All Episodes

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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