Show Notes
In this episode of 'It's Just Perfume' Steve and Dana chat live in front of an audience gathered at ScentFest, the West Coast's largest perfume expo. The weekend was filled with scent discoveries and the warmest meetups with fragrance lovers from around the world. Steve and Dana talk about their impressions of ScentFest then sniff perfumes featuring unusual notes with the audience. Oyster, pollen anyone?
The sniffing session was followed by a Q&A segment where Steve and Dana recalled their most nostalgic scents, revealed the notes and styles they'd like to smell more of and investigated Dana's perfume application methods that transform her into a walking scent sculpture.
Perfumes mentioned in this episode: 01:12:24 ScentFest Sample Pack 05:26:07 Still by CBCB 07:47:22 Cocoyster Bananita by Salum 12:15:26 Pony Boy by Jorum 13:01:05 Debaser by D.S. and Durga 13:14:25 Delulu by Oddity 14:05:10 Rhubarb Thief by Heretic 15:19:10 Gun Girl by CBCB 19:21:00 Molecule 01 + Patchouli by Escentric Molecules 20:26:09 Morel Map by Clue 20:35:04 Coven by Andrea Maack 21:15:25 Musc by Bruno Acampora 22:52:22 Moon Magic by Sorce 24:42:03 Vampire Husband by Sorce 24:45:00 In Dreams and Fairytales (Vanilla) 26:54:10 Metal Lavender by Matiere Premiere 27:12:11 La Nuit des 300 by Hellenist 28:39:16 Les Dieux aux Bains 29:48:23 Flower Glyph by Liis 32:53:03 Noel au Balcon by Etat Libre d'Orange 34:02:01 Unspoken Gesture by Jorum 35:28:05 Still by CBCB 43:26:20 Saskia by Grandiflora 43:28:16 Madagascan Jasmine by Grandiflora 44:11:00 Mossy Glen by Villa Erbatium 45:33:28 Neo-Animism by Mami Wata 48:02:21 Angelos Creations 48:26:26 Chypre Siam by Rogue 48:41:09 Aristo Chypre by Infiniment Coty 48:57:14 Spoturno Paris
Hosts: Steven Gontarski and Dana Kiley Buchanan Recorded in San Francisco, 6/27/26 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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