
Smell Ya Later
Two friends from the beauty industry chat about all things scent and smell. Every week, Smell Ya Later explores the myriad ways we interact with the aromas and odors in our lives, the scents seared into our memories, and how scent defines the way we envision our future.
Hosted by Tynan Sinks & Sable Yong
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Theme song by Pasquale D'Silva; Cover photo by Zach Bergren
Latest episodes

Oct 31, 2023 • 1h 7min
136: It Was The Bees All Along, feat. Guerlain Perfumer Delphine Jelk
Guerlain perfumer Delphine Jelk joins us in this episode to chat about the "Guerlainade" way of perfumery, the importance of bees to fragrance, the legacy of Shalimar, and how Le Maison Guerlain has maintained its perfumery legacy for nearly 200 years.
Episode rundown:
0:00 ~ A cursory glimpse into making the Die Hot With A Vengeance scent
13:30 ~ Sable smells like Future Society Floating Forest
16:54 ~ Tynan smells like Paco Rabanne Fame Parfum
27:20 ~ Interview with Delphine Jelk
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Oct 24, 2023 • 58min
135: In Our Prednisone Era
Sable can smell again (thank you prednisone) so this is a big catch-up chat that includes new scents launched this Fall, the Glossier You formula controversy, Tynan's second (Chanel) Chance, The Kayali Oudgasm universe, soft boy smells, Halloween scents, and MORE.
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Oct 10, 2023 • 1h 2min
134: The Nostalgia-core Of Ourside
We interview Keta Burke-Williams, founder of Ourside, a NYC-based fragrance brand by outsiders for outsiders.
Episode rundown:
~ 1:00 Sable still can't smell things
~ 5:40 Talking about the Allure Best Of Beauty Fragrance award winners
~ 17:00 Fragrance book merch?
~ 19:40 Tynan smells like Victoria Beckham Portofino '97
~ 26: 06 Our interview with Keta Burke-Williams
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Sep 26, 2023 • 60min
133: What Does A Ghost Smell Like?
How do you create the smell of fear? We have just the person on to ask! Liam Findlay of Aroma Prime talks about how scents are used in immersive and entertainment applications like theme parks, amusement attractions, and museums to enhance the experience and shift the vibes – anything from stoking anticipation before a roller coaster to recreating a lifelike olfactory environment of a Viking hut. He's also just released a children's book with a scent-focused narrative, called The Doomtown Dummies.
Episode rundown:
11:13 ~ Tynan smells like Parfums De Marly Althaïr
15:21 ~ Sable smells like Margiela Replica Autumn Vibes
25:25 ~ Our interview with Liam Findlay
55:05 ~ If we were ghosts what would we smell like?
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Sep 19, 2023 • 1h 10min
132: From DIY To DedCool
Whenever you ask the cool, nice girl who smells so good all the time what she's wearing, there is an eleventy-five percent chance that they'll say it's Dedcool. We have brand founder Carina Chazanas as our guest on this episode to talk about creating her first personal scent when she was 13 and launching Dedcool as a way to create the kinds of fragrances that are memorable without being overpowering.
~ Run of episode:
~ 12:40 Tynan smells like Le Monde Gourmand Pumpkin Creme
~ 17:22 Sable smells like Creed Carmina
~ 24:20 Our interview with Carina Chazanas
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Sep 12, 2023 • 54min
131: The Third Maybe Annual Smell Ya Later Awards
It's 2023 and three years after launching this podcast, we have yet another maybe annual awards that acknowledge the year's triumphs and the year's flops, with minimal pivoting to scent trends, brand follies, and however else we were confused and flabbergasted by fragrance this past year.
Episode Rundown:
~ 10:17 Tynan smells like Hermés Twilly Tutti
~ 15:30 Sable smells like Ex Nihilo Musk & Supernatural Oud oils
~ 18:35 Let the awards ceremony begin
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Sep 5, 2023 • 1h 3min
130: From Checkmate To Soulmate with Mind Games
What do chess and perfume have in common? Mostly one thing that we know of: Mind Games, the fragrance brand that revolves around the moves and spirit of chess. In this episode we interview brand co-founder Alex Shalbaf about chess, fragrance, and soulmates.
Episode rundown:
~ 0:11 A listener Hotline message regarding baby scents
~ 0:17 Sable smells like Kilian Pearl Oud
~ 0:21 Tynan smells like Armani Privé Magenta Tanzanite
~ 0:27 Our interview with Alex Shalbaf of Mind Games
~ 1:00 Ok bye!
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Aug 29, 2023 • 1h 16min
129: Scent Is A Self-Love Thing (✿♥‿♥✿) feat. Steph Stone
FOTP (friend of the pod), the lovely and endearing Steph Stone — nail artist to the stars and our personal friend — comes on SYL. We have a fun friend hang, chatting about the smell of being on set, growing up in Hawaii, the scent of the many landscapes of LA, and wearing perfume to announce yourself to the world.
[What we smell like today: The Harmonist Sun Force, Victoria's Secret Tease Coco Soiree]
Episode rundown:
1 ~ 24 mins: What we smell like today, the new Sol De Janeiro body mist, Tynan's Paula's Choice photo opp, a listener hotline voice note in which we describe scents that just do not work with our skin chemistry.
24 ~ 1:12 mins: Our chat with Steph Stone!
1:12 ~ 1:16: The end!
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Aug 22, 2023 • 1h 11min
128: Lessons In Romance With Régime Des Fleurs
We have Alia Raza, founder of Régime Des Fleurs on this episode to talk about how she went from a video artist to launching a perfume brand, the romance of fragrance and scent, collabing with very cool friends, and what it's like to run a niche luxury fragrance brand without venture capital.
[What we smell like today: Ariana Grande Cloud Pink, Mugler Alien Goddess Supra Florale]
~ 1 - 3 mins: Sable's adventures in sinusitis
~ 7 mins: Sable's book updates; editing is wild, writing is wild
~ 15 mins: Critical thinking in beauty culture is wild
~ 21 mins: Tynan, what do you smell like today?
~ 26 mins: Sable, what do you smell like today?
~ 32 mins: Interview with Alia Raza
~ 1:03: That was cool, OK bye
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Aug 15, 2023 • 1h 13min
127: Getting The MEMO
We have John Molloy, co-founder of MEMO Paris, Floraiku, and Hermetica, to regale us with the joys of creative partnership, the intricacies of creating three unique luxury fragrance brands, and the art of shadowing with fragrance.
[What we smell like today: Vilhelm Parfumerie Faces Of Frances, D.S. & Durga Crush Balls]
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