What do our noses have in store for the new year? Lots of new smells, fragrance habits, new nomenclature, where you'll be smelling things, how you'll be sharing scents, and who will be launching scents. [What we smell like today: Phlur Tangerine Boi, Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc] Leave us a message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater Find us at Smellyalater.live Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice messa...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 105
LUSH is perhaps best known for bath bombs with the biggest bloom. However, they also have some of the most unique and memorable fine fragrances -- all handmade with a combination of thoughtfully sourced naturals and synthetics. This episode, we speak with LUSH's perfumer and creative buyer about all how a handmade brand creates such potently memorable and earth-friendly fragrances as they do. [What we smell like today: LUSH Rentless, LUSH Lust] Leave us a message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe....
Dec 27, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 104
We're joined by Kilian Hennessy to talk about the world of Kilian Paris, the sensuality and creativity in his perfumery, and what makes a really iconic scent. [What we smell like today: Kilian Black Phantom "Memento Mori", and Kilian Good Girl Gone Bad] Leave us a message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater Find us at Smellyalater.live Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Spea...
Dec 20, 2022•59 min•Ep. 103
As 2022 Decembers itself away, we reflect upon our favorite fragrances that were launched this year. There were so many! But we have but two noses between us and have only smelled a handful. These are our favorites of that bunch. (Also if anybody knows where to get perfume factices -- those giant fake perfume bottles -- let us know. Because we want them.) [What we smell like today: Kilian Princess, Lush Tumeric Latte] Fragrances mentioned in this episode: Matiere Premiere Crystal Saffron Kayali ...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 102
Every December since the start of this pod, (so the last two) we wind down in December with a bi-annual Q&A AMA for our loyal and nosy listeners. This is the 2022 edition of that. Enjoy. [What we smell like today: Byredo Black Saffron, Abel Pink Iris] Leave us a message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater Find us at Smellyalater.live Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Sp...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 101
Continuing our previous episode (because it's so damn long), here is the second half of our TOP 100 Smells Of All Time (100SOAT) 100th-episode episode. [What we smell like today: Ariana Grande Vanilla Mod, Marissa Zappas Flaming Creature] Leave us a message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater Find us at Smellyalater.live Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smell...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 100
For our 100th episode, we're covering 100 of the best smells of all time, in no particular order. This is part 1. [What we smell like today: StrangeLoveNYC DeadofNight, Kayali Vanilla Royale Sugared Patchouli 64] Leave us a message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater Find us at Smellyalater.live Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 99
How do you give the gift of scent? It's a question we get and answer often... and we're doing it again in this episode. We asked listeners for their specific gifty target and did our best to fill in the blank with some soon-to-be successful scent-related gifts that will endear all those who receive to all those who give. Or something. [What we smell like today: Regime Des Fleurs Leather Petals, Lush American Cream] Leave us a message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater Find us at Sm...
Nov 15, 2022•52 min•Ep. 98
In which we list off fragrance discovery sets we like/are good/worth it for you to explore a brand and collect as many tiny smells for your personal collection and enjoyment. But not before a half-hour cold open featuring our thoughts about our writing careers, Sable being (problematically) sprung, Tynan's conflicted feelings about personal essays, and other bullshit you either love or hate. [What we smell like today: Abel Pause, Imaginary Authors In Love With Everything] Leave us a message on t...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 97
[What we smell like today: Byredo Oud Immortel, Ellis Brooklyn Bee] Leave us a message at the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater Find us at Smellyalater.live Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel ...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 96
In which we rank in order of what we like, Bath & Body Works' 12 best-selling holiday scented candles. We also address a listener question about our favorite household/unconventional scented product. And talk about other things such as: all these new albums out suddenly, making scents with Persons Of Interest and Joya Studios, the latest D.S. & Durga studio juice, getting turned down by Le Labo, etc, etc, etc. Also, thanks for buying our merch! [What we smell like today: By Kilian Gold K...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 95
As this episode title suggests, this is another classic chat, featuring listener voice memo guidance, new smells, October vibes (?), seasonal scents not being a thing except for fall (and maybe summer), scents we want to smell but haven't yet, etc. Surprisingly! With very minimal spiraling! They said it couldn't be done! Enjoy :) [What we smell like today: Matiere Premiere Crystal Saffron, Easu Vert Purple Noon] Find us on our website at Smellyalater.live Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3...
Oct 04, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 94
What do the dawn of dial-up Internet, pool floats, and chill, early 90s party tunes have in common? They are the tenets of Vacation Inc , the sunscreen brand born of a cheeky radio station Poolsuite.fm . Among their suncare products, the brand launched with a sunscreen-scented fragrance, which turned out to be a huge hype hit, proving what we at SYL HQ already know: People love the smell of sunscreen. We have Marty Bell, one of the co-founders of both brands, to talk us through the genesis of a ...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 93
We thought we had heard the last of what luxury fragrance could be, and then came Aeir . Founded by disciples of the tech, luxury, and designer goods worlds, we have Enrico Pietra and Rodrigo Caula on to talk how about fragrance can be a vehicle to express how luxury is so much more than cost and expense. With the innovation of extractionless molecular scent-making, custom packaging made from thoughtful materials, and designed to highlight how chic those materials can be, Aeir's first offering i...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 92
It's the 2022 Second Maybe Annual Smell Ya Later Awards, in which your hosts collect the year's most significant, impressive, iconic, legendary, and problematic smells into the most relevant categorization that we can wrap our noses around. Please enjoy this entirely serious, cash prize money, official awards ceremony for the best, biggest, smells in the industry of smells, please, and thank you. [What we smell like today: Byredo 1996, Hermetica Appear] Find us on out website at Smellyalater.liv...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 91
Your hosts go back in time, and then forward, and then back again, and a bit around... to recount how they got into fragrance, with what fragrances and when, and how they have all come to define the sophisticated, broad, and omniscient palette of scent that they both possess today ;) [What we smell like today: Le Labo Tonka, Le Labo Thé Matcha] Find us at smellyalater.live and follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave us a voice message/question , which we may potentially feature in a futur...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 90
A little catch-up convo with the hosts, inventorying our recent scent faves, fave-nots, and what our scents of summer are doing the most (and the least). Plus: Sable learned that Martha's Vineyard is not affiliated with Martha Stewart Tynan remains in his Vanilla Era Why doesn't anyone respect vanilla? Sable bought big pants A new cherry bombshell enters the villa Trying so hard to understand Phlur How to antagonize a lover with cake The one "for men" fragrance we like The one "for men" fragranc...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 89
This episode, we're joined by Funmi Monet , TikTok's "fave fragrance auntie" and one of the funniest and most comprehensive fragrance content creators on web3. She regales us about her journey seeking mental health that led to her creating her beauty and fragrance content that we love and lol, as well as being a licensed therapist. [What we smell like today: YSL Libre Intense, Mancera Instant Crush] Find us at Smellyalater.live and follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episode...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 88
Every six months a new Daisy blooms, by which we mean a flanker of a flanker of Marc Jacobs Fragrances' most popular perfume franchise. We have Erwan LeBerrigaud, VP of MJ Fragrances at Coty, on to explain what the deal is with fragrances flankers and how the MJ team can and will continuously spout new Daisy fragrances as long as people keep loving them. [What we smell like today: Marc By Marc Jacobs Fragrance, Vikto & Rolf Good Fortune] Find us at Smellyalater.live and follow us on Instagra...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 87
Scent in beauty products is a touchy subject, but even those that don't have a scent sometimes incorporate aroma molecules to delete their natural odors. We have cosmetic chemist and co-founder of Dieux Skin Joyce De Lemos on the pod to science at us about masking fragrances, skincare formulations, and the misconceptions and villainization of fragrance (and chemicals in general) especially when it comes to beauty/body products. [What we smell like today: Tom Ford Oud Wood, The Harmonist Moon Glo...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 86
It's another bi-annual Q&A for your hosts. Things we cover in this mid-2022 edition: how to be a beauty writer do we clean our own homes? red flags green flags (one frags, two frag) quit your job sable still cannot fully smell things scents we like scents we don't like makeup we like makeup we don't like thick smells don't be dry don't subscribe the importance of tact the importance of being in love with us etc [What we smell like today: Being Frenshe Cashmere Vanilla, Kilian Adults] Find us...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 85
Before there was Secretions Magnifique, there were magnificent secretions — that aromatic cocktail made by one's own body-ody-ody and it has been dubbed "vabbing" (a portmanteau of vagina and dabbing). Wearing one's own snail trail as a perfume to pull goes in and out of the zeitgeist, and thanks to TikTok it has been yanked back into it once more. Your hosts graciously, articulately, and elegantly explain the ins and outs of vabbing and its misleading philosophies with whatever science has foun...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 84
Did you know that ice cream does not have a scent? Neither did we. Well someone decided to do something about it, I guess, and here we are. Salt & Straw, premium ice creamery hailing from Portland, OR has teamed up with premium fragrance makers Imaginary Authors (also from Portland) to make edible fragrances you can spray on your ice cream to enhance the experience of your pint plundering. We tried to mute as much of the mouth sounds as possible in this experiential episode but we had to giv...
Jul 05, 2022•59 min•Ep. 83
Summer officially drops today, and it's party girl season and thusly the party girl scents will soon fill the atmosphere in a cloud of girl-smell, boy-smell, and them-smell. It's the season of really going for it and putting that atomizer through its paces. What IS a party girl scent, you ask? Not a simple answer, but you'll know it when you smell it. We certainly do. And so does this episode. [What we smell like today: Liz Claireborne Bora Bora, CDG Rouge] Find us on our website Smellyalater.Li...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 82
It's vacation season or whatever, which got us thinking about travel scents and the smells of some vacations we've had — you know, all those unfamiliar and exciting smells far from home. Tynan has a designated vacation scent, and Sable likes finding new smells when elsewhere. Other tangents include but are not limited to: Why Pride month and all these dedicated months are a little cringe, "Clean girl" beauty, that D.S. & Durga NFP, country music, and something something conspiracy. So yeah, ...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 81
The mysterious, Canadian fragrance brand Persons Of Interest has a habit of popping up in all kinds of good-smell convos by those in the know. Their non-descript bottles bear compelling titles like Sex & Cigarettes, Buried Past, and Two Wolves that speak for themselves. We spoke with the brand founder Dino Caracciolo all about his initial successful men's grooming and skincare line, how a retail rejection prompted a revenge fragrance brand, and the takeoff success of that brand without the t...
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 80
Now that another Memorial Day has been memorialized, that means it's officially summer — the season of skin. And smelling scents on other people's skin. So, that got us thinking... what kinds of scents do people compliment the most? And what do they have in common? How do certain scents develop a reputation beyond their intended context? And most importantly, what scents can we wear manipulatively for nefarious or promiscuous purposes? Here are our personal findings, from our experience. [What w...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 79
If you've ever wondered why scent isn't incorporated into other experiential endeavors like cinema, museums, reenactments, or performance itself, you are not alone. However, Andreas Keller, owner and curator of Olfactory Art Keller decided to make it real, with a downtown gallery in NYC dedicated to the art of smell. He tells us all about it in this episode, as well as how and why everyone smells things differently (something he learned from fruit flies), the trouble with smells, the lack of cri...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 78
It's been a minute (three weeks) but due to unforsmelled circumstances, we took a little-medium break. But now we're back on the very same bullshit that we are known and loved for: talking about smells we like. In this very casual catch-up chat, Tynan and Sable discuss new scents they like, new scents they would like to smell, and the beginnings of what is shaping up to be a S centboi Summer™ (you heard it here first). That's pretty much it. This one bounces around quite a bit, which may cause l...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 77
This is a jewelry and condiment podcast now. For one episode, at least. We have jewelry designer Jennifer Fisher on to discuss how she is Tynan's favorite jewelry designer and also her first upcoming scent based on her upbringing in Southern California and her dedication to condiments. [What we smell like today: La Perla Let The Dance Begin, Christian Louboutin Loubicharme] Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 and find our merch at smellyalater.live Find more info, episodes, and merch at Sme...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 76
