The Perfume Nationalist

The White Lotus and Enlightened creator Mike White joins the pod to discuss drugstore tuberose Sand & Sable (1981), the eternal influence of Safe (1995), and three iconic Sissy Spacek performances: Badlands (1973), Carrie (1975), and 3 Women (1977). 11/15/22 S5E8 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Eau du Soir by Sisley (1990) + Adrian Lyne's Fatal Attraction (1987) + Curtis Hanson's The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)  with Jack Thorpe Baker To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.  11/11/22 S5E7

Santal 33 by Le Labo (2011) + Mike White's Enlightened (2011-12) with Anna Khachiyan of Red Scare   2/6/22 S4E4 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Spellbound by Estee Lauder + Southern Living 2022 Christmas Cookbook + Kenny Ortega's Hocus Pocus (1993) + Anne Fletcher's Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) + Damien Leone's Terrifer (2016) + Terrifer 2 (2022) + Todd Field's Tar (2022)  To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon .  11/3/22 S5E5

Y by Yves Saint Laurent (1964) + Joan Didion's The White Album (1979) + Play It as It Lays (1970) + Frank Perry's Play It as It Lays (1972) with Filthy Armenian of Filthy Arm enian Adventures and The Back Wall   To hear the remainder of this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.  11/4/22 S5E6

with Barret Creation by Ted Lapidus (1984) + Amy Grant (1960- ) + William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist (1973) To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon . 04/08/22 S04.148  

Femme by Rochas (1944) + Jacques Rivette's La Belle Noiseuse (1991)  with Ryan Simón of American Vulgaria   To hear the remainder of this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon . 10/26/22 S5E4

Pink Sugar by Aquolina (2003) + It by Stephen King (1986) + Tommy Lee Wallace's It (1990) + Andy Muscietti's It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019) with LowRed Wunderbred of Movies  6/27/22 S4E32 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon .

Nivea Creme by Nivea (1911) + Tinto Brass's Salon Kitty (1976) + The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell (2006)  with Kurt   To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon . 

Absolutely Fabulous legend Harriet Thorpe and son Jack Thorpe Baker stop by to chat about perfume, working with Elizabeth Taylor, and three films written by Gillian Freeman--The Leather Boys (1964), That Cold Day in the Park (1969), and I Want What I Want (1972). 10/20/22 S5E2 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon .

The Night by Frederic Malle (2014) + Keiichiro Toyama's Silent Hill (1999) + Masashi Tsuboyama's Silent Hill 2 (2001) + Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladder (1990) + Lodge Kerrigan's Clean, Shaven (1993) + Srdan Spasojevic's A Serbian Film (2010)  with Fella of The Third Place  6/12/22 S4E29 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon .

Stash by Sarah Jessica Parker (2016) + Gone With the Fat by Jen Bays Avis, LDN, RD and Kathy F. Ward, LDN, RD + Michael Patrick King's And Just Like That... (2021) 10/16/22 S5E1 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon . 

10/12/22 S04.186 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon .

Gardenia by Elizabeth Taylor (2003) + Mike Nichols's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) + William Friedkin's The Boys in the Band (1970) with Roman D'Ambrosio  To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon . 10/4/22 S04.185  

The Scented Bath by Maribeth Riggs (1991) + Andrew Dominik's Blonde (2022) To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon . 10/1/22 S04.184

Kiehl's Original Musk by Kiehl's (1963) + Polysexuality [Semiotext(e) #10] by Francois Peraldi (editor) (1981) + Ryan Murphy's Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022) with Dana of Th e Pleasure Helmet   To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon .  09/29/22 S04.183

Mr. Bubble by Mr. Bubble (1961) + Mr. Bungle by Mr. Bungle (1991) + Angel Dust by Faith No More (1992) + Korn by Korn (1994) with J David Osborne and Kelby Losack of Agi tator  To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalis t please subscribe on Patreon . 09/22/22 S04.182

Vetiver by Guerlain (1959) + William Wyler's The Children's Hour (1961) + Robert Aldrich's The Killing of Sister George (1968) with Vera  To hear the remainder of this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon . 09/16/22 S04.181

Dolce & Gabbana by Dolce & Gabbana (1992) + Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria (1957) + La Dolce Vita (1960) + Fellini Satyricon (1969)  with Monica  To hear the remainder of this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon .  09/15/22 S04.180

Design by Paul Sebastian (1985) + Donna Mills's The Eyes Have It (1986) + David Jacobs's Knots Landing season 4 (1982-83) with The Eternal Dillards of Ghost Jail  To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon . 09/08/22 S04.179

Escape by Calvin Klein (1991) + From Here to Eternity by James Jones (1951) + Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953) + Buzz Kulik's From Here to Eternity (1979)  with JJBoobyHugger  To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon .  09/04/22 S04.178

Rouge by Comme des Garcons (2020) + Lena Dunham's Creative Nonfiction (2009) + Tiny Furniture (2010) + Girls (2012-17) + Sharp Stick (2022)  with Dan Allegretto of Dial Dan  To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon . 08/26/22 S04.177

Cucumber Melon by Bath and Body Works (1998) + Steven Soderbergh's Erin Brockovich (2000)  with Cara Cunnigham  08/18/22 S04.176 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon .

Devin by Aramis (1977) + Jay Presson Allen's Family (1976-80) with Eben 08/10/22 To hear the remainder of this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon .

Quorum by Antonio Puig (1981) + Earl Hamner Jr.'s Falcon Crest (1981-90) with Austin 08/05/22 S04.174 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon .