The Fragrance Files - Josh & Michy

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2025 Post-Mortem

Season 1 · Episode 1

Friday, January 9, 2026 • Duration 45:07

A reflective post-mortem of 2025 through fragrance: what stayed, what faded, and what the year revealed about how we wear scent. No rankings. No hype. Just lived experience.

Who is The Fragrance Files

Season 1 · Episode 2

Friday, January 16, 2026 • Duration 36:50

Before we talk about perfume, we need to talk about why.

In this episode, Josh, your goth fragrance bestie, and Michele, MichySmells, slow things down to define what The Fragrance Files is, what it isn’t, and why this conversation needed to exist in the first place.

This isn’t an origin story in the traditional sense. It’s a conversation about pace, intention, and the kind of fragrance discourse that feels increasingly rare. We talk about what frustrates us in modern perfume culture, what we want to protect, and the kind of listener we’re hoping to sit beside rather than impress.

There are no rankings here. No hot takes for the sake of noise.

Just an invitation into how we think about scent, memory, and meaning; and how this podcast plans to move through fragrance differently.

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The Sample Spiral

Season 1 · Episode 3

Friday, January 23, 2026 • Duration 49:21

Sampling can be discovery or distraction. Michy and Josh explore decants, discovery sets, and the modern “sample spiral,” asking what we gain from endless testing and what we lose when we never commit.

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Memory & Nostalgia with Cult of Kaori

Season 1 · Episode 4

Friday, January 30, 2026 • Duration 55:18

In Episode 4 of The Fragrance Files, we’re joined by Cult of Kaori for a conversation about perfume as process—how fragrance is made, what it’s meant to hold, and what it costs (emotionally and creatively) to build something with a real point of view.

We talk about identity before marketing, intention before output, and why perfume deserves more than first impressions and content cycles.

If you’re here for thoughtful fragrance conversations that go deeper than notes and performance, welcome.

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The Myth of Signature Scents

Season 1 · Episode 5

Friday, February 6, 2026 • Duration 43:23

Maybe the desire for a signature scent isn't about fragrance, it's about wanting to be known and remembered.

This episode, we explore the myth of Signature Scents, where the idea comes from, why it still matters, and how committing to one fragrance can make sense in todays highly saturated perfume culture.

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The Scent of Letting Go

Season 1 · Episode 6

Friday, February 13, 2026 • Duration 47:26

This week we discuss evolving with and past our fragrances. How we are emotionally tethered to fragrance, and the moment that tether breaks. Whether you've moved on for a season or a lifetime, taste and emotions change so your fragrances should too.

The Scent of Letting Go is about how to find out what works, and what doesn't. We also discuss our approach to decluttering- or selling/trading/gifting fragrances that we no longer need.

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BONUS: OSM Goth Fragrance Dialogues

Season 1

Friday, February 20, 2026 • Duration 45:08

Bonus episode, a re-issue the 2025 interview with Kyle and Josh as Goth Fragrance Dialogues. Hear a bit about who Kyle is, how OSM developed, and hear the early foundations of our discussion in Episode 7 of The Fragrance Files

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Kyle & Fumed Expo

Season 1 · Episode 7

Friday, February 20, 2026 • Duration 53:27

This week we sit down with Kyle Mott-Kannanberg of Blend, the umbrella brand for OSM perfume and the upcoming Fumed Expo in Chicago.

See The Fragrance Files there, March 28 - 29 in Chicago.

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Brand Behaving Badly

Season 1 · Episode 8

Friday, February 27, 2026 • Duration 59:33

This week we dive into different ways perfume and beauty brands treat and act in the fragrance community. To love perfume as an art means not being afraid to critique it as an industry. From content creation tips to shading some egregious missteps, we're here for accountability and transparency.

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LC & The Politics of Perfume

Season 1 · Episode 9

Friday, March 6, 2026 • Duration 01:21:30

This week we sit down with LC, a brand consultant and interdisciplinary artist to have a conversation that delves into the political identity of perfume, highlighting the intersection of gender politics, colonial history, and social stratification within the fragrance industry.

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00:00 Perfume as a Political Identity
14:46 Colonial History and Perfume
24:29 Policing of Women's Scent
33:14 Competitiveness and Exclusivity in Perfume TikTok
01:04:53 The Business Model and Exclusivity Clauses in Perfume Sponsorships
01:10:37 The Impact of Brand Rebranding and Political Implications in Perfume Marketing

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