Fragraphilia - The Podcast

Jeff and Jane Dashley•fragraphilia.com

Fragraphilia is the passion project of Jeff and Jane Dashley where they explore, express, and extrapolate as much as they can from the often mysterious and always magical world of perfume and fragrance. Focusing more on luxury and niche fragrances, Jeff and Jane discuss what they've been wearing each week, news and trending topics that has caught their attention, as well as any impending new release that has them excited to try. In the final segment, they will each pull three fragrances from their sample collection for the other to blind test and offer their unadulterated opinion through a series of questions before each perfume is revealed. About the hosts - Jane Dashley is a painter and artist with a long history in fashion blogging as Sea of Shoes. Jeff Dashley is a freelance web developer and designer. They live in the Dallas, Texas area with their son and three dogs. For more information and details visit https://fragraphilia.com or @fragraphilia on TikTok and Instagram. Send any requests, questions, or comments to hello@fragraphilia.com

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If It Wasn’t So Sticky I Would Wear It

We are back with another episode and you better believe, true form, that we faced some sort of obstacle in the lead up. This time a rickety old air conditioner unit that forced us out of our home for several days. Thank goodness that have perfumes, will travel . We made great use of our time at Jane's parents testing out samples for you all. This week, Penahligon's Potions and Remedies! We also discuss some new release news, share a handful of witchy October perfume selects, and run through the ...

Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 35 min

It Gives Me Early 2010s Burlesque Vibes, D’Ya Know What I Mean?

Fresh from our visit to New York, we discuss our experiences shopping for fragrances, the scents we encountered on the street, and the dank clouds of cannabis smoke that seem to be everywhere. Even the rats were stoned! Join us as we talk about the favorites we sampled, the few we brought home, and a couple perfumes we wish we would've purchased as well. That’s life in the big city, I suppose. Also, our most recent Scents of the Week and a few ideas on what’s to come in future episodes including...

Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 21 min

No, No... It's Not Junk, It's Creative.

Did we ramble on way too long in this episode? Absolutely ! Is it jam-packed, filled minute to minute with informative and gripping content? Debatable... but we had fun recording it. One thing's for sure, and you know it's always a safe bet, is that we bring up fragrances from DS & Durga, Byredo, Arquiste, and of course, Ex Nihilo but in between talk about getting weird in the studio, 60-something art witches, and covering up cigar smoke with dryer sheets. We also discuss our favorite brands...

Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 31 min

Is That A Fragrance or Have You Been Making Soup?

It's our longest episode yet, for better or worse, but things go deep when you start talking about disappointing new releases, the intoxicating and transformative sensations of testing Strangelove NYC all week, and how we benefit from each other's fondness of certain perfumes and scents. All that and a round of The Game featuring scents that conjure up witches brews, 80s sodas, and gym socks. Yes, you read that correctly, gym socks. Fragrances mentioned in this episode: Meander, Guidance, and Cr...

Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 18 min

I Guess That Depends On Your Dentist

We start this episode on a big high from the capital 'P' Perfume, El by Arquiste, and then share a real scent low after dealing with a dog that decided to square up to a rogue neighborhood skunk. Find out how those pair together with our other scents of the week including a quick run through some of our favorites from the Astrophil & Stella discovery kit. All that and The Game where both Jeff and Jane present a few more highs and a couple of real clunkers. Fragrances mentioned in this episod...

Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 10 min

Is There Patchouli? No, But There Is A Poem.

After a quick one-week break from the pod, we stir up a couple of Manhattans, spray our hair with a little Elnett, and go through our scents of the (past two) weeks. We also discuss our love for Eris Parfums and our dislike of all the store exclusives we never get to try. Sigh! For the game this week... Jeff goes themeless while Jane embraces the a mbers of now . Fragrances mentioned in this episode: Delta of Venus, Night Flower, and Green Spell by Eris Parfums / Patchouli Memory and Electra Gaz...

Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 11 min

The Tableside Guacamole of Fragrance

Guidance by Amouage - is it good or is it just pink? We share our initial thoughts on their latest release, run through our favorites from the past week, and the question why it seems like Le Labo's brand philosophy comes off dated in the current wave of fragrance culture and enthusiasm. And finally, this week's round of The Game finds Jane going green and Jeff serving up gourmandise. Fragrances mentioned in this episode: Guidance by Amouage / Queens & Monsters by Henry Rose / Delina by Parf...

Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 5 min

The Want List War of the Roses

This past week, we finally confront our ever-daunting, always growing want list and it turns into a good old fashion war of the roses. Also, we sample Vanille Leather by BDK Parfums, answer a couple of questions from our wonderful listeners about perfume storage and branching out of your fragrance comfort zone, and Jane wonders why there are fragrances for falconers and horsemen but not for Material Girls. All that and the bag of chips we call The Game as Jeff takes Jane on a journey of newish l...

Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 13 min

Yes, But Not In A Bad Way...

From Plasticine pink dream houses to the animalic twists of honey notes that can sometimes take urinous turns, we go through our scents of the week, share some thoughts on longevity and beast mode, and then Jane tricks Jeff into finally surrendering to one of her all time wants in another round of The Game . The devil is at work in this episode for sure. Fragrances mentioned in this episode: Slow Dive by Hiram Green / Barbie Dream House Candle / Side Effect by Initio / Bal D’Afrique by Byredo / ...

Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 2 min

Does This Make You Hate Fragrance?

Maggie the Cat is alive and she's here! Putting our money where our mouths, we ordered the newest release from Marissa Zappas and it arrived just in time for recording. In this second episode, we offer or initial thoughts on Maggie the Cat is Alive! I'm Alive , go over our scents of the week, and add a few more fragrances to the full bottle want list during The Match (not really better than The Game , but hey...). Fragrances mentioned in this episode: Maggie the Cat is Alive! I’m Alive! by Maris...

Jun 23, 2023•54 min

Welcome to Fragraphilia, the Podcast

In this first ever episode of Fragraphilia, the Podcast , we overcome a restless baby, powers outages and hail, and most of all, our complete lack of experience in recording and editing audio files for this podcast. Despite it all, we talk about our scents of the week, what it would take for us to blind buy something (with a nod to Les Oderants ), and finally, our first attempt at " The Game" (name tbd later) where we blind test samples and give our honest thoughts and reviews. Fragrances mentio...

Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 14 min

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