33: Why Are We Still Describing Fragrances As OriEnTaL?

There's a certain position in the fragrance industry that gets to call the shots, finesse the juice, and influence how fragrances go from brief to shelves — a position that your hosts wished they knew...

3 Helmi 1h 3min

We have Bryson Ammons and Eddie Hodges, founders of Alloy Studio, on this episode to talk about creating an independent fragrance brand in NYC, how creative rules everything they do, and celebrating q...

27 Tammi 1h 3min

We haven't done one of these in a while — it's a listener Q&A episode in which we address your queries about fragrance and non-fragrance related things like: how to blind buy "successfully," how to di...

13 Tammi 58min

Is it peaking? That's what the rumors (industry insights) say, but based on what we've been seeing, the fraghead community is very much so cooking.[What we smell like today: Maison d'Etto Macanudo, An...

6 Tammi 56min

Are we psychic? According to the history....... not no. Every year, we have a stab at what we can expect to smell in the coming year's forecast, based on current trends, emerging trends, the thousands...

23 Joulu 202558min

Every year, we review our favorite smells that launched into the world in the last 12 months, broken down by such innovative categories as "best body mist," "Best candle," and "best body product smell...

9 Joulu 20251h 1min

We speak of brands often, sometimes (often) critically, other times admiringly. One such brand in the latter is Serviette, helmed by Trey Taylor. A creative culmination of his own tastes, education in...

2 Joulu 20251h 8min

Things have gotten too complicated, too niche, too try-hard. Sometimes it's nice when familiar things are done well — as you'll hear in this episode, in which we smell through some newness from Billie...

25 Marras 202544min