Rest - The Most Underrated Note
After 110 episodes, week in, week out, on top of 3 ongoing courses, authoring her latest book, a family trip to France, and a family wedding in Spain, Karen has decided to take a well-earned break ove...
27 Jul 202521min
The Tincture Trap - Why Tinctures Often Fall Flat
This week Karen is addressing a question she gets asked all the time regarding the use of tinctures in perfumery. The short answer to this question is that tinctures don’t work. But, with so many peop...
20 Jul 202527min
Too Much of a Good Smell - The Myth of Longevity in Perfumery
This week on the show, Karen is finally addressing an issue that has been annoying her for years - the obsession with extreme longevity of a fragrance. There is a theory that the longer a perfume last...
13 Jul 202518min
The Architecture of Aroma - Structuring Floral Fragrances
Karen has a new live course coming up, on the 7th of July, and in this episode she wants to explore two things that link into that live course - Floral Fragrances and Structure. Working with florals, ...
6 Jul 202525min
Reflections of 30 Years - Things I Would Tell My Younger Self
Inspired by a recent chat with her social media manager, and the realisation that she is approaching thirty years in the perfume business, Karen has decided to take a look back and ponder on the thing...
29 Jun 202531min
Lessons That Last Part 4 - Building a Brand Without Breaking the Bank
To date, my new mini-series has very much been focused on the creation of your fragrances. However, once it’s created, it becomes the time to put it out into the big wide world. But, how do you achiev...
23 Jun 202535min
Lessons That Last Part 3 - How to Structure a Scent
A problem that most of Karen’s students inevitably face is how to structure a scent. Once they learn the perfume pyramid, top, middle and base notes, they assume that they have learned all they need t...
15 Jun 202526min
Lessons That Last Part 2 - Learning Materials
After taking a slight detour to the Rose Retreat last week, Karen is back with her ‘Lessons that Last’ mini-series, and this week she is taking a look at the process and importance of learning materia...
8 Jun 202539min
