185. VIRGINIA BONOFIGLIO ~ So You Want a Degree in Fragrance!
PSA: You Don’t Have to Go to France to Study Fragrance!!In fact, there’s an educational, state-of-the-art fragrance lab right in NYC—at FIT, home to the country’s only collegiate Cosmetics & Fragrance...
12 Aug 20251h
184. MICHAEL NORDSTRAND (perfumer) ~ Is perfume just a bunch of fucus pocus?
Award-winning independent perfumer, multidisciplinary artist, teacher, and Perfume Papa Michael Nordstrand is in the Perfume Room this week. Today, we discuss the 3 perfumes he thinks everyone should ...
5 Aug 20251h 14min
183. AGUSTINE ZEGERS (AGAR OLFACTORY) ~ Perfuming the Apocalypse, Unscented Perfumes, and Fragrant Time Portals.
agustine zegers, Chilean olfactive artist and creator of agar olfactory and speculative scent lab, directs experimental scent spaces focused on expanding our sensorial tools to navigate a planet in tr...
29 Jul 20251h 5min
182. RODRIGO FLORES-ROUX ~ What Does 2025 Smell Like? (According to a World-Renowned Perfumer.)
Givaudan VP Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux generously returns to the Perfume Room to offer a definitive roadmap to the past, present, and future of perfume. Bookmark this ep. You'll come back to it. Rod...
15 Jul 20251h 1min
181. CÉCILE ZAROKIAN ~ Do Epic (Woman) Shit.
Cécile Zarokian is one of the greatest independent perfumers of all time, but she wasn’t always independent, and she hadn’t always planned on becoming a perfumer, either. Today, she’s in the Perfume R...
8 Jul 20251h 6min
180. CRAIG ANDRADE (The Raconteur) ~ The Law Firm Partner Who Became a Perfumer
IMAGINE THIS: You're a partner at one of the world's top law firms. It's what you've worked towards your entire career. Would you walk away from it all for the chance to chase your true creative calli...
1 Jul 20251h 8min
179. THE ALLOY STUDIO ~ A Perfume with a 'Trashy Perfume' Accord?!
The Alloy Studio is an experimental, Black, queer-owned fragrance brand blending glamour with grit. Created by romantic and business partners Bryson Ammons (the perfumer) and Eddie Hodges (the creativ...
24 Jun 20251h 6min
178. JAKE LEVY & MATT BELANGER ~ How did Stéle Become a Household Name?
A lot can happen in a year. Since opening its Williamsburg doors last summer, Stéle has added a second location, dropped 100(!) fragrances in a single day, and moonlights as Nolita's hottest millennia...
17 Jun 20251h 11min
