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The Emma Guns Show Everything you need to know about the female body with Polly Vernon.Polly Vernon has written the most incredible book and, if you are a woman, you should probably read it. Sooner rather than later. In this episode, Polly and I discuss the female body in all its weird, wonderful and miraculous ways and how getting to know it better is a wonderful journey on which to embark. How the Female Body Works by Polly Vernon is available now.Follow and subscribe to Polly over on Substack -- Broad with Polly Vernon.Hey! Why not share your thoughts and insights to make your listening experience...

2025-09-291h 10

Smell That Movie from HALOSCOPE Media Emma Vernon Smells MatildaFragrance expert, writer, comedian, and the host of the podcast, Perfume Room: Emma Vernon talks Danny Devito's Matilda (1996). Check Out Everything Emma: THE POD: PERFUME ROOM FOLLOW THE POD: HERE THE NEWSLETTER: PERFUME ROOM FOLLOW HER: HERE & HERE _______________________________________________ SOTD: Highgrove Bouquet - Penhaligons CS's Matilda Picks: Angel - Mugler Annabelle's Birthday Cake - Marissa Zappa Fée Du Sucre - Odette Parfum Gateau Blackout - DS & Durga

2025-07-1138 min

How C*m 14 The Smell of Desire (Emma Vernon)We are talking about the link between scents and attraction with fragrance expert, perfume lover/advisor, matchmaker, and host of Perfume Room, Emma Vernon. We discuss the science between smell and arousal and all different types of fragrances. Emma talks about how to get a signature scent, the importance of scent with regard to memories, and the evolution of fragrance throughout the 70s, 80s, 90s etc. and how those changes reflects on what was going on culturally during each decade. This episode is dedicated to our grandmothers-- forever doused in fragrance Perfumes Mentioned in the Epi...

2025-05-311h 02

Perfume Room 166. [PERFUMERISM] From PerfumeTok to Perfumery School!Perfume content creator Emma (Perfumerism) has traded in her Toronto address for a Paris one to attend perfumery school! Today we chat about her new Parisian life, learning the lingo of perfume, how to actually memorize smells, and navigating the duality of being BOTH a highly successful content creator AND student of the industry simultaneously.FOLLOW EMMA: @perfumerismNOW-APR 8, buy Commodity Orris:⁠https://commodityfragrances.com/pages/coming-soon-editions⁠FRAGS MENTIONED:Courrèges Hyper Musc (SOTD), J-Scent On a Cloud, D&G Devotion, BBW: Loyal to You, Covered in Roses, If You M...

2025-03-0543 min

Perfume Room 132. Spring '24 Fragrances: A Bird's Eye View (w/ Fat Mascara Co-Hosts Jenn Sullivan and Jess Matlin!)IT'S OFFICIALLY FRAGRANCE WEEK! To celebrate, longtime friends of the pod—Jenn Sullivan and Jess Matlin, Fat Mascara Co-Hosts—are in the Perfume Room today sharing the fragrances that are exciting and intriguing them most for Spring 2024! FRAGS MENTIONED: Xinú Ummo, Parfums de Marly: Perseus, Delina; Riddle Oil, The Body Shop White Musk, Phlur Apricot Prive, The Perfumer’s Story Sequoia Wood, Régime des Fleurs Little Flower, Ellis Brooklyn Myth, Matière Première: Crystal Saffron, Vanilla Powder; Andrea Maack Jest, Hanae Mori Butterfly EDT, Tom Ford Lost Cherry, Maison D’ETTO Karat EG, Prescriptive...

2024-03-1952 min

Fat Mascara Smell & Tell with Perfume Room's Emma VernonIn honor of Fragrance Day, we joined up with Emma Vernon, host of the podcast Perfume Room, to talk about fragrance trends, the language we use to discuss perfume, and the scents of everything from orris and carnations to egg creams and dust bunnies. Listen in as we work our way through a “smell & tell” session featuring some of Emma’s favorite scents of the season.Perfumes mentioned in this episode: shopmy.us/collections/438253Episode recap with links (including Emma's live event March 23): fatmascara.com/blog/perfume-roomSponsor links & discount codes: fatmascara.com/sponsorsPrivate Facebook Group: Fat Mascara Raising a WandTi...

2024-03-1544 min

Perfume Room 126. Perfumes That Smell Like Myanmar (w/ Gabar Co-Founder Phway Su Aye)A Third Culture Kid as she refers to herself, Phway Su Aye, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Gabar, has called many countries home. This week, she's in Perfume Room to talk about the one whose unforgettable aromas inspired her fragrance brand. Phway shares stories, rituals, and personal memories from her early childhood in Myanmar; she tells of a perfumery course that changed the trajectory of her career; and what it was like bottling these memories into perfumes during the lockdown and then a military coup. FRAGS MENTIONED: Future Society Optimal Habitat, Nasomatto Baraonda, Liis Studied, M...

2024-02-0652 min

Perfume Room 115. Scents *for The Horse Girl By a Horse Girl* (w/ MAISON d’ETTO Founder Brianna Lipovsky)MAISON d’ETTO Founder and Professional Horse Girl Brianna Lipovsky is in the Perfume Room today. Brianna and I chat everything from competing in Dressage at the Grand Prix level, channeling horse relationships into smells, a shamanic healing session in a Midtown office that changed the trajectory of her career, and a fragrance in her collection with an actual HORSE MOLECULE. + REVIEWS OF: Officine Universelle Buly Patate Douce des Caraibes et Carotte D’Afghanistan + the Phlur body/hair mist trio launch. FRAGS MENTIONED: Officine Universelle Buly Patate Douce des Caraibes et Carotte D’Afghani...

2023-10-2459 min

Perfume Room 104. Gourmands Aren’t All A Piece of Cake (w/ Perfumer Hilde Soliani)Perfume Royality Hilde Soliani, La Regina dei Gourmand//the Queen of Gourmands, is in the Perfume Room today! At first glance, you might say dessert scents are her bread and butter, but Hilde would be quick to tell you that *bread and butter scents* are also her bread and butter. And for that matter, so are her fish, oyster, and cheese fragrances. Her title bears great responsibility, and in Hilde's kingdom, no food group is left behind. We discuss her inspiration, her fragrance philosophy, becoming a perfumer at age 40, and lots of other magical musings along the way.

2023-07-2545 min

Perfume Room 98. Emma in Paris! (a solo episode)I went to Paris and now it's my *~whole personality~*. Here's a recap of everything I smelled and loved! Wish you could smell along? YOU. CAN. Sign up for JUNE SMELL CLUB, where we'll be smelling 5 of my favorite discoveries from the trip! FRAGS MENTIONED: Mathilde M. Astrée (scented plaster dove + room spray), Le Nez du Vin Master Kit, Le Nez du Vin Wine Faults, Maison Berger Paris Chardon Sauvage, Divine L’Homme Accompli, Memo Sicilian Leather, Divine L’Espirit Libre, L’Artisan Iris Gris, June Smell Club Emma in Paris sample pack, Perfumer H: Ink...

2023-06-0642 min

Perfume Room 96. No, Not Everything Smells Like Baccarat (w/ Fragrance Specialist & Personality Travaulya Wallace)Travaulya Wallace is BACK in the Perfume Room today! You may remember her from Perfume Room LIVE or perhaps you are one of her 238K TikTok followers(!), or maybe, you’ve even shopped with her at Nordstrom where she is a Fragrance Specialist providing her clients with the ultimate personalized fragrance experiences. Today, Travaulya and I chat about everything from scent preferences that make us think twice, to why Aquarius’ are misunderstood (and the scents they should be wearing), to the difference between a ‘Don’t Hug Me’ scent vs. a ‘Leave Me Alone’ scent (because they are indeed quite differen...

2023-05-161h 05

Perfume Room 92. Your Favorite Fragrance Family (no, not that kind) (w/ BDK Founder David Benedek)BDK Founder David Benedek is in the Perfume Room today! We chat about everything from the BDK Parfums signature—that common thread/secret note(s) you might find in every scent, to growing up in the fragrance world, to what’s most played on David’s Spotify right now. David discusses the journey/evolution of creating BDK and the friends and family that shaped him & the brand along the way. And of course, you’ll hear a sneak preview from David of some of the newness we can look forward to in the coming year ;) FRAGS...

2023-04-1848 min

Perfume Room 91. My Go-To Spring Scents, The Weirdest Perfume I've Ever Smelled, Scented Products I Can't Quit, & More! (a solo episode)Oooo ooo ooo - it's an all new solo ep this week, and I am answering your burning Qs including: what I am wearing this spring niche fragrances exciting me right now April Smell Club deets! ‘funny’ stories from my childhood (that double as tRaUma) the conditioner that saved my hair the body oil I can't quit work scent etiquette and my work scent picks the weirdest fragrance I’ve smelled to date fragrances I think the Love Is Blind S4 cast wears FRAGS/PRODUCTS MENTIONED: Phlur Tangerine Boy, Maison Crivelli Citrus Batikanga, Matiere Premiere Cologn...

2023-04-1125 min

Perfume Room 90. Perfume for Wine Tasting? Groundreaking. (BUT ACTUALLY!) (w/ Kelly + Jones Founder Kelly Jones)Kelly Jones, Founder of Kelly + Jones fragrances, is in the Perfume Room today! We love a controversial perfume line and this one is no exception. While wine aficionados frown upon and often go as far as actually forbidding wearing fragrance in the tasting room, Kelly + Jones fragrances are specifically meant for exactly that! Each scent is inspired by the tasting notes of a different wine or spirit and is best enjoyed alongside said wine or spirit. No – the Kelly + Jones Chardonnay scent doesn’t smell like you spilled a glass of a buttery California chard all over your clothes (thou...

2023-03-2851 min

Perfume Room 88. These Are All My Fav Designer Scents Right Now! (w/ Fragrance Collector & Strategist Olya Bar)FINALLY — a very *high requested* episode — I am sharing my top picks for designer fragrances currently on the market! And to give you an every bigger breadth of choices, I am doing so alongside my friend, fragrance collector, Olya Bar (last week’s guest). In order to give you our most up-to-date opinions, we traversed the streets of Herald Square, starting our journey first at Ulta and ending it at Macy’s. TL;DR: We smelled hundreds of fragrances so you don’t have to, and in this episode, we share our favorites. FRAGS MENTIONED: 1509...

2023-03-1455 min

Perfume Room 87. A Fragrance Collector [Keeper] with Over 900 Bottles (w/ Fragrance Creator & Strategist Olya Bar)Olya Bar is *Our Fragrance Keeper.* With a collection that runs 900 bottles deep—YES I SAID 900—she’s transcended being a collector, and at this point, is more of an archivist. Want to know how or if a bottle design has changed since it first launched? Olya can tell you. Which reformulation is the sweetest? Olya can tell you. In addition to being a lover/keeper/creator, she’s also an industry vet with over a decade of experience in both retail and marketing. Currently, she works as Twisted Lily’s Digital Strategist. We cover all the hard-hitti...

2023-03-0745 min

Perfume Room 86. Preserving History Through Perfume (w/ ARQUISTE® Founder Carlos Huber)ARQUISTE® Founder Carlos Huber is in the Perfumer Room today! Carlos’ love of old cities led him to his first career as a Preservation Architect, but it was his fascination with how they smelled that led him to his second: as a fragrance developer and founder of an award-winning fragrance brand focused on preserving history and architecture through scent. You can also thank Carlos (as well as legendary perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux, who, btw, personally trained him(!)) for the vacation in a bottle smell that is Vacation by Vacation Inc! Carlos shares so many fun personal stories including how...

2023-02-281h 15

Perfume Room 85. The Case for Minimalist Perfume (w/ Liis Co-Founders Alissa Sullivan & Leslie Hendin)Liis Co-Founders Leslie Hendin and Alissa Sullivan are in the Perfume Room today! It seems like every day a new niche fragrance brand pops up, making it all too easy to get lost in the shuffle. Liis has been able to make waves and grow a cult following in the fragcomm because of their fragrances’ easy-to-wear, minimalist and ethereal-like qualities. Alissa and Leslie share how Liis came to be, dating all the way back to their meet cute many moons ago in London. They talk about their learnings as a small business including everything from figuring out how to en...

2023-02-2151 min

Perfume Room 84. East of Where? Be Specific (w/ Jazmin Saraï Perfumer Dana El Masri)Dana El Masri, Perfumer/Founder of Jazmin Saraï, is in the Perfume Room today! Trained at GIP, Dana combines her classical training, scent memories, love of music, and strong intermodal perception to create multi-sensorial fragrances and experiences. Today we chat about everything from woes and wins of perfumery school, channeling memories and music into scent, the content TikTok seems to think she wants that won’t disappear from her FYP, plagiarism in fragrance, the smells of Dana’s childhood across cultures and countries, and related to that, why the O word is not only offensive, but inaccurate. Dana...

2023-02-141h 16

Perfume Room 83. *Synesthetes* are the New *Empaths* (a solo ep)IT’S ME (!) coming to you with a quick solo ep. Here’s what I’m talking about this week: why you need to stop what you’re doing and get tix to Monster Jam (hehe lolol) my experience at the FragranceNet brick & mortar (/who knew there was one?) a BIG 2023 trend prediction a personal hot take that will leave you *shaking* And of course, I answer several of the burning Qs that you wrote in on Instagram (@perfumeroompod)! FRAGS MENTIONED: Jazmin Saraï How You Love, Giorgio Beverly Hills Giorgio, 4711, Boucheron...

2023-02-0720 min

Perfume Room 82. The TRUTH About Pheromones... From An Evolutionary Biologist! (w/ Dr. Tristram Wyatt)ARE PHEROMONES PHER REAL? CAN A SPECIFIC FRAGRANCE REALLY GET YOU LAID? ARE THERE ANY ACTUAL SCIENTIFICALLY-PROVEN APHRODISIACS? Why do we like one person’s natural scent and not someone else’s? If pheromones aren’t real, why do scientific studies that seemingly prove their validity exist? Are our scent preferences determined by nature or nurture? So many questions and today we cover them all with award-winning Author and Evolutionary Biologist, Dr. Tristram Wyatt. Dr. Wyatt is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow of Kellogg Colleg...

2023-01-3143 min

Perfume Room 81. Queen of Animalics, Countess of Indie Fragrance (w/ Indie Perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz!)Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, lovingly referred to as DSH by her customers/fanbase, is in the Perfume Room today! And here’s the thing: WE SIMPLY CANNOT DISCUSS THE AMERICAN INDIE/ARTISAN FRAGRANCE MOVEMENT WITHOUT DISCUSSING DAWN. DSH Perfumes, the brand she launched over 30 years ago, essentially laid the blueprint for all brands and perfumers that followed. Dawn is an absolute delight and we chat about everything from vintage notes and accords that are making big comebacks, to how DSH came to be, what synesthesia really feels like, vintages that feel modern, and Dawn even shares the real gems (both hid...

2023-01-2458 min

Perfume Room 80. How Beauty Editorial Round Ups Really Get Made (w/ R29 Sr. Beauty Editor Amanda Mitchell)Ever wonder how certain fragrances make their ways into different publications’ ‘Best Of’ lists or editorial roundups? Is it determined by the quality of the product OR perhaps just the quality of the PR team behind it? Today, Refinery29’s Sr. Beauty Editor Amanda Mitchell is answering all the hard questions. As a beauty editor, Amanda is not only constantly testing new products, she's also trying all the latest beauty treatments, procedures, and experiences. Amanda shares her thoughts on press events/experiences vs. influencer ones (/including some piping hot takes on editors vs. influencers), but we also get into a much mo...

2023-01-1740 min

Perfume Room 79. Chronicling Space & Time (& Trauma) Through Scent (w/ Chronotope Founder Carter Weeks Maddox)If you made potions with your parents' beauty products as a kid, congrats there is a 99.999% chance you are now a fraghead. Today's guest went one step further -- from potion-making to perfume-making. Chronotope Founder and Perfumer Carter Weeks Maddox is in the Perfume Room today! Though Carter is an entirely self-taught perfumer, the lens through which he creates is backed by an MA in Critical Theory. He wrote his thesis on manifestations of the chronotope within women's postwar life writing and his fragrances in many ways exist as the olfactive manifestation of his studies. We discuss i...

2023-01-101h 08

Perfume Room BONUS EPISODE: Pt. 2 BGSG x Perfume Room Holiday Gift Guide (w/ @blackgirlssmellgood's Maiya Nicole!)You didn't think we were done yet, did you?! Please enjoy part 2 of the Black Girls Smell Good x Perfume Room Holiday Gift Guide episode! Maiya shares her big announcement, we talk about our fav candles, lotions, gels, gift sets, AND we answer YOUR specific holiday gifting requests! FRAGS MENTIONED: JHAG Not A Perfume, Ellis Brooklyn Super Amber, Chris Collins Citrus Grandis, Montale So Intense Iris, Atelier Pomelo Paradise, Nest Holiday Scented Candle, Harlem Candle Co: St Nicholas, Langston; Aesop Resurrection Soap, Mad et Len Graphite, Otherland candles Boudoir Rouge, Maison Margiela Replica B...

2022-12-1646 min

Perfume Room 78. MAIYA NICOLE EXPOSED AS A ROSE LOVER PT. 1 (w/ @blackgirlssmellgood Founder Maiya Nicole)Black Girls Smell Good Creator Maiya Nicole is BACK(!!!) in the Perfume Room today! With over 112K followers on TikTok, 54K on Instagram, and 45K on Twitter, @blackgirlssmellgood is beloved across platforms for her entertaining and incisive POV, impeccable production quality, and expertise. Maiya has remained one of your favorite guests of the pod, and she’s one of mine too… which is why I am so happy she’s back today! We discuss the most pivotal and memorable scents we tried in 2022, plus we breakdown all the best fragrant holiday gifts for your loved (and liked) ones in your l...

2022-12-1359 min

Perfume Room 77. Scents, Cities, Sag Szn, & Secrets (w/ Actress Ashley Benson!)Today we are joined by the one, the only, Ashley Benson! Actress/Tastemaker/Entrepreneur-extraordinaire, you might know her as Hanna Marin from Pretty Little Liars. Ashley further proves my theory that all the best celebs love perfume; she just launched her own line, Ash by Ashley Benson. We discuss the first two fragrance launches in the collection and the personal inspiration and stories behind both, how she tailors her aesthetic to whatever city she’s in, her PLL days and what Hanna would have worn, and what it’s like being in perhaps the most extroverted career as someone who...

2022-12-0645 min

Perfume Room 76. A Family For Every Fragrance (w/ The Fragrance Wheel Creator Michael Edwards)Another *Perfume Room Required Listening* This week’s guest has not only authored Perfume Legends (vol I and II), he IS one. I am joined by the person responsible for the taxonomy of fragrance as we know it — Founder of Fragrances of the World, Inventor of the Fragrance Wheel(!) — Michael Edwards. It is because of Michael that we have universal and empirical language around perfume. We discuss everything from The Fragrance Landscape B.C. and A.C. — that is, before Charlie and after Charlie, fragrance stews (AKA unclassifiable scents), the necessary formal reclassification of the o-word t...

2022-11-291h 00

Perfume Room 75. The Instagram School of Perfumery (w/ @fragrance.drama AKA Erik Constantin)There’s an Instagram account (consensually) sharing the highly coveted (and otherwise secret) formulas behind all your favorite scents; this week I am joined by its founder: Erik Constantin. If you’ve ever wanted to teach yourself how to be a perfumer, Erik’s account @fragrance.drama is a must-follow. Erik’s passion for fragrance extends beyond this account; by day, he is the main trainer on perfumery at Avon Romania, and he’s walking proof that Instagram University is real and thriving; he’s currently working on launching 2 original fragrances. What are the copyright laws when it comes to...

2022-11-2255 min

Perfume Room 74. Smell & Tell, But Mainly *Tell* (w/ Fragrance Content Creator Tracy Wan)Tracy Wan, AKA Invisible Stories on IG and TikTok is in the Perfume Room today! Tracy is a content creator and fragrance writer, and in fact, it was words — discovering the language of fragrance through prominent industry voices like Luca Turin and Chandler Burr— that first propelled her down this scented path. Tracy's love for perfume runs deep; from taking a perfumery course in Grasse to to chasing down a coveted fragrance all the way à Paris, she's done it all and her breadth of knowledge reflects it. We discuss everything from notes and fragrances that have surprised us, to how sh...

2022-11-1559 min

Perfume Room 73. Reimagining the Harlem Renaissance Through Scent (w/ Harlem Candle Company Founder Teri Johnson)Meet the woman re-imagining what Langston Hughes' home would have smelled like. Teri Johnson, Founder of Harlem Candle Company pays homage to iconic figures and spaces of the Harlem Renaissance through her luxury candles and fragrances. To do this, she and the perfumers she works with become investigators, conducting hours of research to get every note just right. And lucky for us, Harlem Candle Company has recently expanded to Harlem Perfume Company! We chat about everything from Teri’s new perfume launch; her fragrance muse: her glamorous Aunt Barbara; and a recent collaboration with… The White House?! PLUS ENJOY A LT...

2022-11-0851 min

Perfume Room 72. The Scottish Fragrance Brand Crafting Everything In-House (w/ Jorum Studio Co-Founders Euan McCall and Chloe Mullen)Jorum Studio, one of my *new* fave-ever indie fragrance brands, is in the Perfume Room today! I chat with Co-Founders Euan McCall and Chloe Mullen about the perfume scene in Scotland, the irreverence of the brand not just in their actual fragrances, but in how they source inspiration, the fragrance oil house (Scotland's only one, btw) to fragrance brand pipeline, and why the best thing you can be as an entrepreneur is naive. FRAGS MENTIONED: 1509 Oil, Le Labo Bergamot 22, Xerjoff Apollonia, Jorum Studio: Gorseland, Athenaeum, Firewater, Arran Aromatics, Isle of Skye Candle Company, Essence of Harris, Guerlain, Ch...

2022-11-0156 min

Perfume Room 71. No One's Complimenting My Perfume & Other Short Stories (a solo ep)*I'M BAAAAAACK* It's another palate cleanser, a little amuse-bouche if you will... This week, it's just me and here what's on deck: a particular niche fragrance house that is simply blowing my mind, some recent sniffs that I. just. can't. quit, why compliments on fragrances are not good barometers on whether they're 'good' (unless the compliment is coming from inside the house), my favorites from Liquides Imaginaires, what I'm being for Halloween, and a piece of advice for all of you that you can do... LITERALLY RIGHT NOW. PSSST: I also announce the November Smell Club theme! A...

2022-10-2518 min

Perfume Room 70. Talking Smell of Scents Without Sense of Smell (w/ Perfumer Ugo Charron & Congenital Anosmic Emma Dancourt)A perfumer and a person with congenital anosmia walk into a bar... What ensues? A multi-sensorial fragrance created around everything BUT smell. Together Mane Junior Perfumer Ugo Charron and Journalist Emma Dancourt, who lives with congenital anosmia (meaning she has never smelled), set out on a most challenging endeavor: to create Emma’s signature scent. How do you capture someone’s essence in fragrant form when said person cannot smell? Well as you’ll hear in this episode, smelling well (or at all, for that matter) and smelling good can indeed be mutually exclusive. Hear first from Ugo ab...

2022-10-181h 09

Perfume Room 69. The Man Who's Scenting All of New York (w/ Principal Perfumer Frank Voelkl!)*REQUIRED LISTENING* Frank Voelkl—Principal Perfumer at Firmenich, and creator of cult-classics like Santal 33, Glossier You, The Noir 29, and yep, even Axe— is in the Perfume Room today!! Frank shares what it takes to set a trend, actually setting it, and of course, what happens next (hint hint: copycats, dupes, etc.). We talk about why being a perfumer isn't all coming up roses (sometimes it's musk, and woody notes too hehe), Frank's most personal creations, fragrance family trees, how the fragrance consumer's desires have shifted over the last few decades, and artistically-speaking, when and why you'd use a synthetic note...

2022-10-1158 min

Perfume Room 68. The Perfumer Bottling Our Collective Scent Memories Through Her Own (w/ Perfumer Maya Njie)Maya Njie (of Maya Njie perfume) is a self-taught, London-based perfumer who combines her own scent memories, Swedish and Gambian roots, imagination, and design background to translate photos into scents. And not just any photos— ones from her own family’s archive. Drawing on inspiration from the 60s and 70s and the unique color palettes of those decades, she color picks family photos from this era and re-imagines the color palettes, moments, times, places, and people as scents. FRAGS MENTIONED: Diptyque Orpheon, Marissa Zappas Annabel’s Birthday Cake, Hanae Mori, MCM Ultra, Maya Njie: Nordic Cedar...

2022-10-0442 min

Perfume Room 67. Farm-To-Table but Make it Fragrance (w/ MATIERE PREMIERE Perfumer, Supplier, & Co-Founder Aurélien Guichard)Aurélien Guichard reaps what he sows... and then facets it. The rose and tuberose in his fragrances? It's sourced directly from his own organic flower farm in Grasse. So yeah, in addition to being an illustrious, brilliant, 7th-generation perfumer responsible for some of your favorite smells (*cough cough* Gucci Guilty, Versace Eros, Narciso Poudree, Burberry Hero) Guichard is redefining what it means to be sustainable, natural, and locally-sourced (and not in an annoying greenwashing way). We discuss his path to perfumery, the inspiration behind Matière Première, and how you never know when an old fragrance formula migh...

2022-09-2058 min

Perfume Room 66. The Fall It-Fragrance Trend: Mac & Cheese Scents (SOLO EPISODE)WOWOW, have you missed my train of thought musings? You are in luck. Today's ep is just moi and I'm talking about my biggest fall trend prediction: *mac & cheese scents.* (And btw, please, do join me in making this expression happen.) I also discuss how Baccarat Rouge is a microcosm of of larger Internet behavior, specifically TikTok behavior, and more specifically, the current state of PerfumeTok. Plus, I share the scents I'll be wearing all fall long, some fun facts about me, my thoughts on aromatherapy, and how I display and organize my collection. FRAGS MENTIONED:

2022-09-1330 min

Perfume Room 65. From Brain to Bottle: The A-Z of Creating a Fragrance (w/ Fragrance Agent Bart Schmidt)Fragrance Agent Bart Schmidt is in the Perfume Room today! Don’t know what a fragrance agent is? You’ll learn in this episode! Bart breaks down every aspect of the process of creating a fragrance from ideation to getting the bottle into consumers' hands — a great listen if you’ve ever been curious about how to launch your own fragrance! Bart also shares what his the trends he thinks are here to stay and what’s to come, who the next Le Labos of the industry will be, and why indie brands continue to break the mold when it comes t...

2022-09-071h 04

Perfume Room 64. Lighting The Way to The Soft Life (w/ Sir Candle Man!)Your fave candle creator, Sir Candle Man (Kudzi Chikumbu), is in the Perfume Room today! This ep has been a long time coming! Sir Candle Man and I discuss everything from his creative process for content creation, to the chance encounter in Paris that started it all, and obv, you guessed it the launch of his first-ever fragrance (in collab with L’Or de Seraphine) Soft Life! We discuss the meaning and inspiration behind Soft Life, why and how he created this candle, and of course, what it smells like. FRAGS MENTIONED: Givenchy MMW, Escentric Mo...

2022-08-3047 min

Perfume Room 62. Chris Collins Smells like WHAT? (w/ Fragrance Founder Chris Collins)Chris Collins, Founder of the niche, luxury, Black-owned fragrance brand Chris Collins (and casual former International Model) is in the Perfume Room today! We cover so much ground including the smell of hustle (yes, it has a smell), Chris Collins' little-known secret: he’s actually quite shy, why every fragrance brand needs a homebase, High School Chris (and what he smelled like), and how for better or worse, the most important thing a fragrance should do is provoke (which obv checks out, because Chris is—but of course—a Scorpio). FRAGS MENTIONED: Escentric Molecules Molecule 01, Bleu de...

2022-08-161h 03

Perfume Room 61. Vabbing, The Ultimate Indie Sleaze Perfume, and Why You Need to Stop Trying to Make Goblincore Happen (w/ Old Loser In Brooklyn, Mandy Lee!)This week I am joined by your fave fashion analyst/tastemaker Mandy Lee, AKA Old Loser in Brooklyn. With over 400k TikTok followers, Mandy has played a pivotal role in both setting and predicting so many trends, perhaps most notably, the ever-loved Indie Sleaze, which we obviously scent. From Cottagecore to Coquette, we also discuss the perfect fragrance for every trending e-aesthetic. And you knew it was coming; separately, Mandy has been very high on Perfumetok’s radar in the last month for a different reason— a viral video she made (and has since taken down) about vabbing. Yep, this...

2022-08-0959 min

Breaking Beauty Podcast TikTok-Viral Fragrances, Are They Worth The Money? Ft. Emma Vernon Host of The Perfume Room PodcastWith 2.8 billion #PerfumeTikTok views and counting, we’re reviewing the hottest fragrances right now alongside Emma Vernon, host of The Perfume Room podcast. Emma is a comic and former matchmaker-turned-fragrance expert who’s been featured in The New York Times, New York Post and InStyle. Today, she’s bringing her encyclopedic fragrance knowledge to help assess which viral perfumes are legitimately #DamnGood – and which ones smell like burnt tires and cotton candy. From Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s ubiquitous Baccarat Rouge 540 to Ariana Grande’s Cloud to the influencer scent that spurred a 100,000 person waitlist and the one depart...

2022-08-0344 min

Perfume Room 60. Beauty Editors' Most Coveted Fragrances (w/ Breaking Beauty podcast Co-Hosts Jill Dunn & Carlene Higgins)Breaking Beauty podcast co-hosts Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins are in the Perfume Room today! These two longtime friends and beauty editors tell the stories behind the breakthrough people, products, and moments shaping beauty history and swatch and spritz everything so you don't have to. Today we discuss the most coveted fragrances in their personal collections, how beauty editors select the fragrances they write about, a wild press trip that included a multi-course Mugler Angel-inspired menu, fragrance in the metaverse, and of course, the trends and fragrances exciting them most right now. Need more of this?! Listen to my...

2022-08-0257 min

Perfume Room 58. The Urge to Herbal (w/ Queer Icon & Pop Star Hayley Kiyoko)Hayley Kiyoko, AKA “Lesbian Jesus,” as her fans adoringly call her, is in the Perfume Room today! This multi-hyphenate pop-star, advocate, dancer, actress, producer, director, and ultimately queer *icon*, has added one more notch to her belt: perfume (which we obviously chat all about)! We discuss everything from the smells of her first crushes, to her newly-public relationship, to her horoscope sign and whether Hue (said newly launched fragrance) is indeed an Aries scent, and of course, we discuss her highly-anticipated second album, Panorama, which drops next Friday (!) MARK YOUR CALS & PREGAME THE ALBUM WITH THIS DELIGHTFUL CONVO 😘 FRAGS M...

2022-07-1949 min

Perfume Room 53. Fragrance Shouldn't Be 'Genderless' (w/ Boy Smells Founder Matthew Herman)Boy Smells Founder Matthew Herman is in the Perfume Room today! A personal fave candle and fragrance line of mine, Boy Smells is an accessible, inclusive, cheeky, post-binary personal care brand that elevates your intimate world. What began as a messy kitchen experiment has become is an award-winning, global brand with beautifully complex scents developed by master perfumers. Matthew is a delight and is chockfull of fun stories including the time he drank Negronis with Kacey Musgraves in the Robertet offices. And if you’re not in the know, Genderless ≠ Genderful™, and in today’s episode, you’ll learn exactly wh...

2022-06-071h 04

Perfume Room 52. A Fraghead Hotel!!! (w/ The Maker Co-Founders Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg)Beyonce and Jay-Z, Barack and Michelle, David and Victoria… LEV & ALINA. Today, I sit down with the ultimate power couple—The Maker Hotel & Fragrance Co-Founders, Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg. Business and life partners whose titles (past and present) span from Founders to Presidents to Hoteliers to Noses to Designers to Restauranteurs, are also the same duo behind Fresh Beauty. We discuss the intimacy and role scent has played in their own relationship, the SOLE fragrance behind the Iron Curtain (and the one that secretly penetrated it), how their respective upbringings in the Soviet Union impacted their fragrance journey, and...

2022-05-311h 18

Perfume Room 46. The Venn Diagram of Wrestling and Fragrance (w/ Wrestler & Producer Gail Kim)Wrestling Champion, Hall of Famer, and Producer Gail Kim is in the Perfume Room today. This episode is a little less perfume-centric than others, but there are so many parallels in both industries and if you've ever wondered anything about the behind the scenes of wrestling, today's ep is for you. We chat about everything from cultivating a wrestling persona, developing a signature move, the smells of Gail's celeb-chef husband Robert Irvine, as well as the bad ['f' and 'o'] words that need to be retired for good. FRAGS MENTIONED: Davidoff Cool Water, Kenneth Cole...

2022-04-1954 min

Perfume Room 42. Making Content, Perfume, Money, & Moves (w/ Exalté Perfume Creator & TikToker Funmi Monet)Your Fave Fragrance Auntie, Funmi Monet, is in the Perfume Room! By day, Funmi is a licensed therapist and by night— a fragrance star. She's not just a fragrance content creator, she is a fragrance creator AND a content creator. In one short year on TikTok, Funmi has amassed well over 100K followers as well as launched her own fragrance, Exalté. UM, let that sink in for a sec. Funmi shares the fragrance she stopped a stranger for; the ones that get her stopped; her first, second and third date fragrance picks (hint: they are not the same); the ins...

2022-03-221h 15

Perfume Room 41. NFTs and Barrel-Aged Alcohol…For Your Perfume (w/ Scents of Wood Founder Fabrice Croisé)Fabrice Croisé, Founder of Scents of Wood (TFF Fragrance Extraordinaire 2021 winner) is in the Perfume Room today! This revolutionary fragrance brand not only pays homage to trees and nature in every scent, it also flips the script on fragrance formulation. Rather than making the alcohol an invisible ingredient (as is par for the course), in Scents of Wood fragrances, it’s the star of the show; each fragrance is composed of organic alcohol that has been aged (and thus scented) in wooden barrels. Fabrice and I chat about what made him go this route (and how he then did it...

2022-03-151h 06

Perfume Room 40. The Inner-Workings of a Fragrance Distributor… & Collector! (w/ Kintessence's Josie Plumey)If you think your perfume collection is unrivaled, meet your rival, Josie Plumey. Not only is Josie an expert in fragrance retail, buying, and distribution, but with over 570 fragrances (inclusive of many rare vintage frags and formulations), she just may have the best personal collection in all of New York! We discuss what it means to be in the perfume distribution biz—Josie is currently the Sales & Community Manager at Kintessence, an exclusive US niche distributor—and Josie gives us the low-down on the scents, including her most prized possessions, that we NEED to know. Plus a word on phra...

2022-03-081h 10

Perfume Room 39. A Rare Look & Smell Inside Firmenich (w/ Firmenich Perfumer Alexis Grugeon and Evaluator Ségolène Dewey)Getting an inside look at what really goes down at a Fragrance house is rare, but this week, we’ve done it. I am so honored to be joined by Firmenich Perfumer Alexis Grugeon (creator of hit scents like Ariana Grande R.E.M. and Polo Sport Fresh) and Fragrance Development Manager Segolene Dewey (TFF Notables Class of 2022). You will learn about what they each do, how they work together (and apart), their backgrounds and educations that led them to where they are today, plus(!) we get a special, intimate look at 7 of Firmenich’s most iconic creations over the l...

2022-03-011h 33

Perfume Room 38. What is the Pink Sugar Aquolina of Wine? (w/ Sommelier + Legally Wined Creator Michelle Chen)Sommelier and Creator of Legally Wined Michelle Chen is in the Perfume Room today. Not only is Michelle a Certified Somm under the Court of Master Sommeliers, she is also a lawyer in New York — a combo I trust with my life. We discuss the ‘guilty pleasures’ of wine, sexism in the industry, how to figure out which wines you like and the descriptors you need to know to discover more, best affordable recs, where to start on your wine journey, and the most important preservation when it comes to wine: the ego. FRAGS/WINES MENTIONED: Bond N...

2022-02-221h 01

Perfume Room 37. Make Perfume Not War (w/ The 7 Virtues Founder Barb Stegemann)Today we are joined by The 7 Virtues Founder-Extraordinaire, Barb Stegemann. Barb is also a best-selling author, motivational speaker, one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, and has been a recipient of Ernst &Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award. Her background prior to founding The 7 Virtues is a unique one, as it had nothing to do with fragrance. She discusses the inspiration behind and process of launching the brand, how she got it into Sephora, The 7 Virtues' much larger social mission (and success), why your vanilla fragrances *should* be browning, and the mantra that helps her achieve it all...

2022-02-151h 00

Perfume Room 36. Decolonizing Scent (w/ Perfumer Yosh Han)Perfumer, Sommelier, Activist and Clairvoyant Yosh Han is in the Perfume Room today. Yosh has been at the forefront of decolonizing scent and her activism has led to major change in the industry; across the world, major stakeholders are officially re-classifying the o-word to amber (or ambré). We discuss why this change is necessary, the progress thus far, as well as how you (yes YOU!) can get involved. Yosh also vulnerably discusses a low point in her perfume journey including a time when she essentially lost her sense of smell, why vanilla is a low-hanging fruit, and of course t...

2022-02-081h 04

Perfume Room 35. Analyzing Birth Charts of Your Favorite Perfumes (w/ Astrologer Annabel Gat)Annabel Gat — Senior Astrologer at VICE, author of The Astrology of Love & Sex and The Moon Sign Guide, and co-collaborator of the fragrance Annabel’s Birthday Cake — is in the Perfume Room today! We get the lowdown on Annabel's personal inspo behind this stunning scent, discuss the birth charts of your favorite fragrances, and, wait ok this one's wild: if you’ve been doing weird things with your perfume collection this past month (e.g., over/under-spraying, purging, mass acquisitions, licking your bottles (hehe kidding, just seeing if you’re still reading)) etc… you’re not alone, AND there’s an astrologica...

2022-02-0150 min

Perfume Room 34. Niche Houses You Need to Know (w/ @thenichesampler Valerie March)@thenichesampler Valerie March, one of my favorite fragrance content creators, is in the Perfume Room today. By day, she explores bio-hazardous samples (she's currently getting her PhD in Tuberculosis research in Switzerland) and by evening, niche. Valerie shares the houses you NEED to know, her fragrance wardrobe theory and the five scents in her own collection that would make the cut, the molecule responsible for “old people smell,” her 2022 fragrance trend predictions, and — you will NEVER guess what her signature scent was prior to getting into niche. FRAGS MENTIONED: Abercrombie and Fitch Ellwood White Bergamot, Nemat...

2022-01-2559 min

Perfume Room 33. Turning Scent Memories into Home Fragrance (w/ Otherland CEO & Co-Founder Abigail Cook Stone)CEO & Co-Founder of Otherland Abigail Cook Stone is in the Perfume Room today talking about the ethos behind all things Otherland: verve. Don’t know what that means? You’ll find out in this episode! She also shares the personal stories behind some of your favorite candles, the magical process of how each scent gets created, the time she showed up to her kick-off investor meeting with 3 pounds of clementines, why the first burn is the deepest, and the secret to being in business with her SO. Oh and did you know Otherland candles are seance-friendly? Booooooook. FRAGS...

2022-01-181h 06

Perfume Room 32. The Future is Fragrance (w/ Fragrance Foundation President Linda Levy)The President of The Fragrance Foundation, Linda Levy, is in the Perfume Room today! A beauty industry veteran and champion of change, Linda makes my list of top 10 fave people ever — and I’m in good company to feel this way; Frederic Malle has described Linda as the Lady…as in Portrait of a Lady. Yes, that one. We discuss all things Fragrance Foundation — who gets to be a member, its mission, what’s changing, the coveted awards, and so much more. Linda doesn’t shy away from her feelings on outdated industry practices and her vision for a more inclusi...

2022-01-111h 04

Perfume Room 31. New Year, New(ish) Brand: The COMModity Re-launch (w/ COMModity CEO Vicken Arslanian)COMModity, your fav once-defunct brand, is back and *thriving* thanks to RE-Founder, Vicken Arslanian (who also happens to be the CEO and Founder of Europerfumes). In this ep, we discuss *why* COMModity, how an initially ignored LinkedIn message led to this lightning in a bottle (pun intended) opportunity, the new ScentSpace Exploration Kit, Vicken’s personal faves (and least faves), the draconian process of deciding which archived scents got the ax (cough cough: Orris), that time Vicken was the Cinderella of QVC, his $1.5M reminder to keep going, and most importantly, Vicken makes me a promise for which I ne...

2022-01-0455 min

Perfume Room 30. A Conversation with Fragrantica’s Srebecca (w/ Musician Sasha Spielberg)It's *THE* big reveal. Musician and fellow fragrance lover Sasha Spielberg (AKA Buzzy Lee) is today’s guest and we vulnerably and generously REVEAL OUR FRAGRANTICA ALIASES (followed of course by dramatic readings of our most noteworthy reviews). Sasha shares the fragrance combo that gets her endless compliments—even from people who are triple-masked, her strict 3-month fragrance rule (and the subsequent one that changed it all), and why attaching memories to scents is not only method, but masochistic. You’re gonna wanna follow along with the ‘frags mentioned’ list for this one. ALSO!! Buzzy Lee is going on tour with...

2021-12-281h 01

Perfume Room 29. Let’s Talk About It! (w/ Content Creator Charles Gross)The legendary Charles Gross is today’s guest. With over 831K followers on TikTok alone, Charles has left an indelible mark on the Internet, covering everything from lifestyle, to fashion, to beauty… and he’s just getting started. He is as kind and warm as he is incisive, and first and foremost, he is a tastemaker (of course Charles was wearing Baccarat in like, Y2K, and of course his third word after 'Mama' and 'Dada' was 'Shalimar'). You’ll learn exactly what Charles smells like, what’s in the current rotation, his fave cheap thrill, his unwavering...

2021-12-211h 04

Perfume Room 28. Deck the Halls in Elizabeth Taylor Passion (w/ Fat Mascara Hosts Jess Matlin and Jenn Sullivan)Today’s guests are THE ULTIMATE; I am joined by Jessica Matlin and Jenn Sullivan – the co-hosts of the award-winning beauty podcast, Fat Mascara. Jess and Jenn are true industry insiders; Jess is currently the Beauty Director at Harper’s Bazaar, and Jenn was most recently Beauty Director at Marie Claire. They are – on a personal and professional level – fragrance *obsessed* and in this hour, the three of us come together, freak out, and kindle some genuine BVE. (Don’t know what that is? Listen to find out.) The ep also entails a high-stakes game of Kill F*ck Marry, and t...

2021-12-1456 min

Fat Mascara Ep. 361: Smells Like Fun with Perfume Room’s Emma VernonComedian Emma Vernon, host of Perfume Room and one of our favorite #perfumetok follows (@emma_vern), shares stories inspired by her scent collection, including her adventures as a late bloomer in love and the seductive perfume that changed it all. We also talk about high-low fragrance dupes; the reason big, white florals don’t belong on tweens; and the $7 scent she’s currently obsessed with. Plus, we'll be hanging with Emma on her podcast, Perfume Room (@perfumeroompod) next week—follow her so you don’t miss the episode!Links and sponsors: fatmascara.com/blogShop the products mentioned on this epis...

2021-12-1044 min

Perfume Room 27. Is Niche Still Quiche? (w/ Perfumer Marissa Zappas)Perfumer Marissa Zappas is in the Perfume Room today. She brings such a unique perspective as she operates as an independent perfumer, but has classical training from having been an apprentice to Givaudan's Senior Perfumer, Olivier Gillotin. We discuss her path to perfumery, what ‘niche’ means (or doesn’t) today, the scent of our parents' divorces, Marissa gives me a smell test, I smell civet for the first time(!), and we discuss her inspiration, process and collaboration behind two of her most popular scents, Flaming Creature and Annabel’s Birthday Cake (if you're still reading this, go order samples, or honest...

2021-12-0750 min

Perfume Room 26. The Smell of Anal (w/ UFO Parfums’ Maxwell Williams)Yes you read that correctly. In today’s ep, I am joined by perfumer, olfactive artist, and DJ, Maxwell Williams. We discuss what anal actually smells like (spoiler alert: he created a perfume inspired by the deed), why anal is (in fact) for everyone, the appeal of animalic scents, Fragrantica trolls and we why secretly love them, and how human sex pheromones are not a thing… yet. Maxwell discusses how getting in touch with himself helped him cultivate his sense of smell and vice versa, and how for him, fragrance is an expression of extroversion. I also take the audi...

2021-11-3056 min

Perfume Room 25. Rose Fragrances Are In Fact For Men...and Everyone Else (with Kierin NYC Creator Mona Maine de Biran)Today we are joined by Mona Maine de Biran – the creator/founder of one of my absolute favorite niche houses ever, Kierin NYC. And spoiler alert, I've also been pronouncing "Kierin" wrong this entire time. We discuss the inception and journey of this fragrance house – known for its unique, high quality, affordable, cruelty-free, vegan fragrances. We also talk about Mona's process of working in tandem with the perfumers (Jerome Epinette and Mathieu Nardin), as well as the inspirations and stories behind each scent. SHOP KIERIN: kierin-nyc.com DISCOUNT CODE: ‘EDEAL’ (Buy 1 get 1 50% off OR get 25% off)...

2021-11-2357 min

Perfume Room 24. The Next Santal 33 (w/ Comedian Lauren Servideo)Hilarious comedian and content creator Lauren Servideo is in the Perfume Room today!! You may know her as Anubis— your fave vapid 400-year-old vampire, or the greeter at Brandy Melville; maybe Ethan’s Mom or Victoria. What you might not know however, is that Lauren is a fellow fraghead, with an extensive collection. In this ep, Lauren takes us through her personal favorites, her first fragrances, she scents all her characters, and speaking of…guess what? Anubis has her own scent coming out just in time for the holidays. As of Cyber Monday, at the link below, you can smell...

2021-11-161h 23

Victorian Legacies Episode 5 - Brontë Schiltz: Vernon Lee and The String of Pearls (Sweeney Todd)In this episode I'm joined by Brontë Schiltz, where we discuss her interest in the associations between illness and queer experience in Victorian fiction such as Vernon Lee's work, and the explorations of economics in the penny dreadful, The String of Pearls and its adaptations.About my guest: Brontë has a BA in English and Creative Writing from Royal Holloway, University of London, and an MA in English Studies: The Gothic from Manchester Metropolitan University. Her work includes academic research, journalism, creative non-fiction, short fiction, and theatre. She researches research associations between illness and queer experience in Vi...

2021-11-1342 min

Perfume Room 23. Answering all of Your *Burning* Qs (w/ Candle Influencer Ashley Hosmer)Ashley Hosmer is a beloved content creator known not just for her amazing eye for interior design, but for her nose for candles as well. In this episode, we discuss what Ashley's home smells like, how she went from a candle lover to tastemaker, plus Ashley gives us the low-down on all the candle jargon you need to know (by the end of this episode, you'll be casually weaving words like 'tunnel,' 'throw,' and 'vessel' into your everyday conversations). We talk best affordable candles, what makes a candle ‘high quality’ and what that typically costs, overrated brands, the...

2021-11-091h 04

Perfume Room 22. The Secret Formula to Going Viral (w/ Fragrance TikToker John Gonzalez)Spoiler alert: it's ambroxan! JK, lol. Though we cannot confirm (nor deny) that such a thing exists, in today's episode, Content Creator John Gonzalez (a TikToker with over 240K followers) reveals his behind-the-scenes method and criteria for creating content. Truly, it is the closest thing I’ve heard to a foolproof formula. We also discuss John’s foray into creating fragrances, the biz of content creation, how TikTok essentially fosters/promotes plagiarism, and how we love dupes (except when those dupes are people). Follow John: IG: @johngnzz // TT: @johngnzz

2021-11-0242 min

Perfume Room 21. Creating Photo-Realistic Scents (w/ D.S. & Durga’s David and Kavi Moltz)David and Kavi Moltz, the husband and wife duo behind D.S. & Durga, join me in today’s episode! David is the perfumer, and Kavi is the brains behind the brand’s modern aesthetic and packaging. We talk about the origins of D.S. & Durga, which scents they’re personally wearing most, David’s process and inspiration for creating the photo-realistic scents D.S. & Durga is so well-known for (including the origin story behind the infamous Cowboy Grass), the pop-culture phenomenons inspiring them most right now, and how it’s about damn time the Festival of Lights holiday [Hanukkah] had its ow...

2021-10-261h 04

Perfume Room 20. The 90s Edit (w/ Base Note Bitch Liz Renstrom)If hearing the words Malibu Musk, Pear Glace, Cucumber Melon, Country Apple, and Sun-Ripened Raspberry make you feel some type of way, this episode is for you. Base Note Bitch is the IG account unlocking your happiest and cringiest scent memories alike. Through her quippy photography and descriptions, Liz Renstrom, the mastermind behind it all -- perfectly encapsulates the people, time, and places of these nostalgic fragrances. In this ep, we discuss how the 90s and early-aughts were the *American Pie generation,* and thus every teen scent was subsequently created/worn with one goal [getting laid], what ed...

2021-10-191h 10

Perfume Room 19. ~Wine & Dine~ Your Perfumes (w/ Black Girls Smell Good Founder Maiya Gant)Created by Maiya Gaint, Black Girls Smell Good is an online community that rolls 115K members deep (across platforms) for Black women to share, obsess, and learn about all things fragrance. In this ep, I am joined by Maiya herself and WOW, it’s a juicy one. Having previously spent time in beauty retail as both a sales associate and educator, Maiya spills the secrets on the behind-the-scenes of department store beauty departments. Spoiler alert: there’s a reason you're guided towards certain fragrances and not others. We also discuss how Cloud is NOT a dupe for BR 5...

2021-10-121h 19

Perfume Room 18. Should Your Wedding Scent be Different Than Your Signature? (w/ High Priestess of Brooklyn, Alex Caiola)Just in time to kick off the witchiest month of the year, we are joined by fellow October lover and High Priestess, Alex Caiola. Alex is an intuitive, astrologer and reader of the Tarot. We discuss getting signs from deceased loved ones in the form of smells, getting married when Mercury is in Retrograde (bc Alex is!), I give Alex a wedding scent consultation, and she reads my birth chart and tarot, live on the pod. It’s so fun and I’m obsessed with her and you will be too. BOOK A READING WITH...

2021-10-051h 07

Perfume Room 17. My Secret Weapons: My Teachers! (w/ Serendipitee NYC Founders Kathryn Balcerski and Tami Katz)I feel like I am leaking the sacred, secret family recipe — this is where I get my perfume knowledge! You all wonder how I know so much — well it’s passion, curiosity, research and… courses with Tami and Kathryn! Learn from this BFF industry insider duo about how fragrances are developed, why we need to show more respect for toilet bowl cleaning products, our shared love for orris, their favorite fragrances, the perfume secret that will keep your perfumes from expiring, and coolest of all — they give me and Perfume Room editor Wyatt Peake (yes, this is the episod...

2021-09-281h 22

Perfume Room 16. INVITE ONLY (& you're all invited!) (w/ Kayali Founder Mona Kattan)OH MON DIEU. Today we are joined by perfume icon, entrepreneur, influencer, Co-Founder of Huda Beauty, and Founder of Kayali Fragrances(!), Mona Kattan. Mona educates us on the art of layering fragrance, reveals her favorite Kayali fragrance and layering combos, and of course gives us the behind-the-scenes of all your favorite Kayali perfumes including the latest 2021 release: Invite Only Amber | 23 😍 Mona also shares her personal journey of how she got to where she is today with some fun personal scent stories and life lessons along the way. FRAGS MENTIONED: ...

2021-09-2155 min

Perfume Room 15. Lavender Is Not the Answer!!! (w/ Aromatherapist Frauke Galia)Wouldn't you know it-- today is World Smell and Taste Day, and to pay it proper homage, we're joined by the incredible Aromatherapist/Smell Trainer, and host of An Aromatic Life podcast, Frauke Galia. Frauke explains what smell training is and how it works, we discuss the ugly step-sisters anosmia and parosmia, how LAVENDER IS A LIE!! (ok I'm *somewhat* pushing my own agenda here), how the term 'aromatherapy' has been dragged by MLM girlies you went to HS with, and how you can incorporate scent into your everyday life to heighten levels of overall well-being.

2021-09-1455 min

Perfume Room 14. Only Virgos Wear Baccarat Rouge (w/ Astrologer David Odyssey)In this ep, I am joined by astrologer, reader of the Tarot, and host of The Luminaries podcast, David Odyssey. We talk about the scents each zodiac sign *should* be wearing, traveling to the fifth dimension, the birth charts of your fave (and least fave) perfume-line-having celebrities, our own Big 3 and corresponding scent preferences, and why you MUST AVOID Washington Square Park at all costs. FRAGS MENTIONED: Witch Oils from Flower Power, Apotheke Rose Bud Oud Candle, Boy Smells Rose Load, Penhaligon's Cairo, Carolina Herrera 212, Escentric Molecules, Tom Ford Lost Cherry, Adam Levi...

2021-09-071h 00

Perfume Room 13. The *Tell-All*: Emma's FavoritesYou're gonna wanna take notes for this one bb. This ep is my first-ever solo where I answer all the questions I get asked from you guys most frequently! I share my favorite affordable frags, fall scents, transitional/year-round scents, colognes, and other beauty products. I also reveal my current full bottle wish list No stone is unturned, or juice unsprayed in this *JuIcY* tell-all. FRAGS MENTIONED: Atelier Jasmin Angelique, DKNY Be Delicious, Escada Ibiza Hippie, Nemat Amber, Ambre Blends Ambre, Good Chemistry- Brainiac, Wild Child, Copper Canyon, Solar Jasmine, Pacifica Blood...

2021-08-3135 min

Perfume Room 12. The Woman Behind all the Smells of Your Childhood (w/ Ann Gottlieb)Listen to me fangirl for an hour straight with the nose behind every major fragrance from your childhood: Ann Gottlieb. Ann is as much of a pioneer as she is an institution in the fragrance industry. She is the nose behind fragrance canons like Axe, J’Adore Dior, Marc Jacobs Daisy, Carolina Herrera 212, all of the Calvin Klein fragrances, and honestly, I’m just scratching the surface. Her fragrances range from everything from fine fragrance to body care to home fragrance and more. If you can smell it, she can scent it. In this episode, we discuss the...

2021-08-2452 min

Perfume Room 11. Don't Scent Your Face! (w/ 4AM Skin Co-Founders Sabrina Sadeghian & Jade Beguelin)After a brief summer hiatus, Perfume Room is back and this week we have 4AM Skin co-founders and self-proclaimed skinimalists, Sabrina Sadeghian (@sabsade) and Jade Beguelin (@jadebeguelin). Hear from these guru influencers about which ingredients you actually need in your skincare routine, how they boiled down the benefits of a 12-step routine into 2 simple products, the science behind 4AM Skin, and oh, spoiler alert, your computer and phone screens are aging you so, Stop. Reading. This. Now. JK, phone addicts 4eva. GET 15% off 4AMSKIN WITH CODE 'PERFUMEROOM' 4amskin.com @4amskin

2021-08-171h 04

Perfume Room 10. Do Your Big 3 Determine Your Perfume Tastes? (w/ TikTok's Professor Perfume Emelia O'Toole)In this episode, I am joined by fellow Perfume TikToker Emelia O'Toole (@ProfessorPerfume)! Emelia and I try to guess each other's big 3 astrological signs (we're both wrong, lol), and then get into a deep discussion of how much our scent tastes are correlated to our astrological signs & Myers Briggs types. We give each other some new recs, talk about the scents that changed our lives, discuss how our tastes have evolved over time, and overall, I listen in awe as Emelia tells me her life story (which may or may not have been written by Sally Rooney). FOLLOW: TT...

2021-07-201h 16

Perfume Room 09. What Makes a Fragrance 'Easy-to-Wear?' (w/ by Rosie Jane's Rosie Jane!)In this episode, I chat with Rosie Johnston (aka the Rosie behind by/ Rosie Jane)! We divulge our mutual love of white musk and chat about the inspiration behind each of the seven frags in her line, as well as some of her inspiration for future scents. We also discuss the smells of Rosie's childhood in Australia, what it really means to be a 'clean fragrance,' and of course, because I have zero self-control, I show Rosie my Aussie accent. SHOP: www.byrosiejane.com FOLLOW: @byrosiejane FOLLOW PERFUME ROOM: IG @perfumeroompod FOLLOW EMMA: IG @emmavern // TT @emma_vern

2021-07-1355 min

On The Rocks Dating Should Be Fun w/ Emma VernonIn this episode of OTR, I chat with Emma Vernon. Emma is the creator of In A World: A Dating Show, a matchmaker, a comedian, and the host of Perfume Room w/ Emma Vernon! Emma and I discuss zodiac signs, her background, her dating show, and her thoughts on dating post-pandemic. This episode is jam-packed with some good $h!it. You won't want to miss it! Follow Emma: Instagram: @emmavern @thedatingshow @perfumeroompod Tik Tok: emma_vern Follow Vanessa: Instagram: @ontherocks.pod @thatsvrock

2021-07-0849 min

Perfume Room 08. A CBD-Infused Fragrance?! (w/ Aspen Apothecary Co-Founder Keta Burke-Williams)Aspen Apothecary is a brand new indie perfume line that combines fragrance and function. How? Because their scents are not only conscious, vegan, and sustainable; they are CBD-INFUSED. The founders say it won’t make you high, but I beg to differ ;) (jk, lol). But for real, their fragrances are not only amazing-smelling, but super calming, and thus, we love. In this episode, I chat with Co-Founder Keta Burke-Williams about her and her sister Kaja’s inspiration, motivation, the process behind creating Aspen Apothecary, the role of CBD in their fragrances, and their advice for anyone who wants to foll...

2021-07-0646 min

Perfume Room 07. Smell then Tell (w/ Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli)In this episode, we are joined by Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli (!!!). In addition to being an Iron Chef, a judge on Chopped, the host of Supermarket Stakeout, and the Executive Chef of Butter, Alex is also an avid perfume lover. Alex reveals the fragrance she buys in bulk, the one she can't stand, her favorite smells, strongest scent memories, her philosophy of ‘smell THEN tell’, and how her experience as a chef has influenced how she experiences fragrance. Alex's scent descriptions are the ASMR you didn't know you needed. I also give my top 10 scents of the month, and for the...

2021-06-2935 min

Perfume Room 06. Do You Condition Your Hair *Everywhere*? (w/ Fur Co-Founders Laura Schubert and Lillian Tung)In this episode, I chat with Fur Co-Founders and lifelong BFFs Laura Schubert and Lillian Tung. Fur is a hair grooming company that caters to every part of the body, for every body (& every haircare routine). We chat about stigmas and media narratives surrounding how private parts should look and smell, our own trials and tribulations surrounding pubic hair grooming and aftercare, and how Fur is challenging the status quo. We also discuss Fur’s origins and evolution, the very intentional scents of Fur products, and Laura and Lillian’s dynamic as best friend co-founders. FOLLOW FUR/LILLIAN & LAURA: @fur_you...

2021-06-2253 min

Perfume Room 05. A Live Perfume Consult (w/ TikTok Comedian Jake Cornell)In this episode, I help comedian, actor, and TikTok superstar Jake Cornell find his new signature scent. Jake was Perfume Room’s first-ever IRL guest(!), so we had the pleasure of testing out 15 different contenders (and giving our unfiltered thoughts about each of them) IRL. If you enjoy how I describe fragrance, wait till you hear Jake. In Perfume 101, I explain the difference between 'clean' versus 'natural' fragrances. And duh, at the end of the episode, Jake walks away with a new signature scent! FOLLOW JAKE: @jakewcornell on all platforms FOLLOW EMMA: IG @emmavern @perfumeroompod // TikTok @emma_vern KORRES 20% discount co...

2021-06-151h 04

Perfume Room 04. When Perfume Causes An Identity Crisis (w/ my cousin Lauren Rubin)In this episode, I chat with one of my best friends — astrology and beauty expert, and also my COUSIN(!), Lauren Rubin! Lauren discusses losing and gaining back her smell due to Covid and how it’s impacted her perfume taste, what she currently wears, and her identity crisis with only liking fragrances she doesn’t feel match her outward identity. I give Lauren some new scent reccos, and we talk about, um, feet. IG: @emmavern @perfumeroompod TikTok: @emma_vern KORRES 20% discount code: PERFUMEROOM20 FRAGS MENTIONED: Montale Intense Cafe, Mancera Roses Vanille, Fragrance Du Bois NY 5th Ave, Hanae Mori Hanae Mori...

2021-06-081h 00

The PhD Life Raft Podcast What does a PhD Examiner Look for in a Thesis? with Vernon TraffordThis week I talk to Professor Vernon Trafford about what a PhD examiner is looking for in your thesis. Vernon Trafford is Professor Emeritus at Anglia Ruskin University, UK and Research Associate at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has held visiting professorships in India, Scandinavia, Singapore, South Africa and consultancies for the British Council, OECD, UNICEF and the World Bank. His publications, conference presentations and workshops relate to the nature of doctorateness. In this conversation Vernon talks about his own unconventional route into academia. We then dive into...

2021-06-0527 min

Perfume Room 03. THE COLOGNE *and synesthesia* EPISODE! (w/ Creator Justin Copeland)In this episode, I talk to musician & fragrance content creator Justin Copeland of the popular fragrance YouTube channel, 'Stay Fresh Productions.' Justin gives his top 5 colognes for life and for date night, assesses and advises which colognes my boyfriend should add to his collection, talks about his experience as a synesthete and which colors he can smell, & I tell him his aura (because, you know, I think I'm psychic or whatever). We talk weird DMs, the fragrance creator community, working with brands, his favorite perfumes for women, and *cue airhorns,* the fragrance that Justin just launched in collaboration with...

2021-06-0154 min

Perfume Room 02. The Angel Wears DedCool (w/ Perfumer Carina Chaz)In this episode, I talk to 27-year-old DedCool founder and perfumer Carina Chaz. We discuss her favorite fragrances (DedCool and *gasp* non-DedCool), the DedCool scent that Miley Cyrus wears, how Carina got her line into Barney’s (pour one out), Millennials vs. Gen Z, her perfume-wearing habits, and her process and motivation for creating honestly, one of the coolest perfume companies in the game! USE CODE 'COOL15' TO GET 15% OFF ANY DEDCOOL PURCHASE FOLLOW DEDCOOL/CARINA: @dedcool on all platforms//@carinachaz on IG FOLLOW PERFUME ROOM: @emma_vern on TikTok // @emmavern // @perfumeroompod on IG GET A PERSONAL PERFUME CONSULT W...

2021-05-251h 05

Perfume Room 01. Thin Wild Mercury: TikTok’s Fave Indie Perfume (w/ Perfumer Cathleen Cardinali & SURPRISE GUEST!)In this episode, I chat with Thin Wild Mercury perfumer and founder Cathleen Cardinali! Cathleen is a self-taught, indie perfumer whose first collection, titled, “The Los Angeles Collection” has had incredible success, and includes unique unisex fragrances evocative of different iconic LA neighborhoods and spots. And surprise: we get a bonus cameo from TWM’s co-founder, creative director, and Cathleen’s fiance (!), Anthony Polcino. We talk about how they source inspiration for their fragrances and packaging, their backgrounds prior to perfume, what it’s like being in business with your SO, some juicy reveals on the upcoming New York collection, and how th...

2021-05-181h 03

Perfume Room Perfume Room TrailerWelcome to the Perfume Room - a pod for the perfume-obsessed and perfume-curious. Hosted by matchmaker, comedian, and perfume advisor Emma Vernon, Perfume Room explores life and love from the fifth sense. Premieres May 18, 2021 Subscribe now so you don't miss the first episode! Instagram: @PerfumeRoomPod @EmmaVern TikTok: @Emma_Vern

2021-04-2702 min

Disaster Feminist Emma Vernon & Matchmaking During The PandemicEmma Vernon is a NYC-based matchmaker and needs (I can't believe I'm saying this as a feminist) more straight men to match with her plethora of straight women that are single and want to MINGLE! This episode we talk about dating during the pandemic, what your list of needs and wants should look like in a partner, and rejection! Follow her on Instagram at @EmmaVern --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/abby-holland/message Support this podcast: https://a...

2021-03-3054 min

Leadership and Legacy: Conversations at the George Washington Presidential Library 183. Trading Spaces in the Colonial Marketplace with Emma HartWith another American presidential election behind us, talk will inevitably turn to the economy and how the president will handle it. That begs a series of questions as we turn our thoughts back to the eighteenth century: How did early Americans think about the marketplace and the economy? How did they believe that were supposed to function? How were the butcher, the baker, the candle stick maker, and their aristocratic overlords supposed to relate to one another in the marketplace? And how did early settlers map older European ideas about the economy and the public good onto...

2020-11-0540 min

How Do You Hustle with Kami Dimitrova Emma VernonEmma Vernon is an NYC-based comedian, actor, and writer. She's been a featured comic on shows at Caroline's, The Comic Strip, Broadway Comedy Club and NY Comedy Club and was a contestant in Caroline's March Madness competition. She hosts a monthly variety show the 4th Friday of every month called "Better Than Your Bed" and produces an *almost* monthly dating comedy show at the Pit Loft called "In A World: The Dating Show" where she sets up singles on real blind dates in improvised environments! Emma would love to do stand up or storytelling on your show! Get in...

2020-02-0351 min

GOT IT FROM MY MAMA - with Comedian Tori Piskin EP 14: Dating Guys Outside Your City? - Emma Vernon From In A World: The Dating Show?This week we have comedian and matchmaker Emma Vernon @emmavern on the pod to chat about finally being in a relationship after being perpetually single. We learn that finding guys from outside of your state might just be the best way lock them in. Lulu sets Tori up with someone she met at a wedding and we hear how she got recognized during her mammogram. Want to see Emma’s show, In A World: The Dating Show? Check it out May 11, 9:30p at The PIT!

2019-05-0754 min

GOT IT FROM MY MAMA EP 14: Dating Guys Outside Your City? - Emma Vernon From In A World: The Dating Show?This week we have comedian and matchmaker Emma Vernon @emmavern on the pod to chat about finally being in a relationship after being perpetually single. We learn that finding guys from outside of your state might just be the best way lock them in. Lulu sets Tori up with someone she met at a wedding and we hear how she got recognized during her mammogram. Want to see Emma’s show, In A World: The Dating Show? Check it out May 11, 9:30p at The PIT!

2019-05-0754 min