198: Perfumes that attract humans vs. perfumes that attract bugs

Years ago, Craig Andrade took a candle-making class that became the impetus for a life pivot from being a lawyer to becoming a perfumer. And in studying perfumery, he realized that so many of Australi...

1 Heinä 20251h 8min

We recently met Alex Brands, founder of the new fragrance... brand, Rite Of Way, at our scent swap last month. He gifted us his first scent Outer Realm, and we were intrigued by the packaging design, ...

24 Kesä 20251h 6min

No, really though? What would a banana, peanut butter, and bread perfume smell like? What's that one fragrance brand Tynan accidentally had been hating on for too long? What will Sabrina Carpenter's n...

17 Kesä 202541min

Here's an episode about all the places we like to go smell some good and premium smells in the Big Apple. Also: - We went to the Fragrance Foundation Awards. What are they? What do they mean? Why di...

10 Kesä 202558min

Sable went to Miami for too long. Tynan discovers what a buy-out is for Rhode Beauty's M&A. We both went to Nette's Lemon Puff fete. We smell the new D.S. & Durga cologne collection, with unexpected r...

3 Kesä 202545min

Hand sanitizer has a rather unfair reputation — this sticky, medical-smelling goo serves to remind us of a worldwide pandemic, or else the inconvenience of not being able to find a wash sink with soap...

20 Touko 202555min

In case you hadn't heard from our last five eps or so, we hosted our first scent swap last week at Talea in Brooklyn. We had 180 RSVPs, 50 swag bags, and a whole lot of perfumes to swap. Here's a litt...

13 Touko 202550min

The chat around the frag-o-sphere as of late has been steaming about Boy Smell's big rebrand. It's been called everything from Temu-ified to TikTok-bait. And aside from our thoughts about it (of which...

22 Huhti 202552min