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155: On The Brink Of Glossier They/Them Jun 11, 2024

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A hangtime discussing the BBC documentary about child labor in the Egyptian jasmine supply chain, scented lip balms are everywhere, normalizing not having takes on everything (in beauty coverage ), Binaurale's kooky fragrances, a poppers-themed (?) Boy Smells candle, how a brand's signature scent is its strongest leverage, and how the fragrance You is the dangling carrot in the Glossier buyout rumors.

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154: Ellis Brooklyn is a JUICE Brand feat. Bee Shapiro May 28, 2024

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One fragrance brand we give a lot of (deserved) lip service to is Ellis Brooklyn. And now we finally have brand founder and NYT beauty journalist Bee Shapiro on this episode to talk about how the brand came about and its evolution into the new fragrance landscape.

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153: What would a horny librarian smell like? May 21, 2024

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Nothing against Fruits™... but we're yapping about new smells we've been smelling, these influencer scents, a new bar of banana-scented soap, visits to the Firmenich archives — you know, the regular stuff. We also answer a Hotline listener query concerning scents for horny librarians ;)

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152: Not A Podcast (feat. Romano Ricci of Juliette Has A Gun) May 07, 2024

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Juliette Has A Gun's founder Romano Ricci may be more of a Mercutio in the Shakespeare-coded and metaphorical world of this episode. With Not A Perfume, Anyway..., Mmmm..., Ode To Dullness, and others, Juliette Has A Gun has undone haute parfumerie's formalities and proven that levity can be luxury as well. We speak with Ricci about the risk of launching an unserious fragrance brand in the height of mid-aughts fragrance culture, his roots in fragrance and fashion legacy, and how fragrance can be invisible armor.

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151: The Tortured Perfume Department Apr 30, 2024

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Spring is canonically a season of bare knees, vitamin D-derived dopamine, crushes, and for many, the expiration of their winter and fall cuffs. An uncuffing season, if you will. In this yap-centric episode, we cover some of our foolproof 'get back out there' scents, and a whole lot of other scent-adjacent behaviors that put the sprung in spring.

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150: Le Monde that launched a thousand Gourmands Apr 23, 2024

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Oh, you like gourmands? Name five flavors. Le Monde Gourmand can give you dozens more than that. We have Ann Somma, chief brand officer of Tru Fragrance & Beauty to chat behind the makings of your favorite retailers' fragrances (American Eagle, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Wrangler Jeans...) and how one of those secret fragrances seen only in Urban Outfitters stores struck out to become its very own brand, now jumping to bigger retailers like Ulta, and developing its own following on social media with cute, edible (and French-sounding), and collectible scents.

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149: Chasing Chanel No.5's Ghost with Arabelle Sicardi Apr 16, 2024

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We have prolific beauty writer Arabelle Sicardi on this episode about perfume's mileage, scent stories that break your own heart, how beauty can be a tool for meaningful connection and care, and their upcoming perfume book club!

Check out Arabelle's substack You've Got Lipstick On Your Chin and sign up for their Perfume Pages, a scent sampler and writing experience at Arabellesbook.club.

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148: Too Stressed For Ouds Apr 02, 2024

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Tynan is too stressed to wear ouds, and Sable can't decide: cylindrical or rectangular?

Also feat. extensive yapping about recent smells we've smelled, and how good or bad they are to us: New Mugler Alien Hypersense, new Maison Crivelli Tubéreuse Astrale extrait, yet another Lolita Lempicka revival, Guerlain Oud Nude, Persons Of Interest Crybaby, Phlur Strawberry Letter, et al.

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147: These Scents Are Moving In Silence: Are Seasonal Scent Over? Mar 19, 2024

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Are seasonal scents over? According to the culture (and the media that informs the culture) ... probably, yes. Now that perfume trends run more on a fast fashion current, more frequently birthed by immaculate consumption and tied to some Pinterest aesthetic group devoid of context, fragrance may be freed from another one of its strongest categories (other than gender). So, how will we navigate fragrance if not through seasons, genders, and micro-trends? Time will tell!

[What we smell like today: Amouage Love Delight, Byredo Animalique]

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146: The Fine & Frenchie Cosmic Cashmere Universe Mar 12, 2024

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We are catching up with a slew of new scents we've been smelling lately, including Kylie Jenner Cosmic, DS & Durga Black Magenta, Donna Karan Cashmere Collection, Fine'ry's shameless dupes, and more.

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