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Indulge in a bit of armchair travel as Perfume on the Radio visits Doha, in Qatar. This episode explores the culture and smells that a group of people encountered while on a trip to the country with the Qatar America Institute for Culture. Ther
Have you ever met a person who had a strange and uncanny sort of magic about them? So it is with John Steele. LIfelong learner and seeker, John is also a purveyor of the strange and the rare, the oddball beauties that our world produces. We’re
Veteran perfumer and all around brilliant human Christopher Brosius (Demeter, CB I Hate Perfume) joins us to answer our most pressing question: does he, in fact, hate perfume? Well... yes. But also, not at all.With: Christopher Brosius (CB I Ha
The vroom-vroom of the engine, the honk-honk of the horn. Cars come with a lot of sounds. They also come with a lot of smells. In this episode, we lean into the gassy side of things and explore the aromatics of these beautiful, belching metal b
There is an anecdotal correlation between perfume-making and cat ownership. Perhaps it's the solitary nature of the work that lends itself to humanity's least co-dependent relationship. In this episode we explore the catty side of perfumery.Wit
Mmmm… Donuts. Mmmm… Limburger Cheese? In this episode we quote Camus and Hemingway and their Moveable Feasts to explore retronasal olfaction. Specifically, how smell enhances our favorite activity: feasting on delicious things, whenever and whe
It’s January and as we all recover from our New Year's Eve hangovers, we can't help but cast our thoughts towards just what, exactly, we imbibed. Do we even remember? In our first episode of season 2, Perfume on the Radio explores the aromatic
This episode explores language and scent - more specifically, the potential relationship between the spoken word, the written word and smell in Arabic. We are joined by two people who deeply engage with the language. Oakland-based educator Dr.
The pleasures of the chase. The joy of the discovering. Humans LOVE a challenge - especially one with a treasure at the end of it. Good news for perfume lovers: aromatic materials can be the most challenging and enticing treasures of all. For e
In episode 15 of Perfume on the Radio we explore some great unknowns. Three artists and one poet join us to discuss their work with places that we'll never truly know: outer space, the deep ocean, the human mind. GUESTSAudra Wolowiec - websiteH
In this episode, guest host Minetta Rogers creates a meditation on scent and the postal system: from scratch and sniff stamps to shipping mishaps, mailed expressions of longing and nostalgia, delivery failures and post office robberies, all th
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science” said Einstein. And this week we ask ourselves: what lies on the fringes of human awareness? What do we miss when we focus only on t
In episode 12 of Perfume on the Radio, perfumer, writer and artist John Biebel joins us as guest host. Much creative dialog focuses on the cross section of senses, or where sensibilities meet, inform, and guide each other. Such is the case when
The sun and the moon, the rain and ocean, the rose and the jasmine: these are just some examples of the phenomenal bounty that nature provides. In this episode we explore what our planet offers us, and how we can respectfully make use of it in
Independent Perfumer and smell enthusiast Heather Cvar joins us as a guest host on this week's episode. Sniffing out of the inner working/ biological side of how we use olfaction for things other than just perfume; from a lover’s underarm, to b
How do music and scent interrelate? In this episode, we team up with Dana El Masri (On the Nose podcast) to explore facets of musical thinking and the synesthetic connections between smelling and hearing. GUESTS Dana el Masri (Jazmin Saraï)Pet
This episode explores concepts of masculinity in scent. And by masculinity, we mean all facets of the gender identification. GUESTS Joshua Smith (Libertine)Miles Regis (Artist)Tom Blunt (Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab)Billie Stimpson (Pink Manor Dec
In this episode of Perfume on the Radio, we give ourselves license to imagine the most fearsome, entrancing, magical and aromatic beings. Join us to learn all about some fantastical beasts, and meet the people who smell them.GUESTSAntonio Gardo
In episode 6 of Perfume on the Radio, we welcome iconic perfume pioneer Sissel Tolaas for a deep dive into her practice. With Sissel Tolaas (artist)Saskia Wilson-Brown (host)Airing on Los Angeles' Lookout FM on the second and fourth Thursday of
In episode 6 of Perfume on the Radio, we welcome iconic perfume pioneer Sissel Tolaas for a deep dive into her practice. ABOUTAiring on Los Angeles' Lookout FM on the second and fourth Thursday of every month and as a podcast thereafter, Perfum
We explore the aromatics (and perceptions) of naughty behavior in an episode that would well have the vice squad scrabbling for their notebooks. Guests:Donna Lipowitz (Lipowitz Smells)James McHugh (USC)Persephenie (Persephenie Botanical Perfume
In the second part of a two part series about scent and class, Artist Anicka Yi, academics Hsuan L. Hsu and Nuri McBride, and entrepreneur Mary Richardson-Lowry join us to discuss our aromatic bodies, our aromatic environment, and how scent pla
Guest host Maxwell Williams of UFO Parfums leads an aromatic excursion into the techno scene, with Oval, DJ Python, Isabel Lewis and Maria Golovina from Holynose Parfums. Airing on Los Angeles' Lookout FM on the second and fourth Thursday of ev
So you want to live like the common people? In the first part of a two part series about scent and class, we explore social structures through perfumery.Host Saskia Wilson-Brown is joined by fashion designer Jake Treddenick, perfume historian
Ahhh... the sweet smell of home. Our inaugural episode explores how location relates to scent as host Saskia Wilson-Brown speaks to several perfumers and artists that work with real or imagined geographies in their practice. First, perfumers Sp
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