The Fragrance Files

Michy Goes To Esxence

This week it's just the two of us talking about Michy's trip to Milan for Esxence and about things we're loving heading into the summer. Lots of recommendations and lots of PR this week. Thank you to the brands who are supporting our work!

Witnessing & Archiving with The Pitaya Collective

This week we sit down with Paula Morales of The Pitaya Collective to discuss how spirituality, memory, death, and grief are tied to scent. Fragrance functions as a bridge between the physical, psychological, and spiritual in a way other scents cannot. We wanted to explore that facet with Paula and their perspective as a Mayan Timekeeper and an archivist.

Michael Nordstrand's Vehicles of Discovery Pt. 1

**Disclaimer at the time of filming this episode the Estee Lauder and Puig merger was still happening. It has since fallen apart. Dries Van Noten will not be part of Estee Lauder.** This week is the first part of a highly anticipated conversation with the one, the only, Michael Nordstrand about the state of the perfume industry, the ugly underbelly of being a perfumer, and the shifting role of the perfumer in a world trying to focus on scale and sales. Tune in next week for part two!

The Compounding of The Alloy Studio

This week we sit down with Eddie and Bryson of The Alloy Studios to discuss the brand's foundation in black culture and queer culture before moving into fragrance as fashion, armor, and a way of life.

Hoshi Gotta Be On Our Podcast w/ Hoshi Gato

This week we sit down with Ember, the founder and perfumer of Hoshi Gato on everything from the brand's origins to the snake oil educators of faux perfumery on social media