On this, the holiest week of tax season, we've decided to examine the sinnery of scents — specifically the seven deadly sins and what they would smell like. Also, beauty marketing has reached a new level of unawareness. Oh yes, and we get down to musing about which of the 7s we're personally guilty of, and which fragrances would scent a sin. That's all. Enjoy! Oh, and we have merch now. The Smell Ya Later 2022 World Tour gear is live on our website . [What we smell like today: Oribe Desertland, ...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 75
As two moody people who love scents, we're always curious to know why and how scent affects our moods, for good and for evil. There is indeed a science to mood manipulation through scent, and who should be the maestros of such power as the perfumers of Givaudan. We have Stephen Nilsen on to tell us all about Givaudan's proprietary Moodscentz technology, and how scent has been studied to be able to change moods and behavior (nematodes are involved) way beyond the scope of essential oils and aroma...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 74
One could argue that music and fragrance are parallel art forms, especially when you realize that so much fragrance language borrows from music (notes, accords, compositions). And sometimes they become one when people sing about perfume, name-dropping certain fragrances or simply smelling in song. In this episode, we discuss the songs of smells that we are aware of and a whole lot of ones we are not. [What we smell like today: Ex Nihilo Iris Porcelana, Hermes H24] Follow us on Instagram @smellya...
Mar 29, 2022•53 min•Ep. 73
With Y2K making its way back up to the surface of cultural relevance (or nostalgia), it's inevitable that it would get the Smell Ya Later treatment. We've gone on about nostalgic scents before, and we will do so again, this time in the only cultural wrapper that makes sense — the moral alignment chart. We discuss our personal picks on the lawful/neutral/chaotic scale of goodness and evilness and neutralness. For fun. It's for fun. [What we smell like today: D.S. & Durga Bistro Waters, Sarah ...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 72
AI comes for us all. And this time, by "all," we mean fragrance. We have Givaudan perfumer Dana Schmitt on to tell us all about Carto, Givaudan's AI helper, aiding perfumers to experiment even more with the fragrances they create. But will robots replace perfumers? Not quite. So how exactly does AI get its digits into perfumery — the one art that requires a sense of smell, which robots categorically do not have? Obviously, that's in this episode. So listen to it. It's good. [What we smell like t...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 71
What if you could use your sense of smell to fall asleep quicker and rest more deeply? We have vice president and perfumer at Givaudan Olivier Gillotin on the pod to tell us about Dreamscentz™, the tech that aids the creation of scents scientifically designed to promote better sleep. We get into the research and the application of how these scents are created and how scent can affect mood for overall wellbeing. [What we smell like today: Phlur Missing Person, Juliette Has A Gun Not A Perfume Sup...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 70
Sex sells, but you can't fuck a fragrance. You can, however, fuck a celebrity (if you're lucky or maybe try really hard), and combining the two has been the standard for how to sell a fragrance since forever probably. The spokespeople are however getting kookier and by way of more interesting choices... hotter? Now that it appears that clout and a certain It-ness of cultural relevancy garner more intrigue and more dollars, the people in our fragrance ads are perhaps less familiar but wholly more...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 69
Those who know better know that money smells like balls, but when it comes to smelling rich , wealthy , or classy , people have opinions that may or may not be misinformation set to a soundtrack of Lana Del Rey remixes on everyone's favorite clock app. It's a vibe, it's a mood, it's perhaps an ill-conceived aspiration that says nothing of wealth itself but the idea of a certain level of taste and what it means to live a life of conspicuous consumption. So, we stay wondering. Why does everyone wa...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 68
South Korea has proved to be a triple threat with K-beauty, K-pop, and K-dramas putting us all in a cultural chokehold within the last decade. And yet... what about K-perfume? K-Fragrance? K-Scent? WELL. Meet ELOREA , a new fragrance brand pioneering the way for K-fumes. Co-founders Wonny Lee and Su Min Park join us on this episode to tell us all about ELOREA , its humble beginnings, inspirations, and unique ingredients and notes sourced from Korea. [What we smell like today: Annick Goutal Sable...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 67
It takes your hosts 40 whole-ass minutes to answer the goddamn question but they get there. Preceding that, a lot of hot goss: What even is love? Are we all doomed? How many people have been personally victimized by Dior Sauvage? Will this fragrance finally allow Sable to manifest her dreams? Why does Tynan always shower alone? Is it live, laugh, love? Or love, laugh, live? Does she who loves life get the last laugh? Tune in to find out. We dissect love, dating, romance, anxiety, neurosis, and O...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 66
Mugler Angel is one of the most famous fragrances ever. The iconic star-shaped bottle is instantly recognizable as is its scent — unapologetically sweet, sticky, hot, and heavy. It gets in your nose, your eyes, your mouth, and sets up shop in your brain with all its gooey, candy-like floof. Its overwhelmingly abundant make-up is what we affectionately refer to as "shit on shit." You either love it or can't stand it. There's more to her than just dozens upon dozens of notes and accords, though, a...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 65
Deep in the Lower East Side, you will find New York City's own Temple Of Beauty , AKA Aedes Perfumery . The artisanal fragrance boutique has carried some of Europe's most elite brands under one roof since 1995. We talk to co-founder Robert Gerstner, who along with his co-founder Karl Bradl, opened one of New York City's most unique fragrance boutiques, which brings some of Europe's best artisanal scents to the states. Gerstner shares some fragrance-shopping insight, like why the coffee bean smel...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 64
Your spoiled hosts have been holding out on you. We get SO many scents sent (jinx!) to us that we often don't have time to discuss them on the pod without derailing the whole episode. So this is an episode dedicated to the scents (fine fragrance and otherwise) that have enchanted and captivated us as of late. [What we smell like today: Elorea Heaven, Marissa Zappas X Liara Roux Whore] Follow us on Instagram: @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a vo...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 63
It's a brand new year, which doesn't actually mean... a thing. BUT we do have our first episode of 2022 kicking off with our made-up scent resolutions AKA the " ins " and " outs " of smells and scents, plus, as it turns out, lots of things that have nothing to do with either. [What we smell like today: Elorea Fire, Maison Francis Kurkdijian Gentle Fluidity Gold] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and ...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 62
While we're all dealing with the Omicron of it all, your intrepid hosts insist upon looking ahead — to the future of scent and what it holds. We may not be meteorologists or have a degree in marketing or communications, but when it comes to trend forecasting, we know when to bring an umbrella. Here's an hour and change featuring our crystal balling into what we can all expect to smell in the new and near year. [What we smell like today: Ellis Brooklyn Après, Commodity Milk] Follow us on Instagra...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 61
Another year's end, another opportunity to intimately get to know your hosts with our biannual AMA, in which your hosts answer the most invasive and least rude reader-submitted questions — no subject off-limits except the ones we don't want to talk about! In this 4th quarter edition, we cover: The Hustler Industrial Complex Scents that will turn on everyone around you Dumb things we've done Very smart things we've done Why bashing your wrists together after spraying perfume is bad The next Bacca...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 60
End of year lists are here and we are no better than all the other self-appointed clout contenders out there in the mediasphere, so in the spirit of the end of 2021, your hosts are reviewing the past year in smells and giving you strictly anecdotal ranked and unranked recollections from memory: their top, most, and best smells and smell-makers of the year. [What we smell like today: Iman Love Memoir , Aedes De Venustas Copal Azur ] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave u...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 59
Pals in pod, Emilio Quezada & Evan Shinn, AKA Dewy Dudes join us for our first roundtable on the eau dude scent, king behavior, and the collective trauma of Axe body spray. What are the dudes spraying these days? What's the difference between a hot-boi and a fuck-boi? What's a pick-me scent? What do they call Axe in England? All these questions and more are addressed in this episode. [ What we smell like today: Lush Cardamom Coffee, Nomenclature Psy_Cou] Follow us on Instagram: @smellyalater...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 58
Whoever said never meet your idols never told Tynan, who has manifested such a meeting with none other than mega influencer and scented candle queen, Jackie Aina . Excuse the jittery energy, as we get into it with our girl, who's had a prolific career, from dropping out of college, joining the army, dominating YouTube, interviewing the president of the United States (!!!) and of course, launching cheeky candle brand, FORVR MOOD . [What we smell like today: Idolette Venus , Lake & Sky Midnigh...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 57
Supply chain who? We're coming at you with another holiday gift guide to charm and delight the olfactory receptors of all those within your blessed spending radius. We're coming at you this extended cut episode with a variety of home fragrance, fine fragrance, body products, scented activities, bougie smells, budget smells, a smelly fan, candles, fabric care — we have you and yours covered. Also in this episode: A hailstorm interrupts this podcast to spook the hosts, a fair-moderate amount of By...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 56
What's it like to be a perfumer? Is it like going to Hogwarts School of Whiffcraft & Whiffery? In some ways, yes. And in some ways...not no. Luckily, we have perfumer Marissa Zappas on to tell us about her journey into the olfactory arts, what it's like going from the corporate world of fragrance to carving her own independent path in scent sorcery, and why it's better to study for a smell test when you're ovulating. Find out more about Marissa Zappas at her website and on Instagram at @mari...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 55
Carbon emissions = bad. Perfume = good. This is the basic math behind Air Company's second product ever: AIR EAU DE PARFUM , a fragrance made from CO2 emissions. How do you make perfume from [gestures all around] the air ?? We have Greg Constantine, co-founder of Air Company on the pod to tell us about his humble operation that literally turns carbon emissions into useful things like vodka, perfume, and jet fuel — all essential items for our planet's uncertain future. [ What we smell like today ...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 54
It's spooky season once again and we're bubbling up this very seasonal episode on THE SMELL OF DEATH from a year ago with neuroscientist and cadaver scholar, Mo Costandi. It's not just a copy/paste — that's not our style, no, what the hell. We, of course, include an all-new, updated, present-day, overwrought overture, as is our style indeed . Also, we have so many new smells to tell you about! So, even if you are familiar with the smell of death (our episode, not the actual smell), there are rea...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 53
Added fragrance in beauty products gets a bad rep these days. But given the likelihood that most products "don't work" anyway, may we at least reap some sensorial joy out of greasing up our slowly deteriorating mortal vessels with our little creams and potions, please? If you can slather it, we've smelled it, and this episode contains our favorite non-fragrance fragranced products. What else: Tynan doesn't know how to do laundry Sable is the worst rock star I'm a little lad who loves Botox and c...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 52
We've been noticing a perfume pattern that suggests a move towards indulgence, intensity, and the extreme. What could it mean? Listen to us trying to figure it out for nearly the time commitment of a feature-length film. This episode has everything: A list of perfumes A list of their "extreme," "intense," and in some cases "Eau fraîche" flankers Things we like :) Things we do not like :( Sable reveals the worst fruit Tynan reveals what size his bed is The illusion of morality in beauty The parad...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 51
You asked, and we deliver. Not that wouldn't have thought to do so of our own accord, but it just so happens all our interests and obsessions align with the release of Ariana Grande Cloud 2.0 Intense — the more dramatic newborn sibling to our beloved Cloud. In this episode, we review the new fragrance (obviously), we break down the nuanced differences between the Intense and the original, we disagree about the word "boyfriend," and also Dolly Parton's fragrance (sorry), we reinvent the fragrance...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 50
It's been one whole American year for Smell Ya Later. 49 episodes later, we've decided to celebrate and commemorate ourselves by foisting our opinions onto our listeners once more using the most official and indisputable format we know of: an awards show. We thoughtfully penned the categories and have selected the winners with the gravitas and focus of red-pill-blue-pill methodology. We would like to thank our listeners for tuning in weekly to this very important, innovative, and groundbreaking ...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 49
In this episode: Tynan's cloud kingdom is fully assembled and he still insists that Kim Kardashian would come on this podcast. Sable recounts the trauma of draining water bulges in her apartment walls post-hurricane and complains about social media. Both of your hosts promise to stop co-opting the intros of these episodes to spiral about personal struggles and instead wax conspiratorial about toxic influencing. And then we talk to Sweden's newest hot boi of scent, Jan Vilhelm Ahlgren, and how he...
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 48
What happens when virtual reality co-ops scent for immersive experiences in intentionally manipulative ways to help people become more capable, more at peace, and better equipped to navigate real life? As a tech podcast, which we are now, we are investigating how the power of scent is used in virtual reality applications for good and for evil (maybe?). We have CEO Aaron Wisniewski of OVR Technology on to talk about how they're incorporating scent into virtual reality for all sorts of application...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 47
Why are the richest and famous-est simply not bathing? And why are they running their mouths about it when they should be running their faucets? Your hosts investigate, disagree (about Jake Jellyhall), sort of agree (about our collective disconnect between the theater of hygiene vs actual cleanliness), and wax chaotic about bathtub time sucks, sedentary lifestyles, and certain words that are not for the straights. [ What we smell like today: Aesop Erémia, Bel Rebel Peach Me] Find more info, epis...
Aug 17, 2021•57 min•Ep. 46
