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| 244: Fall fragrances that will get your d*** s***** | 15 Sep 2026 | 00:46:11 | |
PSL season is upon us, which means... so is cuffing season. We're catching up after a late-summer break with a smelling spree on Fall's new fragrance drops, fragrances that were embargoed for weeks and that we're circling back to, and ones we wanted to talk about but, for no discernible reason, haven't yet. The lot includes some confusing irises, sexy cake scents, slutty going-out party girl scents, and cozy gourmands. [What we smell like today: Nonfiction Santal Cream, D.S. & Durga Ain't That Sweet] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 243: Creating fragrance's new benchmarks [feat. Nick Axelrod-Welk of Contrapposto] | 09 Sep 2026 | 01:12:46 | |
Nick Axelrod-Welk can be credited with a lot of beauty culture's millennial-charged evolution in the 2010s, having co-founded Into The Gloss, Necessaire, and Homecourt. For his next act, he's launching a beauty house: Contrapposto, beginning with fine fragrance — 3 of them, in fact. [What we smell like today: Contrapposto Musc Petille, and Melting Flowers] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 242: What does your everything shower smell like? 🛀 [feat. Emily Ferber] | 18 Aug 2026 | 01:07:36 | |
Perhaps you've heard of Athena Club, one of the millennial-era DTC personal care brands of the 2010s that offered period products, razors, and deodorant. Once fragrance entered the mix (and the brand entered Target and Walmart), Athena Club unofficially reintroduced itself with an assortment of eight scents across body wash, lotion, and fragrance mists. Most recently, their scents Banana Sunmilk and Pink Marshmallow gained traction on ScentTok, and got our attention as well. We welcome SVP of Marketing Emily Ferber on this episode to discuss creating compelling scents for the mass market, how she got her start in beauty at Into The Gloss and Glossier, and what it takes for a brand to find its legs in an oversaturated market. [What we smell like today: Bvlgari Omnia Amethyste, Phlur Vanilla Canyon] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 241: 👩🍳Gourmaybe she's born with it [feat. John Early] 🎭 | 11 Aug 2026 | 01:04:59 | |
We have the pleasure and delight of welcoming comedian, director, and actor John Early as a guest on this week's episode to discuss his film Maddie's Secret — AND the fragrance of the same name, made in collaboration with Marissa Zappas and Ruby McCollister for the film. [What we smell like today: Elorea Prelude, Kayali Boujee Kitty Caramel Milk] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 240: So, everything's milk now. 🥛 | 04 Aug 2026 | 00:53:55 | |
We're catching up with new scents we've been living in for the past couple of months — some of which were embargoed by The Brands, some of which flew under the radar until recently, and a suspicious many of which are milky, musky, lactonic scents. [What we smell like today: d.grayi Pandan, Valentino Vendetta Donna] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 239: Falling back into The Gap Scents (2026 versions) | 28 Jul 2026 | 00:47:24 | |
The Gap re-released its beloved fragrance line, "re-imagined" for today, which, in fragrance-speak, we know to mean reformulated. Formula updates are industry standard for quality protocols, but how do they change the scents themselves? Well, we can tell you in this episode just how the new line compares to the originals we have, and as we remember them. [What we smell like today: Athena Club Banana Sunmilk, El Morocco Lulu's Back In Town] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 238: Does skin color inform our ideas on 'skin scents?' [Feat. Influxious by Funmi Monet!] | 21 Jul 2026 | 01:12:31 | |
A repeat guest is a rare occurrence on Smell Ya Later, but when we heard that fragrance aficionado Funmi Monet had something big in the works, we had to bite. Influxious is Monet's brand-new fragrance line, inspired and informed by her Nigerian heritage. She joins us on this episode to talk us through her four debut fragrances, each with its own expression for how you want to feel, connected with a thread of Nigerian ginger. There's the party scent, the vacation scent, the confident scent, and the comforting skin scent with a rarely-smelled base informed by her personal upbringing. [What we smell like today: Abel Double Scoop, The Nue Co Good Spirits] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 237: What went down at Hotel Smell Ya Later? 🏩 | 30 Jun 2026 | 00:44:58 | |
We hosted the scent swap of the scentury last week (kidding, but also not kidding) at the Standard Highline, and 115 of you showed up to contribute to the second annual (?) scent circulation trade. This episode is a breathless recap of everything that went down: the community, the energy, the interlopers (we had a swaplifter!), and the lovely folks who helped it all happen: shoutout The Standard team, Marc Jacobs Fragrances and Coty for sponsoring, and Purple PR for helping coordinate. [What we smell like today: Mugler Starlicious Pistachio Praline, Atwood Penuche] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 236: Fake fans and the Fifis | 23 Jun 2026 | 00:43:09 | |
We would never be flip about attending such illustrious events as a Knicks championship viewing party or the Fragrance Foundation Awards (affectionately known as the Fifis). Ha ha, of course not. We take the honor as seriously as we take this podcast, which has its own ideas about how awards categories could probably benefit from a bit more diversity. (But no one's paying us to award perfumes anything, so don't listen to us!) Also, if you haven't gotten your tickets for Hotel Smell Ya Later, it's this week! 🏨HOTEL SMELL YA LATER🗝️6/25/26 6-9 pmJoin us at The Soda Shop at The Standard High Line to sip and swap with a few surprises...Tickets are $15, and all proceeds will go to Make The Road 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 235: So many mist opportunities... | 16 Jun 2026 | 00:46:49 | |
Not to be boring, but we're talking about body mists again. Particularly body mists from luxury brands that we'd assume have a slightly more restrained strategy with releases. But, you know what, maybe it is actually that $imple, and we've been overthinking brands again for our allotted weekly yap. [What we smell like today: NETTE Mochi Banane] Don't forget!: 🏨HOTEL SMELL YA LATER🗝️6/25/26 6-9 pmJoin us at The Soda Shop at The Standard High Line to sip and swap with a few surprises... Tickets are $15, and all proceeds will go to Make The Road 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 234: You can't just say cologne is genderless | 02 Jun 2026 | 00:50:19 | |
Well, you can, technically. But the collective understanding of cologne is very gendered. So, something to think about... Which, we do! in this yap-centric ep about a bunch of new smells we've smelled recently, AND a very exciting announcement: 🏨HOTEL SMELL YA LATER🗝️6/25/26 6-9 pmJoin us at The Soda Shop at The Standard High Line to sip and swap with a few surprises... [What we smell like today: Rite of Way Waterfall, Chloe Atelier Des Fleurs Vanilla Plantifolia] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 233: Not taking scent so seriously [with Sofie Pavitt] 🙂 | 26 May 2026 | 00:49:45 | |
We chat with everyone's favorite esthetician and acne whisperer, Sofie Pavitt, on this episode. You might recognize her colorful skincare line, Sofie Pavitt Face, from countless Top Shelf name drops. She has the coolest facial studio in Chinatown where we (as well as every cool downtown figure) have had our mugs graced by her skillful hands. [What we smell like today: Floraiku Flying South, Matiere Premiere Metal Lavender] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 232: New mall smell | 12 May 2026 | 00:51:09 | |
Slutty teen elixirs, plastic clouds, milky vanillas, musty vanillas, and an impressive new collection from everyone's favorite cloven-footed fashion brand — these are some of the new smells we tackle today, choking through a cloud of blotters without proper ventilation. We do it all for you, the listener! [What we smell like today: Mugler Angel Blush, Eleasium birth!] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 231: Smelling like a wolf in chypre's clothing | 28 Apr 2026 | 00:44:54 | |
Seems like fragrance is revisiting a certain kind of scent profile combo dubbed by traditional perfumery as chypre (a scent profile we both keep forgetting about). We smell a few modern releases taking the idea and giving it a modern interpretation, as well as a few more new-ish scents in varying degrees of "sure, okay!" and "oh yes, that!" [What we smell like today: MEMO Paris Cap Camarat, D'orsay Tonka Hysteria] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 230: Is anyone having fun in fragrance? | 21 Apr 2026 | 00:50:46 | |
Sort of, yes, kind of, more than before... It's just us this episode, chatting about some fun new fragrance releases (Vacation's new Orange Gelée collection, Born To Stand Out, etc), some BBB [beautiful but basic] fragrances (Guerlain's wedding collection, yet another Born in Roma, etc), and some ones we do not quite understand, but "sure, why the hell not?" (Notewrks's new "for men but also everyone" fragrances). [What we smell like today: Born to Stand Out Musc X, Ellis Brooklyn Isla Sirena] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 229: Snif passes the test [Feat. Bryan Edwards] | 14 Apr 2026 | 00:57:17 | |
On this week's ep, we have Bryan Edwards, co-founder & CEO of Snif, one of the first brands to kick off the DTC fragrance-buying format. With clever and experimental scent releases that have always injected a bit of cheeky humor into fragrance, they're stretching in polar directions in a way that most brands would dare to endeavor — one way that engages with nostalgia-driven fun with pancake, milk and breakfast cereal, gasoline, and croissant scents; and another way that caters more plainly to fragrance's slightly more underserved audience (straight guys who wash their face with soap but are thinking of getting face soap... and now fragrance). [What we smell like today: Le Labo Violette 30, Snif 2%] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 228: BICHE mode [feat. Alexandra Pauly of Biche] | 07 Apr 2026 | 01:03:17 | |
While perfume for dogs continues to miss, one pet grooming category — the shampoo and coat conditioner — remained woefully underconsidered. Enter Biche, a luxury pet grooming line launched by friend of the pod, Alexandra Pauly. The former High Snobiety beauty editor, fragrance enthusiast, and dog mom set out to create a line of pet shampoo and coat conditioning oil that would make bathtime a more sensorial ritual — and now it's here! We chat with Pauly on this episode about how to create a different kind of fragrance and personal care brand, how shampoo for dogs is different than shampoo for humans, and creating a signature scent with pod favorite Carlos Huber. [What we smell like today: Andrea Maack Muse, J Scent On A Cloud] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 227: Sniffing too close to the solar accord | 31 Mar 2026 | 00:42:43 | |
An us chat about a week of new smells, featuring this modern, salty, solar fragrance accord that seems to be everywhere now, being humbled by luxury brands, new venture capital-backed fragrances, a listener voice message about the alleged almond-pocalypse, and, y'know, the general ranting we inevitably do. [What we smell like today: Discotheque Lola At Coatcheck, IRFĒ Marshmallow Musk] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 226: The most GLORIOUS purple scent we've smelled [feat. Susan Alexandra] | 24 Mar 2026 | 01:02:17 | |
Two NYC icons, Susan Korn, aka Susan Alexandra, and perfumer Marissa Zappa teamed up to create Glorious, the first official scent of Susan Alexandra's jewelry and accessories brand. You know the colorful beaded bags and fun charm jewelry on site, and now you can experience the brand's signature playful delight with its first scent. We speak with Susan Korn on this episode about how she started her jewelry and bag boutique in NYC, creating the Glorious perfume and candle, and what it's like having our dream shop girl job. [What we smell like today: Glossier You Soie, Armani Power Of You] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 225: A case against discovery sets 🧐 | 17 Mar 2026 | 00:49:36 | |
We're back after a wee break (vacation, life, etc) with a listener question about the pros/cons/whats with plunking down the dollars for a full-size scent vs. taking home a discovery set when in the market for niche fragrances abroad. We also discuss a handful of new scents from D.S. & Durga's Debaser In Bloom, Summer Fridays Sunlit Vanilla, Non-Fiction, Sidia, and more. [What we smell like today: Nonfiction The Beige, SIDIA Midas] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 224: How much can an algorithm 'do' perfumery? | 24 Feb 2026 | 00:57:22 | |
When art & design turn their ambitions toward technology and olfaction, how much does a machine powered by algorithms, AI, or both, challenge an industry known for gatekeeping (and upcharging), and how much does it supplant the craftsmanship and skill of a perfumer? We discuss such iffiness after experiencing a custom scent-making installation that questions, "What if every human could create their own scent?" [What we smell like today: Prada Infusion de Santal Chai, "Forever Yong" made by Sable using Algorithmic Perfumery] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 223: The vineyard making perfume about wine [Feat. Dancing 🍷🍇🕺] | 17 Feb 2026 | 01:02:08 | |
Dancing is a Sonoma vineyard (est. 2022) founded by mother and daughter, Cynthia and Lauren Russell. It's also a perfume brand that makes vineyard-themed scents: smoked wood and forest floor, the grapes, and, of course, the vines. We chat with Cynthia and Lauren about how it all came together and how they created their three scents with Frederick Bouchardy of Joya Studios. [What we smell like today: Louis Vuitton Fantasmagory, Zoologist Harvest Mouse] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live | |||
| 222: A rose by any other name would still smell like a perfume counter probably | 10 Feb 2026 | 00:49:01 | |
Famously, we're not "florals" people, and especially not rose, but... a listener question prompts us to choose the rose. If we had to, these are the ones we'd pick. And for the rest of the hour, we talk about a lot of new scents we've been smelling lately. [What we smell like today: YSL Babycat, Documents Feather] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater, and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 221: The one job in fragrance that would make us TOO powerful | 03 Feb 2026 | 01:03:57 | |
There's a certain position in the fragrance industry that gets to call the shots, finesse the juice, and influence how fragrances go from brief to shelves — a position that your hosts wished they knew existed during the "figuring out what we wanna be" phase of our academic careers. We can't turn back time, but we can grill said figure: Kyle Ferguson, fragrance evaluator at Givaudan. He's the go-between the client and perfumer, facilitating communication, translating scent directives, and helping to make a fragrance its best and most beloved. Kyle generously shares his insight and experiences, behind-the-scenes of the perfume biz. [What we smell like today: LBTY "Liberty Maze," Roan Sahara Song] Shop our 👚 NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater, and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 220: Does queerness have a scent? [feat. Alloy Studio] | 27 Jan 2026 | 01:03:29 | |
We have Bryson Ammons and Eddie Hodges, founders of Alloy Studio, on this episode to talk about creating an independent fragrance brand in NYC, how creative rules everything they do, and celebrating queer and black identity via fragrance. [What we smell like today: Kylie Cosmic Intense, Dancing Gnarly Vines] Shop our 👚 NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater, and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 219: You Asked: Blind buys, stinky roommates, and tacky perfume displays | 13 Jan 2026 | 00:58:39 | |
We haven't done one of these in a while — it's a listener Q&A episode in which we address your queries about fragrance and non-fragrance related things like: how to blind buy "successfully," how to display your perfumes in a non-tacky way, how to tactfully tell someone they stink, where all this perfume hype culture is going, any former guests we'd love to have on again, the most repulsive scent, and more interpersonal anecdotes to further our parasocial relationship! [What we smell like today: Hawthorne Phantom Melon, Coach Dreams Starlight] Shop our 👚 NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, very cool, and we made it especially for you :)🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater, and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 218: Where is perfume culture even going? | 06 Jan 2026 | 00:56:05 | |
Is it peaking? That's what the rumors (industry insights) say, but based on what we've been seeing, the fraghead community is very much so cooking. [What we smell like today: Maison d'Etto Macanudo, Anti Nashi Toro] Shop our 👚 NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, very cool, and we made it especially for you :)🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 217: Our Official Scent Predictions for 2026 | 23 Dec 2025 | 00:58:44 | |
Are we psychic? According to the history....... not no. Every year, we have a stab at what we can expect to smell in the coming year's forecast, based on current trends, emerging trends, the thousands of PR emails we receive trying to make [redacted] happen, and what we've been seeing and smelling on the streets. And most of the time, we are correct! Consider this a free seminar on fragrance marketing and trend forecasting. [What we smell like today: Krigler Velvet Night 76, Maison D'Etto i-Dream] Shop our 👚 NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 216: Smell Ya Later WRAPPED: our favorite smells from 2025 | 09 Dec 2025 | 01:01:58 | |
Every year, we review our favorite smells that launched into the world in the last 12 months, broken down by such innovative categories as "best body mist," "Best candle," and "best body product smell..." you get it. Here's a tight, correct list of our favorite new smells born in 2025. [What we smell like today: Imaginary Authors Yesterday Haze, Dancing Scorched Wood] This episode is sponsored by Cécred (hurray!) Use code SMELL20 to enjoy 20% off the Clarifying Shampoo & Scalp Scrub and Hydrating Shampoo at Cecred.com. Shop our 👚 NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 215: TASTE!!! [feat. Serviette] | 02 Dec 2025 | 01:08:56 | |
We speak of brands often, sometimes (often) critically, other times admiringly. One such brand in the latter is Serviette, helmed by Trey Taylor. A creative culmination of his own tastes, education in fashion, and upbringing in the Great North, Serviette explores the tension between class with modern olfactory concepts, and a whole moodboard's worth of far-reaching cultural references. [What we smell like today: Necessaire Olibanum, Maison Crivelli Tubereuse Astrale] This episode is sponsored by Cécred (hurray!) Use code SMELL20 to enjoy 20% off the Clarifying Shampoo & Scalp Scrub and Hydrating Shampoo at Cecred.com. Shop our 👚 NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 214: Maybe smelling basic isn't that bad 🤷♀️ | 25 Nov 2025 | 00:44:41 | |
Things have gotten too complicated, too niche, too try-hard. Sometimes it's nice when familiar things are done well — as you'll hear in this episode, in which we smell through some newness from Billie Eilish and Kayali. [What we smell like today: Rite of Way Rising Sun, John Varvatos Rock Volume 1] This episode is sponsored by Cécred (hurray!) Use code SMELL20 to enjoy 20% off the Clarifying Shampoo & Scalp Scrub and Hydrating Shampoo at Cecred.com. Shop our 👚 NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 213: All we do is GIVE: The 2025 Smell Ya Later gift guide | 18 Nov 2025 | 01:07:37 | |
Another year, another round of smelly things you can buy for your loved ones, obligatory gift recipients, assigned gift swap honorees, and also just yourself! We have roughly a dozen items that smell nice, abet nice smells, are delicious, and/or can be lit on fire in this episode, as well as an abundant balance of chit-chat about smells we've smelled lately. (So, you know, the usual.) [What we smell like today: Fabbrica Della Musa Dynasty, Mancera Tonka Cola] *This episode is sponsored by Cécred (hurray!) Use code SMELL20 to enjoy 20% off the Clarifying Shampoo & Scalp Scrub and Hydrating Shampoo at Cecred.com. Shop our 👚 NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, also very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 212: How to have the best-smelling hair wash day with Cécred | 11 Nov 2025 | 00:59:19 | |
We are delighted to welcome Robyn Melissa Watkins, Senior VP of Product Development at Cécred (AKA Beyoncé's haircare brand). After a truly Holy shit, how does my hair look this good airdried?? moment Sable had when trying the line, we were very excited to discover not only how its signature scent Temple Oud was created, but also the formula development process to create products that can enhance all hair types and their unique needs (obviously, we can only speak for our own hair experiences, but the experiences so far have been pretty great!). [What we smell like today: Lore Lovely & A Little Twisted, Parfums de Marly Eragon] *This episode is sponsored by Cécred (hurray!) Use code SMELL20 to enjoy 20% off the Clarifying Shampoo & Scalp Scrub and Hydrating Shampoo at Cecred.com. Shop our 👚 NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, also very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 211: 50% Concentration!!!! with Amouage | 28 Oct 2025 | 01:08:03 | |
Known for exquisitely powerful scent profiles that explore the deepest resins and ambers, the most vibrant florals, and the most complex musks, the Omani fragrance brand Amouage has become a regular mention in the perfume social orbit. We have the brand's creative director Renaud Salmon as a guest on this episode, going long on all things Amouage — how they blend raw materials for different expressions, the story behind the conceptual mono-names of the perfumes, and how all facets of the brand come together. [What we smell like today: d'Annam White Rice, Serviette Ruche] Find our 👚BRAND NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, also very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 210: Life after smell-maxxing | 21 Oct 2025 | 00:54:13 | |
Ok, we have a lot of smells we're catching up with this week, including newness from Abel, D'Orsay, Bianco Profumo, The Nue Co, d'Annam, LORE, Ellis Brooklyn, and etcetera... [What we smell like today: D'Orsay Holy Berry, Bianco Profumo Caffè Amaro] Find our 👚BRAND NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, also very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 209: Abel is making fossil fuel-free the new fragrance benchmark | 14 Oct 2025 | 01:06:53 | |
We have the pleasure of chatting with perfumer Isaac Sinclair on this episode — the only kiwi perfumer (we've heard of) and the olfactive partner for Abel. He tells us about Symrise's upcycling tech that's kind of like the agua fresca of fruit notes, how the "oriental" olfactive family was originally "ambery," and how Abel's directive for creating "natural" fragrance is that none of the ingredients involve fossil fuel derivatives (kind of a first in luxury fine fragrance!). Abel's rebrand launches today with beautiful new bottles, a brat green packaging update, and some new names for familiar scents. [What we smell like today: Valentino Born In Roma Ivory, Tocca Laila] Find our 👚BRAND NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, also very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 208: Wearing Chris Collins's perfumes will get you Juno🤰 | 07 Oct 2025 | 00:58:04 | |
We have the pleasure of welcoming the enigmatic Chris Collins on this episode. Founder of his eponymous fragrance line, World Of Chris Collins features a collection of scents that the fragworld considers very... let's just say [parted lips emoji, wink emoji, sweaty face emoji]. He shares his story about collecting Bath & Body Works scents when he was a teen, modeling for Ralph Lauren, and eventually starting his own fragrance brand with some mentorship from "a guy named Kilian." [What we smell like today: World of Chris Collins Long Kiss Goodnight, Margiela Replica Matcha Meditation] Find our 👚BRAND NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, also very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 207: 🕯️Burning Braless👙 with SIDIA | 30 Sep 2025 | 00:57:47 | |
After smelling the zesty candle collab between SIDIA and Esthetician Sofie Pavitt, we're very pleased to welcome Erin Kleinberg on this episode to chat all things scent in her bodycare and home line, SIDIA, as well as her many endeavors in beauty and fashion media that (little did we realize) we've been interacting with throughout our own careers in beauty media. Small world! [What we smell like today: Gucci Muschio Di Luce, Alloy Studio Silver haze] Find our 👚BRAND NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, also very cool, and we made it especially for you :) 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 206: Which designer fragrance brand is making our favorite scents these days? | 23 Sep 2025 | 00:46:03 | |
Well, maybe not these days, but we'll tell you about our faves from the bygone days (2010s) of designer fragrance moments. That, plus we chat about some new department store scents, revisit some newish scents, and wonder what it all means (what else is new?). We have our 👚BRAND NEW MERCH👕 now available on our website. It's very cute, also very cool, and we made it especially for you :) [What we smell like today: Nosu Sain No More, LBTY Vine Thief] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 205: The 2025 Smell Ya Later Awards :) | 16 Sep 2025 | 01:02:42 | |
It happens every year around this time, and somehow we're always surprised even though this is our podcast that we plan and produce entirely ourselves. Please enjoy the 5th annual Smell Ya Later Awards, a collection of extremely biased, not entirely sensical, but entirely 'we mean it' categories of fragrances that we love, support, wonder what's going on with, and wish something more would be going on with...them:
[What we smell like today: Belnu Chai Fleur, Memo Paris Madurai] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 204: The Vanilla Skinematic Universe | 09 Sep 2025 | 00:52:42 | |
... And other things we've smelled lately, including: Ellis Brooklyn's new Vanilla Salt, Kayali Milky Musk Oud and Chocolate Oud, Orabella Eternal Roots, Phlur Cherry Stem, DS & Durga Cognac Reign, etc etc... [What we smell like today: Kayali Milky Musk Oud, Orto Parisi Brutus] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 203: What do angel numbers smell like? 🪽💫 | 02 Sep 2025 | 01:01:11 | |
If you see 222, 333, 444, 555, and 11 11 everywhere, now you can smell them — or at least the interpretation of them via Lake & Skye's popular fragrances. Brand founder Courtney Somer joins us this episode to discuss creating the popular 11 11 scent that launched the brand, as well as their new Angel Numbers body mists, which take the concept in a playful and cozy-smelling direction. [What we smell like today: Vyrao Ludeaux, Commodity Milk Orchid] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 202: Can people please be normal about pumpkin spice | 26 Aug 2025 | 00:48:30 | |
The Tokkers are at it again, this time selling out a certain indie pumpkin spice-laden perfume in service of... vasodilation? ¯\(ツ)/¯ OK, we guess! This week, we combatively chit-chat about very expensive perfumes, very affordable perfumes, and all the basic in-between perfumes (y'know, the usual). And we address a listener question about fall fragrances as they alert us to the unfounded reason people are selling out a certain Tilda Swinton pumpkin spice perfume. (And yeah, pretty sure we're saying "Roja" wrong throughout this episode, but.) [What we smell like today: Roja Isola Sol, Cyklar Sacred Santal] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 201: Rare Beauty's first perfume looks like that for a reason | 19 Aug 2025 | 01:04:09 | |
We're delighted to welcome Joyce Kim, chief product officer for Rare Beauty, on this episode to talk about how Rare's first eau de parfum was created: its unique bottle design created in collaboration with hand therapy specialists, the four scent layering balms that dramatically transform the scent, and how an early unintended packaging design feature informed what's possible for accessibility in beauty products. [What we smell like today: Harlem Perfume Co. Billie, Ellis Brooklyn Super Amber] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 200: Mist-flation for the caramel-curious | 12 Aug 2025 | 00:52:11 | |
We have MORE body mists in the world this week. We have perfumes for decades. We have opinions on cheeky scent-naming formats. Catch up with us as we (briefly) mention some summer cinematic blockbusters, smell the new Philosophy body mists, argue about how much body mists and 10ml travel EDP vials should cost, and we smell Selena's (Rare Beauty's) new perfume. [What we smell like today: Prada Paradigme, Atelier Materi Iris Ebene] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 199: Making perfume with the ghost of Eartha Kitt [feat. Harlem Perfume Co] | 05 Aug 2025 | 01:03:37 | |
We have Teri Johnson of Harlem Candle Co. and Harlem Perfume Co. talking about her historically reverent collection of perfumes inspired by the great artists of the Harlem Renaissance: Billie Holiday, Langston Hughes, Josephine Baker, Duke Ellington, and Eartha Kitt — who's perfume was made in collaboration with her daughter Kitt Shapiro (and whose grandaughter Nora Mae starred in the campaign!). Johnson chats with us about the significance of the Harlem Renaissance, how her candle brand took off during the pandemic, and how Eartha Kitt "oversaw" the formula of her namesake perfume. Also in this EP:
[What we smell like today: Byredy Pulp, Prada Infusion De Rhubarbe] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 198: Perfumes that attract humans vs. perfumes that attract bugs | 29 Jul 2025 | 00:44:52 | |
The Venn diagram of perfumes "for sex" (which let's be real, is all of them) and perfumes that attract bugs might be a near-circle. However, there are certain fragrances and fragranced products that could be handy on your next camping trip if you want to avoid attracting either. Also in this ep:
[What we smell like today: Guerlain Vetiver Fauve, Henry Rose Dave] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 197: AI can't replace us because we don't know what we're doing | 22 Jul 2025 | 00:52:51 | |
Yes, we heard about the short-lived AI perfume influencer, and we're not worried. But everyone was for a minute there! We're chatting about "work" and "jobs," beauty awards being scams, new bananas, the most basic thing about Sable, a listener question about mummies (sort of), what AI is potentially useful for, D.S. & Durga's relaunched tennis scent, etc, etc, etc... [What we smell like today: Kayali Maui In A Bottle Sweet Banana, Victoria's Secret Bare Sueded Vanilla] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 196: Can you smell the difference between indie and big oil house-made perfumes? | 08 Jul 2025 | 00:51:30 | |
Not to be contentious, but... what do people think "indie" even means? What does mass mean? And is who they're made by indicative of the quality of fragrance? It's a question making the rounds amongst the fraghead forums, and it's a question that calls for investigation of how our fragrances are being made, who influences their formulas, and what resources are available to whom? Also! How would we downsize our perfume collection (if we had to, which we don't — thank god), in response to a listener's question. Also, also! a few new things we've been smelling this past week :) [What we smell like today: D'orsay Sur Tes Levres, Sarah Baker Pastel Rumours] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||
| 195: The Scent of Australia In 6 Stories [Feat. Raconteur] 🇦🇺 | 01 Jul 2025 | 01:08:24 | |
Years ago, Craig Andrade took a candle-making class that became the impetus for a life pivot from being a lawyer to becoming a perfumer. And in studying perfumery, he realized that so many of Australia's native raw materials had yet to be introduced to the world. We have Andrade on this episode to discuss how Raconteur embodies the stories of Australian life through some of Australia's unique idiosyncrasies, desserts, and best hours (3 am at a rave). [What we smell like today: Givaudan Florstalgia Jasmine, Raconteur Foul Play] 🌐 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live ☎️ Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. 📱 Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 💌 Leave a comment in our Spotify episode prompts and/or a (nice) review wherever you stream (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ only) | |||