This week's episode is an overhaul list of incense fragrances and wonderful recommendations. We also get into some musings on smellmaxxing, its positioning, and its connection to practices in the past. After you listen, i'm curious to know, why do you wear perfume?
Fragrances mentioned:
Kyoto, Avignon, Ouarzazate, Floriental/ Comme des Garçons, Wazamba/ Parfum d'Empire, Princess/ Lanvin, Oak & Oak/ Scents of Wood, Indigo Smoke/ Arquiste, Copal de Terre/ Le Monde Gourmand, Etui Noir/ Miller Harris, Otis & Me/ Jazmin Sarai, Euphoria/ Calvin Klein, Purple Mantra/ Room 1015, Gucci Guilty pour femme intense/ Gucci, Reliq d'Amour, Rev d'Ossian/ Oriza Legrand, Feminite du Bois/ Serge Lutens, Olibanum/ Profumum Roma
Additional fragrances to try that were missed:
Mandala/ Masque Milano
Tucson/ Astier de Villatte
Works cited:
New York Times, Smellmaxxing Explained: https://tinyurl.com/4u3fv6d5
Suzy Nightingale, "The Tiktok Boys" for The Scented Letter (Spring 2025)
Alice du Parcq's Substack, "Why we must celebrate teen boy scent hounds": https://tinyurl.com/ydu2pxuv"
The Golden Peaches of Samarkand" by Edward Schafer
"On a Trail of Incense: Japan and Olfactory Thought" by Lorenzo Marinucci (chapter in "Aromas of Asia)
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Music & sound: Jasem Jarrar @jas3m.j