Best Emma Vernon Podcasts (2024)

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141. Did you miss me? A SOLO. (some fave 2024 discoveries, teen boys & perfume, TFF Awards, and more!) 54:54

2d ago54:54

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I've been banking so many things we need to discuss for this episode! SO HERE THEY ARE: my fave fragrant Portugal discoveries, the Givaudan Haute Parfumerie event, Firmenich Mind Nose + Matter, perfume's newest consumer segment: teenage boys(!), June Smell Club, the TFF awards, and 5 recent PR standouts! PS: we're on Substack now! Subscribe for bon…

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REVISITING EP 30 [SASHA SPIELBERG]: A Conversation with Fragrantica’s Srebecca 1:00:30

9d ago1:00:30

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This week, we’re looking back on a 2021 Perfume Room Gem. Enjoy this special re-air with Musician and fellow fragrance lover Sasha Spielberg (AKA Buzzy Lee)! We chat everything from Fragrantica reviews (spoiler alert: we reveal our aliases), to Sasha’s strict fragrance rule, the layering combo that earned her compliments in the times of triple-mask…

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S4.9/E67: Merch Re-Con w/ Zero Myth UK Founder Charlene Hegarty 1:41:15

10d ago1:41:15

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Today we discuss all things merch and so much more. To do so, Host Emily White chats with her Northern Irish professional twin, Charlene Hegarty. Charlene is a leader in the music industry, serving as a board member for UK Music Futures. She's the Founder of Zero Myth in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Zero Myth is a creative development company acting …

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140. [THIN WILD MERCURY] A [Perfumed] Love Letter to NY (w/ Cathleen Cardinali & Anthony Polcino) 1:02:46

16d ago1:02:46

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Longtime Perfume Room friends Cathleen Cardinali and Anthony Policino, aka the duo behind Thin Wild Mercury, are back in the Perfume Room this week! From episode 1 to 140, so much has changed! This week we're chatting NYC, fantasy accords, scenting history, and of course the new Thin Wild Mercury New York collection! FRAGS MENTIONED: Amphora Parfum…

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S4.8/E66: Your Live Strategy & Efficient Touring w/ Christine Osazuwa 1:24:27

24d ago1:24:27

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Now it's time to start playing live as effectively as possible. This starts with putting together your strongest live show possible. As well as doing so in a manner that increases your local draw allowing you to leverage your headlining "hard ticket" count into support slots, metrics based touring & more. Host Emily White gives an overview on how t…

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139. [THE NEW SAVANT] When the Wax is Poetic: Candles That Smell like Steamed Rice and Queer Love (w/ Ingrid Nilsen and Erica Anderson) 1:09:20

1M ago1:09:20

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The New Savant Co-Founders Ingrid Nilsen and Erica Anderson join me in the Perfume Room this week! The New Savant is a queer, women-owned, candle brand with handmade, small-batch candles, inspired by unique personal stories, and scented by top industry perfumers. Erica (a Fortune’s 40 Under 40) was Twitter News employee number one, and Ingrid (a St…

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138. [FRAGRANCE TAXONOMIST MICHAEL EDWARDS] THE Quintessential American Fragrances 1:01:33

1M ago1:01:33

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Today’s episode is a masterclass! Fragrance legend, author, historian, taxonomist and Perfume Room fan-favorite Michael Edwards is back (!!), this time to chat about his newest book, “American Legends: The Evolution of American Fragrances.” What makes a perfume *American* in style and who are the quintessential American perfumes? What makes them le…

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S4.7.2/E65: How to Market With or Without a Budget w/ Manchester Icon John Robb 43:04

1M ago43:04

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Musicians often want to know how to spread the word on their music. But are also understandably overwhelmed with options from DIY to high priced marketing agencies. Part two of this episode digs in on that & so much more by interviewing punk legend John Robb of The Membranes. In addition to his beloved music, John is credited with coining the phras…

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137. [JULIETTE HAS A GUN'S ROMANO RICCI] Evolving A Fragrance Family Legacy 52:16

1M ago52:16

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Romano Ricci—Juliette Has a Gun Founder, great-grandson of Nina Ricci, and Co-Founder of Nose Paris—joins me in the Perfume Room this week! We discuss everything from rebelling against the fam biz, reimagining it, what gender in fragrance means to him, the idea behind Nose Paris, and why fragrance pyramids are a thing of the past. Plus, I live-smel…

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136. Perfume Room LIVE (w/ Givaudan VP Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux!) 1:02:29

2M ago1:02:29

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*canon episode alert* Back in March, I sat down with legendary Givaudan VP Perfumer (and incredible storyteller!), Rodrigo-Flores Roux, to record a very special live-audience episode. This week, enjoy a condensed version of that conversation! Rodrigo shares his earliest scent memories and wins (the latter will shock (& delight) you), where he sourc…

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S4.7.1/E64: How to Market With or Without a Budget w/ Manchester Artist Emma Mould 42:38

2M ago42:38

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Musicians often want to know how to spread the word on their music. But are also understandably overwhelmed with options from DIY to high priced marketing agencies. Host Emily White breaks down how to most effectively promote your music to press, radio and more whether you have a budget or not. To do so, she chats with Manchester, England musician …

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135. Stop Limiting Your Own Perfume Exploration (w/ LuckyScent's Steve Gontarski and Dana Buchanan!) 1:16:44

2M ago1:16:44

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LuckyScent’s Steven Gontarski and Dana Buchanan are in the Perfume Room today talking hidden gems of LuckyScent, how to intuit what a client actually wants (versus what they say they want), and a retail phenomenon they refer to as 'perfume trigger words.' We of course also discuss their personal wardrobes/collections including their desert island s…

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S4.6/E63: Setting Up Your Release & Distribution Plan w/ Ditto Music's Sam Wilce 1:22:07

2M ago1:22:07

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It's time to distribute your music worldwide! This episode will teach you how to do so with the highest profit margins while collecting the most fan contact information for your future use (which is fundamental to building a sustainable music career), streaming best practices & more! To do so Host Emily White interviews Sam Wilce - Partnership Mana…

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134. From Marketer to Perfumer: Making the Perfumery Career Shift (w/ Givaudan Perfumer Christine Hassan) 37:10

2M ago37:10

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Givaudan Perfumer Christine Hassan is in the Perfume Room today! We discuss her unconventional and holistic path towards becoming a perfumer, perfumery across cultures, her own special scent rituals, and a benzaldehyde spill in her high school chemistry class that changed EVERYTHING. FRAGS MENTIONED: Zoologist Rabbit, Oriza L. Legrand Chypre Mousse…

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133. Esxence 2024 Recap: Everything You Need to Know (& Smell!) (w/ Valerie March AKA @thenichesampler) 56:14

3M ago56:14

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Esxence is an annual Milan-based niche fragrance convention that boasts the title of world's largest perfumery trade show! Content Creator Valerie March, AKA @thenichesampler — a longtime friend of the pod AND 3rd year attendee of Esxence — is in the Perfume Room this week recapping her recent experience and sharing everything from perfumes [from E…

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S4.5.2/E62: DJ Patrick Topping & Steven Braines + Music Publishing Isn't Scary of Confusing + How to Land a Sync Placement 1:29:03

3M ago1:29:03

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Part two of this is a new conversation with Newcastle natives DJ Patrick Topping & industry innovator Steven Braines on their incredible careers, their thoughts on music publishing, sync & more. Recorded live at Newcastle College. Special thanks to Generator, Alice Fuller & Ste Dunn. Book this podcast was based on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.collectiveenti…

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132. Spring '24 Fragrances: A Bird's Eye View (w/ Fat Mascara Co-Hosts Jenn Sullivan and Jess Matlin!) 52:49

3M ago52:49

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IT'S OFFICIALLY FRAGRANCE WEEK! To celebrate, longtime friends of the pod—Jenn Sullivan and Jess Matlin, Fat Mascara Co-Hosts—are in the Perfume Room today sharing the fragrances that are exciting and intriguing them most for Spring 2024! FRAGS MENTIONED: Xinú Ummo, Parfums de Marly: Perseus, Delina; Riddle Oil, The Body Shop White Musk, Phlur Apri…

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S4.5.1/E61: Music Publishing Isn't Scary of Confusing + How to Land a Sync Placement 22:34

3M ago22:34

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Music publishing has sent fear into the bones of countless musicians & songwriters. This episodes shatters that notion but clearing defining music publishing and ensuring you're collecting on it in full. Note that music publishing is the NUMBER ONE missing revenue stream host Emily White encounters when speaking with musicians worldwide. And if you…

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131. The Untold Story of the Titanic Perfume (w/ Givaudan Head Of Product Safety Sciences Neil Owen) 42:11

3M ago42:11

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In 2001, 62 vials of perfume were recovered from the Titanic shipwreck. Neil Owen, Head of Product Safety Sciences at Givaudan, was one of the lucky few specialists (alongside esteemed perfumers Christopher Sheldrake and Mark Evans as well as a botanist) tasked with analyzing exactly what the contents of those vials were. To whom did these vials be…

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130. What Makes a Perfume a Smash Hit? (w/ Chromeo's Dave 1!) 1:08:17

4M ago1:08:17

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Dave 1 is the guitarist and lead vocalist of the Grammy-nominated, Electro-Funk duo Chromeo, and he’s also a fraghead. This week he’s in the Perfume Room talking about everything from the the F-Boy scent of Paris you never saw coming, gems from his personal collection, perfumes you'll never catch him wearing, the evolution of his own taste, smells …

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S4.4/E60: How to Record With or Without a Budget w/ Church Studios' Head Engineer Luke Pickering 1:04:19

4M ago1:04:19

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It's finally time to record! Host Emily White interviews Luke Pickering, Head Engineer at London's iconic Church Studios to discuss how to do so, whether you have a budget or not, recorded live at Church. Massive thanks to TheWRD from the Ivors Academy for making this tour & season happen! Supercharge your knowledge and career in the music business…

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129. The Britney Spears Ep You've Been Waiting For (w/ @basenote_bitch Elizabeth Renstrom) 1:23:20

4M ago1:23:20

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What's the actual best Britney fragrance? Who's the most underrated flanker of them all? Liz Renstrom (@basenote_bitch) is in the Perfume Room today and we're traveling deep into the multiverse that is: BRITNEY SPEARS FRAGRANCES to tackle all the hard questions. We've procured 12 of her 36 creations (including 6 Fantasy flankers, 3 Prerogative flan…

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128. Following Her Nose All the Way To The Dream Job (w/ Perfumer Margaux Le Paih Guerin) 1:01:10

4M ago1:01:10

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Margaux Le Paih Geurin is a perfumer at boutique perfume house, Flair Paris. A team of just four perfumers with infinite niche perfume launches to their name, Flair is easily one of the best houses of our time, and Margaux is one to watch. In just a few years in the industry, Margaux has already seen several of her creations hit shelves, including …

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S4.3/E59: Get Your Business Affairs Together w/ Rough Trade & EYRE LLEW's Sam Heaton 1:24:20

4M ago1:24:20

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Before you hit the studio it's crucial that you have all of your songwriting, producer, player and recording agreements in place. Which can feel overwhelming. This episode streamlines that process for you to protect you and your work for the long-term. To do so, Emily chats with deeply successful indie artist Sam Heaton of EYRE LLEW, who is also bo…

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127. What Makes a Fragrance Sensual? (w/ Master Perfumer Honorine Blanc) 57:40

4M ago57:40

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We're celebrating Valentine's Day with Master Perfumer Honorine Blanc, a perfumer especially renowned for her sensual and addictive fragrances. In fact, as far as I'm concerned, modern perfumery has two eras: B.H. and A.H. (that is, before Honorine and After), because Honorine quite literally invented a texture in perfume that before her, didn't ex…

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126. Perfumes That Smell Like Myanmar (w/ Gabar Co-Founder Phway Su Aye) 52:18

5M ago52:18

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A Third Culture Kid as she refers to herself, Phway Su Aye, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Gabar, has called many countries home. This week, she's in Perfume Room to talk about the one whose unforgettable aromas inspired her fragrance brand. Phway shares stories, rituals, and personal memories from her early childhood in Myanmar; she tells of …

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S4.2/E58: Pre-Recording Marketing Foundation w/ Cambridge Artists Jonathan Czerwick & Emily Frazer 1:14:54

5M ago1:14:54

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Episode two of our live UK podcast tour brings us to the gorgeous Music Recital Hall at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England. What better way to open an episode in a Recital Hall than with a live performance? Guests Jonathan Czerwick and Emily Frazer do that with a beautifully performed song. Host Emily White then lays out what artists sh…

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Ingenue w/ Joanna McNaney Stein 47:19

5M ago47:19

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Joanna wrote a book about KD Lang called Ingenue which is out NOW! We talk about music, cats, and lesbians! What more could you ask for? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abby-holland/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abby-holland/support…

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125. In Defense of the Celebrity Fragrance (w/ Flower Shop Perfume Co's Isaac Lekach and Lillian Shalom) 1:05:53

5M ago1:05:53

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Flower Shop Perfume Co’s Isaac Lekach and Lillian Shalom (also real-life husband and wife!) are in the Perfume Room today! We discuss: growing up in the industry (Isaac’s dad is former CEO of Parlux); celebrity perfume secrets; why the best perfumes are always a little bit controversial; the viral sensation that is Melanie Martinez’s Portals collec…

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124. The $4000/oz Everlasting Gobstopper Perfume (w/ Régime des Fleurs Creator Alia Raza) 59:43

5M ago59:43

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Régime Des Fleurs Founder/Perfumer Alia Raza is in the Perfume Room today. We discuss everything from those absolutely perfect rococo bottles, to what it's like collaborating with THE Dominique Ropion, and you *know* I live-smell Nymphaea Caerulea—a perfume that at $990 for 8ML, earns the title of World's Most Expensive. SOTD: Fueguia Yakeñ & Chris…

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S4.1/E57: Live UK Tour Season Premiere!: Get Your Art Together w/ Sinead Campbell 1:17:30

5M ago1:17:30

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Welcome to SEASON FOUR of the How to Build a Sustainable Music Career & Collect All Revenue Streams! This is our first ever international tour where Host & Author Emily White travels around nine cities throughout the United Kingdom to explore various music scenes and ecosystems. To kick things off Emily discusses how to "Get One's Art Together" wit…

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123. 2023 Favorites & 2024 Predictions ~ A New Year's Solo ~ 44:59

5M ago44:59

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NEW YEAR, NEW SOLO. SAME PERFUME ROOM. 2023: favorite launches, most-worn fragrances, and most exciting discoveries 2024: INs and OUTs, trend predictions, and *manifestations* for the year ahead! FRAGS MENTIONED: Versatile Paris Rital Date, Masque Milano Basilica, Dior Hypnotic Poison, Kerosene Unknown Pleasures, Versatile Paris: Dimanche Flemme, C…

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122. The 2023 Perfume Room Holiday Gift Guide! (w/ a very special surprise guest!!) 36:24

6M ago36:24

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'Tis the season for my holiday gift guide! I share all the fragrance gifts I’m coveting including stocking stuffers, candles, other scented goodies, and answer a few gift-help requests! Plus, A VERY SPECIAL GUEST make a very VERY SURPRISE appearance ;) ;) ;) SHOP MY HOLIDAY PACK: ⁠https://rb.gy/7arvgd⁠ Tune in to IG Live || Thurs 12/14 at 1P EST/10…

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121. This Smells Like War and Dirty Dollars (w/ Toskovat Creator David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi) 57:02

7M ago57:02

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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 Majas…

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120. Wear This Perfume For Good Luck (w/ Marissa Zappas & Ruby McCollister) 54:55

7M ago54:55

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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 …

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119. From Bass to Base Notes (w/ DJ + Fragrance Entrepreneur Zernell Gillie) 55:48

7M ago55:48

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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…

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I Kissed a Tasmanian Devil w/ Jill Sobule 1:06:04

7M ago1:06:04

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Welcome to the second season of Disaster Feminist with Abby Holland (producer/comedian/feminist/former trumpet player). This season Abby is traveling all over the world talking to fascinating people and experiencing life in a different way. She'll talk travel, feminism, comedy, love, life, change, vulvas, Roe v. Wade, abortion, coffee, Aurora Borea…

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118. Jurassic Park, but for Perfume (w/ Future Society Founder Jasmina Aganovic) 54:01

7M ago54:01

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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,…

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117. Turning Poetry into Perfume (with Parfums Dusita's Pissara Umavijani) 48:40

8M ago48:40

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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 cla…

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116. Gen Z Love Smells Like What? (w/ Givaudan's Matthieu Befve & Dana Schmitt) 55:59

8M ago55:59

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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 experi…

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115. Scents for The Horse Girl By a Horse Girl (w/ MAISON d’ETTO Founder Brianna Lipovsky) 59:31

8M ago59:31

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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 wit…

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S3.13/E56: SPECIAL EPISODE - How to Build a Sustainable Music Career & Collect All Revenue Streams w/ Artist Melly Sings 58:24

8M ago58:24

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We were originally scheduled to have Haitian-American artist Melly Sings on our Season 3 premiere, but she unfortunately had a family emergency and needed to re-schedule for our live taping. Instead, Host Emily White caught up with Melly recently to cover the entire previous season, taking the audience through Melly's growing career from recording …

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114. A Fragrance So Filthy, It's A Safe Word (w/ Papillon Artisan Perfumes Creator Liz Moores) 1:10:54

8M ago1:10:54

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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 Orpheo…

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S3.12/E55: When Do I Need an Attorney, Business Manager and/or a Manager w/ Christina "Xtina" Prince 1:58:14

8M ago1:58:14

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Welcome to the SEASON 3 FINALE of the How to Build a Sustainable Music Career & Collect All Revenue Streams podcast! We've covered everything you need to know to do just that throughout this season's episodes. But what happens when it all becomes too much? In this episode, host Emily White digs in with Duckworth manager Xtina Prince getting real on…

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113. Chanel No. 5 for Your Dog? (w/ Olfactive Artist & Researcher M Dougherty) 1:10:19

9M ago1:10:19

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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: Electimu…

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S3.11/E54: Repeat & Grow w/ Lucas Silveira of The Clicks 1:09:04

9M ago1:09:04

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You did it! We've now taken you through each step of building a sustainable music career, while ensuring you're not missing a single revenue stream along the way. But how does one know when it's time to wind down a release and begin the creative process anew? To explore this topic Host Emily White chats with Lucas Silveira, the first openly transge…

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S3.10/E53: Revenue Stream Checklist w/ Madison Rose 1:42:40

9M ago1:42:40

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Today we bring the “revenue stream checklist to life,” ensuring you’re not missing a single revenue stream owes to you if you write, record / release music and play live. We’ll also cover bonus revenue streams that aren’t necessarily owed to you for writing and releasing music, but that you’ll need to proactively work on to generate. To do so, Host…

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112. The ~Perfume Room Hotline~: Answering Your Biggest Fragrance Dilemmas (w/ me... and YOU!) 32:43

9M ago32:43

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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 …

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S3.9/E52: Merch Reconnaissance w/ Fourthwall COO Eli J. Valentin 1:27:17

9M ago1:27:17

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We're back to talk all things merch! There are a slew of new "on-demand" merch companies out there but Host Emily White feels Fourthwall is taking care of artists & fans with quality gear, along with hybrid options for traditional merchandise! Learn more about this Mr. Serena Williams / Alexis Ohanian backed company in this episode and what sets Fo…

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111. SPECIAL TREND REPORT NYFW + Fragrance! (w/ Highsnobiety Beauty Editor Alexandra Pauly) 58:15

9M ago58:15

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*SPECIAL NYFW REPORT* Highsnobiety Beauty Editor Alexandra Pauly is in the Perfume Room today to recap the biggest beauty and fashion trends from NYFW and discuss what it all means for… PERFUME! From everything from Barbiecore to Girlcore (note: they’re different), to mermaid hair and berry lips; with looks from Sandy Liang to Collina Strada, we're…

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