The Perfume Nationalist

Mike White returns to the continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist to discuss Leslie A. Fiedler's Love and Death in the American Novel (1960), Fiedler's essay "Come Back to the Raft Ag'in, Huck Honey!" (1948), and Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn  (1884). 10/16/23 S5E69 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Gris Dior by Dior (2017) + Ken Russell's Gothic (1986), Salome's Last Dance (1988), and Lair of the White Worm (1988) with Jack Thorpe Baker 2/16/25 S7E9 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Explosive by Etienne Aigner (1986) + Mötley Crüe (1981-2002, 2004-2015, 2018- ) + The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, and Neil Strauss (2001) + Jeff Tremaine's The Dirt (2019) with Lauren 2/13/25 S7E8 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Knize Ten by Knize (1925) + The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker: Regeneration (1991) + The Eye in the Door (1993) + The Ghost Road (1995) + Gillies MacKinnon's Regeneration (1997) 2/7/25 S7E7 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Roma by Laura Biagiotti (1988) + The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone (1961) + Carol Reed's The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) with Kylie White 2/4/25 S7E6 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Artek Standard by Comme des Garçons (2009) + Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, and Jonathan Krisel's Portlandia (2011-18) with Jocko Homo 1/26/25 S7E5 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Monocle Scent Three: Sugi by Comme des Garçons (2013) + The Sea of Fertility by Yukio Mishima (1969-71): Spring Snow (1969) + Runaway Horses (1969) + The Temple of Dawn (1970) + The Decay of the Angel (1971) with Alexandra Lavenski 1/25/25 S7E4 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Full Incense by Montale (2010) + John Patrick Shanley's Doubt (2008) with Ilych the Dialectical P of post-nostalgic wastel and 1/23/25 S7E3 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Rouge Smoking by BDK (2018) + Pascal Plante's Les Chambres rouges (2023) with Glen Rockney of Rare Candy 1/14/25 S7E2 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

"We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds." Rive Gauche by Yves Saint Laurent (1970) + Irna Phillips's Another World (1964-99) with Principessa 1/10/25 S7E1 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Jicky (1889), Mitsouko (1919), and Shalimar (1921) by Guerlain + À la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust (1913-27) + Volker Schlöndorff's Swann in Love (1984) + Percy Adlon's C éleste (1980) + Raúl Ruiz's Time Regained (1999) with Ryan Simón of American Vulgaria 12/8/23, 3/26/24, 12/29/24 S5E77, S6E26, S6E99 12/29/24 S6E100 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfu...

Shalimar by Guerlain (1921) + The Prisoner (1923), The Fugitive (1925), and Time Regained (1927) by Marcel Proust + Raúl Ruiz's Time Regained (1999) with Ryan Simón of American Vulgaria 12/29/24 S6E99 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

SoCal by Hollister (2007) + Josh Schwartz's The O.C. (2003-07) with Noah Stalgia 12/19/24 S6E98 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

L'Interdit by Givenchy (2018) + MARINA (1985- ) with Zach Langley Chi Chi of I'M SO POPULAR I'M SO POPULAR  Season Five Episode Four The Perfume Nationalist Season Six Episode Ninety-Seven 12/19/24 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Emeraude by Coty (1918) + Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz (1939) + Walter Murch's Return to Oz (1985) + Alexandre O. Philipe's Lynch/Oz (2022) + Jon M. Chu's Wicked (2024) + with John Menchaca 12/17/24 S6E96 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of  The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

The Smell of Christmas by Aromatique (1982) + Michael Curtiz's White Christmas (1954) with Eric 12/13/24 S6E95 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

M7 by Yves Saint Laurent (2003) + Bertrand Bonello's L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close (2011), Saint Laurent (2014), and Nocturama (2016) with Casey 12/22/24 S6E94 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of  The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Pharrell Williams Girl by Comme des Garçons (2014) + Sarah Koenig's Serial Season 1 (2014) + Brian Reed's S-Town (2017) with Rosé 12/9/24 S6E93 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Ange ou Démon by Givenchy (2006) + Damien Leone's Terrifer (2016), Terrifier 2 (2022), and Terrifer 3 (2024) with Kalob Petty of Tavora Léa 12/8/24 S6E92 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Sensual Amber by Marilyn Miglin (19--?) + Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor (1944) + John M. Stahl and Otto Preminger's Forever Amber (1947) 12/6/24 S6E91 To hear the compete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Black Afgano by Nasomatto (2009) + George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) +  Irvin Kershner's Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) + Richard Marquand's Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) with...

Island Gardenia by Jovan (1982) + Flamingo Road by Robert Wilder (1942) + Michael Curtiz's Flamingo Road (1949) + Rita Lakin's Flamingo Road (1980-82) with Alex Laird 11/24/24 S6E89 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Boucheron by Boucheron (1988) + David Jacobs' Knots Landing season 10 (1988-89) + George McCowan's Frogs (1972) with The Eternal Dillards of Ghost Jail 11/22/24 S6E88 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Love's Baby Soft Whisper Soft Mist (2023) + "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates (1966) + Joyce Chopra's Smooth Talk (1985) + Boaz Davidson's The Last American Virgin (1982) with Adam Roberts of Marble Faun 11/21/24 S6E87 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Woods by Abercrombie & Fitch (1997) + Ryan Murphy and Stu Zicherman's American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez (2024) with Alec Mouhibian of Filthy Armenian Adventures and The Back Wall 11/19/24 S6E86 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.