*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 sources inspiration, the *Rodrigo flair* you might feel across all his creations, his most beloved vintages, and so many fun insider stories you simply. cannot. miss.

FRAGS MENTIONED:

Arquiste L’Or de Louis, Schiaparelli Shocking, Caron: Narcisse Noir, Nuit de Noel, Guerlain Shalimar, Lanvin Arpège, Dior Poison, YSL: Paris, Opium; Mugler Angel, Houbigant Fougère Royale, El Perro Agradecido shampoo, CK Eternity for Men, Clinique Happy, CK: One, B, Estée Lauder Pleasures for Men, Clinique Aromatics Elixir, Grès Cabotine, Kenzo Parfum d’Ete, Mugler Angel, Serge Lutens Feminité du Bois, JPG Le Male, Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Girl, Arquiste Peau, Le Galion: Bourrasque, Sortilege, L’Astre; Guerlain L’Heure Bleue, Jean Desprez Bal à Versailles, Dior Diorissimo, EAUSOVERT Fruto Oscuro, Marc Jacobs Daisy, Elizabeth Arden Green Tea: Coconut Breeze, Bamboo, Yuzu, Cucumber

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 scents, what's new and exciting them most right now, and why we need to redefine the criteria of what makes a fragrance “GOOD.”

FRAGS MENTIONED:

Granado Violeta, Marissa Zappas Violette Hay, Escentric Molecules Molecule 05, Commodity Paper +, L’Artisan Musc Amarante, Ella K Poeme de Sagano, Ella K Musc K, Essential Faith: Essential Faith, Bliss, Aura; Nobile 1492 La Danza delle Libellule, Xerjoff Lira, Parle Moi de Parfum Milky Musk, Liis Bo, Parle Moi de Parfum Wake Up World, Juliette Has a Gun Pear Inc., Etat Libre d'Orange Secretions Magnifiques, Prell Shampoo Classic Clean, Guy Laroche Drakkar Noir, Liz Claiborne Claiborne, Davidoff Cool Water, CK One, Jessica McClintock, Annick Goutal Petite Cherie, Princess Marcella Borghese Giardini di Montecatini No. 6, Comme des Garcons, DS & Durga: Bowmaker, Burning Barbershop, Debaser, Mississippi Medicine; Clinique Happy, Celine: Reptile, Black Tie; For Strange Women perfume oils, MCMC Maine, Amouage Fate Woman, Grandiflora, Lubin Korrigan, Profumum Roma Acqua e Zucchero, Montale Chocolate Greedy, Anamor All that Matters, Chasing Scents: Rain Tea, Tea Service; MFK: Aqua Media, Aqua Universalis; Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca, Ella K Poeme de Sagano, Eau D’Italie: Morn to Dusk, Jardin du Poete, Rosa Greta; Universal Flowering Holy Hell, Dior Bois D’Argent, Comme des Garcons Lily, Astier de Villatte Mantes la Jolie, Oriza L. Legrand Relique d’Amour, Le Labo Lys 41, Jorum Studio: Paradisi, Firewater, Gorseland; Ella K Poeme de Sagano, Astier de Villatte Mantes La Jolie, Chasing Scents Rain Tea, Ella K Camelia K, Sora Dora: Brocéliande, Mallow; Giardini di Toscana Borabora, Rogue Derviche II, Caswell Massey Almond, One Day Jasmine Tea, Kilian Imperial Tea, Oriza L. Legrand Relique d’Amour, Andrea Maack Coven, Grandiflora Madagascan Jasmine, Saskia

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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, Florence by Mills Wildly Me, Tory Burch Electric Sky, Boy Smells Hinoki Fantome, Anna Sui Mellow Yellow, Guess Bella Vita, Tom Ford Vanilla Sex, Smells Like You, Tory Burch Electric Sky, Florence by Mills Wildly Me, YSL Rive Gauche

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