnson)
72. The Scottish Fragrance Brand Crafting Everything In-House (w/ Jorum Studio Co-Founders Euan McCall and Chloe Mullen)
71. No One's Complimenting My Perfume & Other Short Stories (a solo ep)
70. Talking Smell of Scents Without Sense of Smell (w/ Perfumer Ugo Charron & Congenital Anosmic Emma Dancourt)
69. The Man Who's Scenting All of New York (w/ Principal Perfumer Frank Voelkl!)
68. The Perfumer Bottling Our Collective Scent Memories Through Her Own (w/ Perfumer Maya Njie)
67. Farm-To-Table but Make it Fragrance (w/ MATIERE PREMIERE Perfumer, Supplier, & Co-Founder Aurélien Guichard)
66. The Fall It-Fragrance Trend: Mac & Cheese Scents (SOLO EPISODE)
65. From Brain to Bottle: The A-Z of Creating a Fragrance (w/ Fragrance Agent Bart Schmidt)
64. Lighting The Way to The Soft Life (w/ Sir Candle Man!)
63. Scenting the Nordic Aesthetic (w/ Icelandic Artist and Fragrance Founder Andrea Maack)
62. Chris Collins Smells like WHAT? (w/ Fragrance Founder Chris Collins)
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!)
60. Beauty Editors' Most Coveted Fragrances (w/ Breaking Beauty podcast Co-Hosts Jill Dunn & Carlene Higgins)
59. Reconstructing Cleopatra’s Signature Scent: The Perfumes of Ancient Egypt (w/ Egyptologist Dora Goldsmith)
58. The Urge to Herbal (w/ Queer Icon & Pop Star Hayley Kiyoko)
57. The Perfume with a 200,000-person-long Waitlist (w/ PHLUR Re-Founder Chriselle Lim!)
56. Perfume Room LIVE!!! (w/ Kismet Olfactive Founder/Perfumer Shabnam Tavakol!)
55. We Need a Le Labo Kitty Litter!! (w/ COMEDIAN MARGARET CHO!)
54. Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Perfumery School (w/ Apprentice Perfumer Ashley Santiago)
53. Fragrance Shouldn't Be 'Genderless' (w/ Boy Smells Founder Matthew Herman)
52. A Fraghead Hotel!!! (w/ The Maker Co-Founders Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg)
51. Perfume That's Meant to Surprise *and Delight* (w/ Maison Crivelli Founder Thibaud Crivelli)
50. When Fragrance Creates Community (w/ BROWN GIRL Jane Co-Founders Malaika Jones and Tai Beauchamp)
49. Fragrance Brands *Should* be Educating the Consumer (w/ Floral Street Founder Michelle Feeney)
48. Creating The Next Mugler Angel (w/ Master Perfumer and Akro Co-Founders Olivier Cresp and Anaïs Cresp)
47. A 'Perfect' Perfume is Boring (w/ Master Perfumer Alberto Morillas)
46. The Venn Diagram of Wrestling and Fragrance (w/ Wrestler & Producer Gail Kim)
45. The Drugstore Fragrance Brand That's Giving *Niche* (w/ Good Chemistry Fragrance Director Greta Pagel)
44. The Scents Your Fave Sister Duo are Wearing (w/ Sisters and Artists Susan Alexandra and Janie Korn)
43. When Your Living Room Doubles As A Fragrance Shop (w/ MUSE Experiences Founder Kim Waters)
42. Making Content, Perfume, Money, & Moves (w/ Exalté Perfume Creator & TikToker Funmi Monet)
41. NFTs and Barrel-Aged Alcohol…For Your Perfume (w/ Scents of Wood Founder Fabrice Croisé)
40. The Inner-Workings of a Fragrance Distributor… & Collector! (w/ Kintessence's Josie Plumey)
39. A Rare Look & Smell Inside Firmenich (w/ Firmenich Perfumer Alexis Grugeon and Evaluator Ségolène Dewey)
38. What is the Pink Sugar Aquolina of Wine? (w/ Sommelier + Legally Wined Creator Michelle Chen)
37. Make Perfume Not War (w/ The 7 Virtues Founder Barb Stegemann)
36. Decolonizing Scent (w/ Perfumer Yosh Han)
35. Analyzing Birth Charts of Your Favorite Perfumes (w/ Astrologer Annabel Gat)
34. Niche Houses You Need to Know (w/ @thenichesampler Valerie March)
33. Turning Scent Memories into Home Fragrance (w/ Otherland CEO & Co-Founder Abigail Cook Stone)
32. The Future is Fragrance (w/ Fragrance Foundation President Linda Levy)
31. New Year, New(ish) Brand: The COMModity Re-launch (w/ COMModity CEO Vicken Arslanian)
30. A Conversation with Fragrantica’s Srebecca (w/ Musician Sasha Spielberg)
29. Let’s Talk About It! (w/ Content Creator Charles Gross)
28. Deck the Halls in Elizabeth Taylor Passion (w/ Fat Mascara Hosts Jess Matlin and Jenn Sullivan)
27. Is Niche Still Quiche? (w/ Perfumer Marissa Zappas)
26. The Smell of Anal (w/ UFO Parfums’ Maxwell Williams)
25. Rose Fragrances Are In Fact For Men...and Everyone Else (with Kierin NYC Creator Mona Maine de Biran)
24. The Next Santal 33 (w/ Comedian Lauren Servideo)
23. Answering all of Your *Burning* Qs (w/ Candle Influencer Ashley Hosmer)
22. The Secret Formula to Going Viral (w/ Fragrance TikToker John Gonzalez)
21. Creating Photo-Realistic Scents (w/ D.S. & Durga’s David and Kavi Moltz)
20. The 90s Edit (w/ Base Note Bitch Liz Renstrom)
19. ~Wine & Dine~ Your Perfumes (w/ Black Girls Smell Good Founder Maiya Gant)
18. Should Your Wedding Scent be Different Than Your Signature? (w/ High Priestess of Brooklyn, Alex Caiola)
17. My Secret Weapons: My Teachers! (w/ Serendipitee NYC Founders Kathryn Balcerski and Tami Katz)
16. INVITE ONLY (& you're all invited!) (w/ Kayali Founder Mona Kattan)
15. Lavender Is Not the Answer!!! (w/ Aromatherapist Frauke Galia)
14. Only Virgos Wear Baccarat Rouge (w/ Astrologer David Odyssey)
13. The *Tell-All*: Emma's Favorites
12. The Woman Behind all the Smells of Your Childhood (w/ Ann Gottlieb)
11. Don't Scent Your Face! (w/ 4AM Skin Co-Founders Sabrina Sadeghian & Jade Beguelin)
10. Do Your Big 3 Determine Your Perfume Tastes? (w/ TikTok's Professor Perfume Emelia O'Toole)
09. What Makes a Fragrance 'Easy-to-Wear?' (w/ by Rosie Jane's Rosie Jane!)
08. A CBD-Infused Fragrance?! (w/ Aspen Apothecary Co-Founder Keta Burke-Williams)
07. Smell then Tell (w/ Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli)
06. Do You Condition Your Hair *Everywhere*? (w/ Fur Co-Founders Laura Schubert and Lillian Tung)
05. A Live Perfume Consult (w/ TikTok Comedian Jake Cornell)
04. When Perfume Causes An Identity Crisis (w/ my cousin Lauren Rubin)
03. THE COLOGNE *and synesthesia* EPISODE! (w/ Creator Justin Copeland)
02. The Angel Wears DedCool (w/ Perfumer Carina Chaz)
01. Thin Wild Mercury: TikTok’s Fave Indie Perfume (w/ Perfumer Cathleen Cardinali & SURPRISE GUEST!)
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