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25: The Es-scent-ial Work Perfumers Do Everyday Feb 23, 2021

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Rodrigo Flores-Roux is the nose behind some of the most popular fragrances you've been spritzed with at the mall (Clinique Happy, John Varvatos, Britney Spears Hidden Fantasy), as well as some of the most celebrated niche, luxury perfumes that he was contractually unable to discuss with us (rhymes with Chom Board). Flores-Roux has been in the scent game since the 1990s, having created probably over 300 perfumes (he lost count). He graciously tells us all about his journey from studying biology in his home country of Mexico, to perfume school in France, and becoming a Master Perfumer at Givadaun, one of the world's most prestigious fragrance houses, here in NYC.

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24: The Scent of LOVE Feb 14, 2021

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It's the episode that we (mostly Tynan) have all been waiting for. We're doing Valentine's Day with an early surprise episode discussing scents of former lovers and former lives, a semi-accurate and entirely too broad discussion of aphrodisiacs, and...edibles? Grab a box of conversation hearts, don't you dare text your ex, and join us in celebrating the most wonderful time of the year.

[What we smell like this episode: Maison Margiela Replica Lazy Sunday Morning, Byredo Seven Veils]

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23: Candle Chemistry In Otherland Feb 09, 2021

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You know those cool, eye-catching candles that pop up on your Instagram feed (usually in a very aesthetic post) and are so VIVID that it's like you can smell them from your phone screen? Yeah, we know them too. Known for their striking packaging and uniquely quirky and luxurious scents that can fill your studio apartment as well as they can fill your chalet, Otherland creates interesting home scents for interesting people. Brand founder Abigail Stone comes on the pod to talk about what it's like creating a candle brand, having the world's most prestigious perfumers making their scents, and the thoughtful engineering that actually goes into candle parts and packaging that are the difference between candles that behave and candles that suck (you know the ones).

[Fragrances mentioned: Kilian Love, Don't Be Shy Extreme; Akro Dark and Akro Haze]

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22: A Dupe-ious Discussion Feb 02, 2021

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The beauty world is full of dupes galore and for good reason: shit's expensive. But when it comes to fragrance, dupes are on a whole 'nother level— namely, that they are generally shameless about the fact that they are knocking off another designer fragrance. No perfume is too precious to mimic at a lower price point (and concentration)! Naturally, your hosts have fEeLiNgS about the matter. Also, it turns out, so do you. Consider this episode a semi-roundtable discussion of what constitutes a dupe, how do they get away with it, and are they "hurting" the fragrance industry? Also, what's with all these new DTC Warby Parker-wannabe fragrance brands that have us repeatedly stationed in the crosshairs of their targeted ads? Hmm. Hm hm hmm...

[Fragrances mentioned: Valentino Uomo Born in Roma, Thierry Mugler Angel]

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21: Whiff-Busting With Neurologist & Author Rachel Herz Jan 26, 2021

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Would you rather lose your cell phone or your sense of smell? Apparently, a lot of chuckleheads would be OK with losing their sense of smell. BUT! Did you know just how integrated your sense of smell is to your mental and physical well-being, your ability to sniff out an ideal mate, and experiencing a full spectrum of emotions (and flavors!) in 4kHD? Tim Apple could never.

Neurologist and smell-specialist Rachel Herz kindly blows our smooth little minds with heaps of information about just how underrated and underestimated the sense of smell is — like how pheromones are a myth, how you can detect various diseases and illness through body odor, how hanging out with babies and other pregnant women can make you more fertile, and how Big Brother may very well soon be using odor profiles to track us. Listen to this episode and never take your sense of smell for granted again! And then immediately go read Rachel Herz's books: The Scent of Desire, Why We Eat What We Eat, and That's Disgusting.

[Fragrances mentioned: Maison Margiela Replica Bubble Bath]

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20: Bottling Romance with Atelier Cologne Jan 19, 2021

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Atelier Cologne is not only a prolific collection of fragrances but also an olfactive retelling of the love story between the two founders, Sylvie Ganter and Christophe Cervasel. Can you stand it? Brand Ambassador and Atelier Cologne's first employee Ross Barry joins the pod to take us through the history of the brand from how it started, how they stay true to their nature-derived and environmentally sustainable practices, and how the brand keeps current in the increasingly competitive beauty and fragrance landscape. He also airs out the brand’s dirty laundry which of course, we love, and you will too.
[Fragrances mentioned: The Nue Co. Forest Lungs, Tom Ford Costa Azzurra] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live
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19: The Places We Have Come to Smell The Most Jan 12, 2021

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We know it's 2021 or whatever, but we're starting off the year by dusting off this vintage gem from early days that we just...never published for some reason. Never too late to right a wrong!
Recorded in early September 2020, this episode is all about the way scents have become pins in the maps of our lives, harkening back to places, environments, and contexts that employ the likes of SpaghettiOs, automobile paint, garbage water, hot dog carts, and much more as odor anchors in our travels.
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18: Ask Your Gay Son, And Other Good Advice Dec 29, 2020

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Smell Ya Later's inaugural year is coming to a close and this candle in the wind is going out with...an inquisition. You asked and we put all those asks in a pile to save for one whole episode to deliver. Dear listeners, this episode is for you because we love you and are so grateful that you tune in every week to hear all about what we smell like. Therefore, all of the inquisitive, intelligent, shady, and invasive questions you've slid into our DMs shall be indulged in our most illuminating episode of the year. Questions about smells, perfume (obviously), relationships, nepotism, influencism, Orientalism — all the isms (and other suffixes as well)!Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live
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17: The Scents of Herbal Essences Dec 22, 2020

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We all remember THOSE commercials — the orgasmic shower scenes inspired not from a highly pressurized hose attachment but the euphoric scent of...Herbal Essences shampoo. Its bright, fruity, and floral scent wafted from every hair flip and ponytail swish of the 90s and early aughts (and before that as well but we weren't alive then) and remains one of the most memorable haircare scents today.

Proctor & Gamble's master perfumer and senior perfumers (respectively), Zerlina Dubois and Stacy Hertenstein come on the pod to talk about how that Herbal Essences scent came to be, how creating a shampoo scent is much more complex than creating a fine fragrance, how scent trends are researched and created, and how those have a lot more to do with what's going on in the world than you might initially expect.

[What we smell like today: Khloe & Lamar Unbreakable, Robert Piguet L'Insomnuit]

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16: Every Kiss Begins With Krigler Dec 15, 2020

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The word "iconic" gets thrown around a lot. So does the word "literally." Well, prepare for an encore when we tell you that Krigler is literally one of the most iconic fragrance houses in the WORLD. Their exquisite juices have spritzed the necks of royalty (American and otherwise), celebrity, Oscar winners, literary icons, and also the iconically wealthy. Hepburn, Kelly, Dietrich, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Kennedy — Krigler truly is the scent of ICONS. Ben Krigler, the great great (great?) grandson of Albert Krigler, who founded the brand in 1904, came on the pod to talk with us about the unique magique of Krigler fragrances and how his humble family business went from hotel boutiques to a beloved brand for scent enthusiasts wherever they are in the world. (Kind of like Succession but with less familial extortion and more perfume.)
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