It’s easy to idealize a place, when you’re just passing through. Having said that, Chile is a remarkable country, full of remarkable perfumers, making remarkable smells.
Perfume on the Radio is back after a long hiatus, and we are resurfacing with a field report about the indie perfume scene in the delightful South American country. It’s the indies, in the Andes!
With
Alejandro Soto Rodríguez (Segundo Secretario y Cónsul de Chile en San Salvador)
Claudia Escobar Reyes (perfume evaluator)
David Muggioli(President, Fundación Chilena del Perfume | Andes Aromas)
David Santiago (Perfumer, Santiago David Parfums)
Eduardo Alonzo(Jefe técnico y de integración regional CENPROMYPE/SICA)
Osvaldo Cruz(co-founder Cruz y Valencia)
Andrés Gonzales and Raúl Toval (Santiago Perfumes)
Host: Saskia Wilson-Brown (The Institute for Art and Olfaction)
This is the first episode in a 2-part series. The second episode will air in October, 2025.
