Perfume Room

If hearing the words Malibu Musk, Pear Glace, Cucumber Melon, Country Apple, and Sun-Ripened Raspberry make you feel some type of way, this episode is for you. Base Note Bitch is the IG account unlocking your happiest and cringiest scent memories alike. Through her quippy photography and descriptions, Liz Renstrom, the mastermind behind it all -- perfectly encapsulates the people, time, and p...

Created by Maiya Gaint, Black Girls Smell Good is an online community that rolls 115K members deep (across platforms) for Black women to share, obsess, and learn about all things fragrance. In this ep, I am joined by Maiya herself and WOW, it’s a juicy one. Having previously spent time in beauty retail as both a sales associate and educator, Maiya spills the secrets on the behind-the-scenes of dep...

Just in time to kick off the witchiest month of the year, we are joined by fellow October lover and High Priestess, Alex Caiola. Alex is an intuitive, astrologer and reader of the Tarot. We discuss getting signs from deceased loved ones in the form of smells, getting married when Mercury is in Retrograde (bc Alex is!), I give Alex a wedding scent consultation, and she reads my birth chart and taro...

I feel like I am leaking the sacred, secret family recipe — this is where I get my perfume knowledge! You all wonder how I know so much — well it’s passion, curiosity, research and… courses with Tami and Kathryn! Learn from this BFF industry insider duo about how fragrances are developed, why we need to show more respect for toilet bowl cleaning products, our shared love for orris, their favorite...

OH MON DIEU. Today we are joined by perfume icon, entrepreneur, influencer, Co-Founder of Huda Beauty, and Founder of Kayali Fragrances(!), Mona Kattan. Mona educates us on the art of layering fragrance, reveals her favorite Kayali fragrance and layering combos, and of course gives us the behind-the-scenes of all your favorite Kayali perfumes including the latest 2021 release: Invite Only Amber |...

Wouldn't you know it-- today is World Smell and Taste Day, and to pay it proper homage, we're joined by the incredible Aromatherapist/Smell Trainer, and host of An Aromatic Life podcast, Frauke Galia . Frauke explains what smell training is and how it works, we discuss the ugly step-sisters anosmia and parosmia, how LAVENDER IS A LIE!! (ok I'm *somewhat* pushing my own agenda here), how the term '...

You're gonna wanna take notes for this one bb. This ep is my first-ever solo where I answer all the questions I get asked from you guys most frequently! I share my favorite affordable frags, fall scents, transitional/year-round scents, colognes, and other beauty products. I also reveal my current full bottle wish list No stone is unturned, or juice unsprayed in this *JuIcY* tell-all. FRAGS MENTION...

Listen to me fangirl for an hour straight with the nose behind every major fragrance from your childhood: Ann Gottlieb. Ann is as much of a pioneer as she is an institution in the fragrance industry. She is the nose behind fragrance canons like Axe, J’Adore Dior, Marc Jacobs Daisy, Carolina Herrera 212, all of the Calvin Klein fragrances, and honestly, I’m just scratching the surface. Her fragranc...

After a brief summer hiatus, Perfume Room is back and this week we have 4AM Skin co-founders and self-proclaimed skinimalists, Sabrina Sadeghian ( @sabsade ) and Jade Beguelin ( @jadebeguelin ). Hear from these guru influencers about which ingredients you actually need in your skincare routine, how they boiled down the benefits of a 12-step routine into 2 simple products, the science behind 4AM Sk...

In this episode, I am joined by fellow Perfume TikToker Emelia O'Toole (@ProfessorPerfume)! Emelia and I try to guess each other's big 3 astrological signs (we're both wrong, lol), and then get into a deep discussion of how much our scent tastes are correlated to our astrological signs & Myers Briggs types. We give each other some new recs, talk about the scents that changed our lives, discuss...

In this episode, I chat with Rosie Johnston (aka the Rosie behind by/ Rosie Jane)! We divulge our mutual love of white musk and chat about the inspiration behind each of the seven frags in her line, as well as some of her inspiration for future scents. We also discuss the smells of Rosie's childhood in Australia, what it really means to be a 'clean fragrance,' and of course, because I have zero se...

Aspen Apothecary is a brand new indie perfume line that combines fragrance and function. How? Because their scents are not only conscious, vegan, and sustainable; they are CBD-INFUSED. The founders say it won’t make you high, but I beg to differ ;) (jk, lol). But for real, their fragrances are not only amazing-smelling, but super calming, and thus, we love. In this episode, I chat with Co-Founder...

In this episode, we are joined by Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli (!!!). In addition to being an Iron Chef, a judge on Chopped, the host of Supermarket Stakeout, and the Executive Chef of Butter, Alex is also an avid perfume lover. Alex reveals the fragrance she buys in bulk, the one she can't stand, her favorite smells, strongest scent memories, her philosophy of ‘smell THEN tell’, and how her exper...

In this episode, I chat with Fur Co-Founders and lifelong BFFs Laura Schubert and Lillian Tung. Fur is a hair grooming company that caters to every part of the body, for every body (& every haircare routine). We chat about stigmas and media narratives surrounding how private parts should look and smell, our own trials and tribulations surrounding pubic hair grooming and aftercare, and how Fur is c...

In this episode, I help comedian, actor, and TikTok superstar Jake Cornell find his new signature scent. Jake was Perfume Room’s first-ever IRL guest(!), so we had the pleasure of testing out 15 different contenders (and giving our unfiltered thoughts about each of them) IRL. If you enjoy how I describe fragrance, wait till you hear Jake. In Perfume 101, I explain the difference between 'clean' ve...

In this episode, I chat with one of my best friends — astrology and beauty expert, and also my COUSIN(!), Lauren Rubin! Lauren discusses losing and gaining back her smell due to Covid and how it’s impacted her perfume taste, what she currently wears, and her identity crisis with only liking fragrances she doesn’t feel match her outward identity. I give Lauren some new scent reccos, and we talk abo...

In this episode, I talk to musician & fragrance content creator Justin Copeland of the popular fragrance YouTube channel, 'Stay Fresh Productions.' Justin gives his top 5 colognes for life and for date night, assesses and advises which colognes my boyfriend should add to his collection, talks about his experience as a synesthete and which colors he can smell, & I tell him his aura (because, you kn...

In this episode, I talk to 27-year-old DedCool founder and perfumer Carina Chaz. We discuss her favorite fragrances (DedCool and *gasp* non-DedCool), the DedCool scent that Miley Cyrus wears, how Carina got her line into Barney’s (pour one out), Millennials vs. Gen Z, her perfume-wearing habits, and her process and motivation for creating honestly, one of the coolest perfume companies in the game!...

In this episode, I chat with Thin Wild Mercury perfumer and founder Cathleen Cardinali! Cathleen is a self-taught, indie perfumer whose first collection, titled, “The Los Angeles Collection” has had incredible success, and includes unique unisex fragrances evocative of different iconic LA neighborhoods and spots. And surprise: we get a bonus cameo from TWM’s co-founder, creative director, and Cath...

Welcome to the Perfume Room - a pod for the perfume-obsessed and perfume-curious. Hosted by matchmaker, comedian, and perfume advisor Emma Vernon, Perfume Room explores life and love from the fifth sense. Premieres May 18, 2021 Subscribe now so you don't miss the first episode! Instagram: @PerfumeRoomPod @EmmaVern TikTok: @Emma_Vern