Perfume Room

Toskovat Founder and Perfume-Maker David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi is in the Perfume Room today. With fragrance pyramids comprised of accords like credit card, dirty dollar, priest's clothes, blood, and plastic bag, Toskovat fragrances beg the question: are all perfumes meant to be worn?  FRAGS MENTIONED: Diptyque Benjoin Boheme, Serge Lutens Santal Majascule, Toskovat Age of Innocence, Givenchy Very Irresistible, Toskovat: Anarchist, Things We Never Shared, Inexcusable Evil; ELdO Secretions Magnifiques, Vera Wang, Toskovat: Ichigo Ichie, Born Screaming FOLLOW: @toskovat.perfumes || toskovat.com

Longtime friends and tastemakers Marissa Zappas + Ruby McCollister are in the Perfume Room today discussing their latest collaboration: a fragrance called Tragedy. Marissa, the perfumer behind all the Internet’s cult-fav perfumes, & Ruby, an actress and comedian you may know from Search Party, High Maintenance and Curb Your Enthusiasm, have joined forces to create a fragrance inspired by Fracas, ghosts, Christmas parties, and Hollywood’s most tragic bygone starlets.  FRAGS MENTIONED: Marissa Zappas Tragedy, Robert Piguet Fracas, Yu-Be, 4711,  Marissa Zappas: Ching Shih, Lilac Dream; Comme de Garcons Odeur 71, Hugo Boss for Men, Ralph Lauren Blue, Chanel Coco Madamoiselle, Le Labo Santal 33, CdG: Concrete, Anbar; Robert Piguet Fracas FOLLOW: @marissazappas @ruby.mccollister SHOP TRAGEDY: www.marissazappas.com GET TIX TO THE SWAP: https://PRKOswap.eventbrite.com

Internationally-known DJ, Entrepreneur, and now Fragrance Founder Zernell Gillie is in the Perfume Room! As a lifelong fragrance collector, in 2022, Zernell decided to combine his two greatest passions to launch an eponymous fragrance line. With extraits at a whopping 50% concentration, and fragrances all inspired by different genres of music, it's no wonder this new brand is already buzzing in the niche scene. Plus I review the LAFCO x Sir Candle Man launch, Heart of the Matter. FRAGS MENTIONED: LAFCO x Sir Candle Man Heart of the Matter, Nejma 7, Pierre Cardin, Aramis, Polo Green, Geoffrey Beene Bowling Green, Drakkar Noir, Halston Z-14, Zernell Gillie: House, Techno, Disco, Hip Hop; Issey Miyake, Chanel Egoiste, Lagerfield, Roja Sweetie Aoud, MDCI Invasion Barbare, Royal Crown Sultan, Roja Manhattan SHOP: luckyscent.com (perfumer00m for 10% off) FOLLOW: @zernell.gillie Some products mentioned were gifted in PR with no obligation to post/review.

You know naturals; you know synthetics; but do you know *bio-engineered materials?* Through her biotech fragrance brand, Future Society, Jasmina Aganovic (Founder & CEO) is resurrecting extinct smells through DNA sequencing, and introducing this novel 3rd category of fragrance materials into the conversation. FRAGS MENTIONED: MAISON d’ETTO: Rotano, Noisette, Canaan; Robert Piguet Fracas, Giorgio Beverly Hills, Mugler Alien, MAISON d’ETTO Macanudo, Future Society: Solar Canopy, Floating Forest, Haunted Rose, Grassland Opera; Flamingo Estate Roma Heirloom Tomato FOLLOW: @futuresociety GET SMELL CLUB TIX: https://shorturl.at/bioTZ (*Future Society fragrances were gifted in PR.)

The delightful Pissara Umavijani, Founder and Perfumer of Parfums Dusita, is in the Perfume Room today! Pissara discusses uprooting her life from Bangkok to Paris in pursuit of perfume, said pursuit of perfume [Pissara is self-taught!], and how, through Dusita, Pissara honors and bottles the smells of her father’s legacy, her Thai heritage, and classic French perfumery all at once. FRAGS MENTIONED: Parfums Dusita: La Douceur De Siam, Anamcara, Melodie de l’Amour, Rosarine; Roja Elixir, Maya Njie Les Fleurs, Parfums de Marly Delina la Rosee, Maison Francis Kurkdjian A la Rose, Louis Vuitton Rose des Vents, Givenchy Rose Velvet, Kilian Flower of Immortality, Dusita: Rosarine, Rhapsode La Noire, Melodie de l’Amour, La Douceur de Siam, Montri, Oudh Infini, Anamcara; 4711, Nina Ricci L’Air Du Temps, Chanel No. 5, Dusita Issara, Dior Diorissimo, Robert Piguet Bandit, Dusita: Melodie de L’Amour, Erawan, Rosarine; Guerlain: Shalimar, Nahema FOLLOW: @parfumsdusita @ploiuma SHOP: luckyscent.com || 10% off: code 'perfumer00m' parfumsdusita.com

What IS love and what does it smell like? Givaudan’s Head of Fine Fragrance North America, Matthieu Befve, and Perfumer Dana Schmitt join me in the Perfume Room today as we explore this very topic. Specifically, we discuss Givaudan’s most recent immersive fragrance experience—'What Is love?’— an olfactive exploration of love and seduction as experienced by Gen Z and as interpreted by Givaudan perfumers. FRAGS MENTIONED: Commodity Orris, CK One, Estée Lauder Beautiful, Ralph Lauren Romance, Gucci Guilty, Dana Schmitt: Blinded by Emotion, Tears for Fears; Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male, A&F Fierce, Robert Piguet Fracas, JLo Glow, Paco Rabanne 1 Million, Guerlain Shalimar FOLLOW: @givaudan @givaudanperfume

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’Afghanistan, Jorum Studio Gorseland, Masque Milano Lost Alice, Serge Lutens Jeux de Peau, Teo Cabanel Je Ne Sais Quoi, L’Artisan Musc Amarante, Matière Premiere Parisan Musc, Diptyque Fleur de Peau, Obvious Parfums Une Rose, Byredo Eyes Closed, Le Labo Rose 31, Santa Maria Novella Latte Per Il Corpo Body Milk, Frederic Malle Carnal Flower, Le Labo Cade 26, Phlur Amber Haze, Sol Janeiro Cheirosa 68, Phlur Vanilla Skin, Commodity: Gold, Milk; Phlur Mango Mood, Vilhelm Mango Skin, MAISON d’ETTO: Noisette, Rotano, Karat, Canaan, Durban Jane FOLLOW MAISON D’ETTO: @maisondetto SHOP: maisondetto.com SHOP THIS EPISODE: https://shopmy.us/collections/281484 BOOK A SCENT CONSULT WITH ME: https://shopmy.us/emmavernon/consults @perfumeroompod (IG) @emma_vern (TT)

Papillon Artisan Perfumes' Liz Moores is in the Perfume Room this week! We discuss: a perfume that smells post-coital, fragrance formulas that come in dreams, reading her own perfumes' Fragrantica reviews, the importance of sticking to a brief when no one else is watching/smelling, smells inspired by pets, and more! FRAGS MENTIONED: Diptyque Orpheon, Riddle Oil Poppy, Michael Kors EDP, Marc Jacob EDP, Ex Nihilo Lust in Paradise, Creed Silver Mountain Water, Papillon Dryad, Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere, CK Obsession, YSL Opium (vintage), Estée Lauder Youth Dew, YSL Rive Gauche, Jean Patou Joy (vintage), Givenchy Gentleman, Papillon: Anubis, Hera, Dryad, Tobacco Rose, Salome, Spell 125, Bengal Rouge FOLLOW LIZ: @papillon_artisan_perfumes SHOP PAPILLON: luckyscent.com (LUCKY SCENT AFFILIATE DISCOUNT: 10pr for 10% off)

Olfactive Artist & Researcher M Dougherty is in the Perfume Room this week! M uses scent to explore communication, memory, and interaction, and has created bodies of work around everything from dog perfume, to olfactive concerts, to the fragrance wheel...of human body odors, to urban forest bathing via mycelium sculptures! FRAGS MENTIONED: Electimuss Vanilla Edesia, Outremer Vanille, Fischersund 101, MSCHF WD-40, Xyrena Dark Ride, Victoria's Secret Amber Romance, K No. 9 FOLLOW M: @mx.mdougherty SYMPHONIC EPHEMERA ON OCT 12: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/olfactoryartkeller/1020401 SIGN UP FOR SMELL CLUB! https://shorturl.at/jBXZ3

CALLER WHAT IS YOUR NAME AND WHERE ARE YOU CALLING FROM? Hear from FIVE fellow listeners today as I answer their biggest fragrance dilemmas ranging from the perfect scent to celebrate a new home, a perfume for *the stage,* scents that match songs, the floraliest floral for a non-floral lover, and that elusive perfect skin scent plus. Plus I review some recent PR! FRAGS MENTIONED: Narciso Rodriguez Narciso for Her EDT, By Rosie Jane Rosie, Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur, Byredo Velvet Haze, SJP Lovely, Xerjoff Apollonia, ELOREA Gentle Shower, Maison Margiela Autumn Vibes, Le Labo Santal 33, Commodity Book, Creed Carmina, Parfums de Marly Meliora, Marc Jacobs Lola, Phlur: Father Figure, Lost Cause; Andrea Maack Supernova, Parfums MDCI Peche Cardinal. Masque Milano Lost Alice, Memo Tamarindo, Chris Collins African Rooibois, Le Labo The Matcha, Andrea Maack Coven, Marissa Zappas Flaming Creature, Oriza L. Legrand Reve D’Ossian, Serge Lutens Santal Majascule, Universal Flowering Poems One Through Twelve, ERIS Scorpio Rising, Byredo Eyes Closed, Dior Poison, Lancome Tresor, Dolce & Gabbana, Kerosene Dirty Flower Factory, Hiram Green Moon Bloom, A Lab on Fire And the World is Yours, Initio Psychedelic Love, Byredo: Gypsy Water, Rose of No Mans Land; Mark Laneman Bombed, Headspace Absinthe, Celine Nightclubbing, DSH L’Or(ris), Anna Zworykina Young Cossack, Maison Crivelli Papyrus Moleculaire, MiN Chef’s Table, Regimes des Fleurs Tears, Caswell Massey Orchid, Parfums Satori Hyouge, Ourside Nostalgia, Glossier You, Etat Libre D'Orange Remarkable People, Diptyque Orpheon BOOK A FRAGRANCE CONSULT WITH ME! https://shopmy.us/emmavernon/consults FOLLOW PERFUME ROOM ON IG: @perfumeroompod SHOP THIS EPISODE: https://shopmy.us/collections/258525 ~SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR KELLY + JONES~ 15% off ⁠⁠kellyandjones.com⁠⁠ code: ‘PERFUMEROOM’ (valid thru 10/31)