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On The Scent
On The Scent is the podcast destination for anyone fascinated by fragrance (or keen to learn more) – a place where perfume snobbery is stripped away, and fragrance is accessible to all. What began as a monthly sniff-in on the Outspoken Beauty Podcast soon became so popular in its own right (and with so many listeners sending in questions and asking for more) that On the Scent just had to go weekly - this time on its own perfumed platform! Encompassing everything from icons and all-time classics…
Episodes
On The ScentSeason7, Episode 2: #listenerprescriptions - From Frog Queens to Leafy Dreams
While we were on a between-seasons recording break [now back with Season SEVEN!] we've had so many more listeners writing in, looking to be united with their…
On The ScentSeason 7 Epi 1: Pass Me The Salt
Season 7 of @onthescentpodcast is here, & for the very first time, we’re sharing a Patreon-exclusive deep-dive with ALL of you! This week we’re exploring salt…
On The ScentBrighton Sniffari Part 2 & Current Scent Addictions
Nicola is currently loving: @kajalperfumes Kolada “When we radiate rays of gratitude We bathe in a boundless ocean of abundance. Inspired by the iconic Pina…
On The ScentBrighton Sniffari Part 1 + Our Favourite Raconteur Fragrances!
This week we’re focusing on Suzy’s recent Sniffari in Brighton, this time focusing on her visit to @soliflore_store, owned and run by Sarah. We will also be…
On The ScentSumptous Summer Home Fragrances and a Live Sniffalong with Raconteur
We’re back from the inaugural @marieclaireuk Fragrance Awards, where the room sparkled with excitement and the scent of creativity. As judges, we celebrated…
On The ScentStrength, Charisma and Our Second Incredible Raconteur Sniffalong
Our latest #OnTheScent episode finds us prescribing scents for strength and charisma, AND diving into part two of our Sniff-along with @the_rac_on_teur! Lore…
On The ScentPerfumed Postbag Special
This week, we’re sharing heartfelt listener messages and scent stories that remind us why fragrance is so powerful – it’s a balm for the soul, a memory…
On The ScentCraig Andrade and The Utterly Australiscious Raconteur Story
This episode is in partnership with Raconteur In this episode we get to know the incredible Craig Andrade at one of our favourite fragrance stores…
On The ScentA Fragrant Chat With Richard E Grant plus Delving Into The World of Baylis & Harding
#AD We want our homes to smell great all the time, with a scent wardrobe to match every mood. Baylis & Harding’s Signature Hand Wash collection lets you do…
On The ScentScented Souvenirs: Rituals, Remedies & Perfume Adventures
This week on #OnTheScentPodcast, Nicola returns from her travels, bringing a suitcase of scented stories and soul-soothing rituals. To calm flight nerves, she…
On The ScentThe Barnes Fragrance Fair - LIVE
We can't WAIT for you to hear this live recording from our Top Of The Morning event at The Barnes Fragrance Fair last Sunday. What a wonderful day it was and…
On The ScentBottled Bliss: Launches, Awards & Vibes
We’re still pinching ourselves after winning the Jasmine Awards New Media Award for the second year running, for our Halloween Scented Story project! And huge…
On The ScentHome Scents, New Niche & Much Swooning
In is week's episode, Nicola and Suzy are getting excited about the Ormonde Jayne home collection as well as the Jasmine Awards which take place tonight…
On The ScentParis, Perfume Launches, and “Please make me smell like a cave!”
CAN Suzy @fragrantmaven find fragrances for a listener who wants to smell like a cave (yes, really), and for an actor playing Belle’s eccentric inventor dad…
On The ScentFragrant Narrow Boats and Scenting The Court of Thorn and Rose Series
In this episode we're chatting about Nicola's "fragrant" experience on a narrow boat and how she was helped by the power of neroli and uplifting vanilla. We…
On The ScentA Feast For All The Senses
This week's On the Scent podcast is a sensory feast spanning art, astrophysics, architecture, cults, rituals and embracing your darker side (while finding the…
On The ScentThe Scented Scoop: Awards, Reviews & Sneak-Peeks
In this jam-packed mini podcast, we discuss… We are Fragrance Foundation Jasmine awards finalists! In the New & Visual Media category, for our Scented Story…
On The ScentFragrant Journeys: Your Life Moments, Scented
Our latest #listenerprescriptions special episode is here! We've been overwhelmed with incredibly inventive, creative questions from our listeners that we…
On The ScentSpritz & Tell: Our Fragrant Favourites
Get ready for this week’s NEW episode of On the Scent! We're celebrating #nationalfragranceweek with a packed show full of olfactory delights. Wondering why…
On The ScentLet's Get Excited About The Barnes Fragrance Fair!
In this week's episode we're joined by the incredible Amanda Carr aka @wewearperfume who is the organiser of THE fragrance event of the year - The Barnes…
On The ScentA Scented Sleepover & Finding a Fragrance for Lady Macbeth
This week, you join us for a fragrant journey through a scented sleepover and a quest to find perfect perfumes for an actress playing Lady Macbeth, & a concert…
On The ScentThe Fab Five - launches we’re loving
Main pod Mini Pod: The Fab Five - launches we’re loving New minipod alert! On this bite-sized episode of On the Scent, we're still diving deep into five…
On The Scent#listenerprescriptions – Finding You Your Perfect Perfumes...
We've got a cracking Listener Prescription special for you, and let us tell you, it's a real corker. You wouldn’t believe the range of questions we receive…
On The ScentFragrances to Fall In Love With
Valentine's Day is on Friday but instead of talking about fragrances that will make other people fall in love with you, we're chatting through the fragrances…
On The ScentVintage Treasures, NEW Ormonde Jayne, Opalescent Luxury, & a Dewy Rose
Vintage Treasures, NEW Ormonde Jayne, Opalescent Luxury, & a Dewy Rose Nicola found a treasure-trove of vintage fragrance jewellery to swoon over…
On The ScentAffordable & AMAZING, New Olfactory Obsessions + Your Questions Answered
Some thrillingly affordable (and therefore guilt free) fragrances which also happen to be *fantastic* in this week’s episode, plus a cult brand Nicola fell…
On The ScentA Rose, a Cowgirl & the Essences of Time.
In this week’s episode we’ve got a precious Taif Rose blooming, a pink-spangled Cowgirl giddy-up-ing, the Essences of time, bottled, a spiced plum blossom; a…
On The ScentPerfume Curator & Movie Set Scenter, Viola Wells
Viola Wells @violasjournal is an award-winning Production Designer, writer, and Perfume Curator whose passion for fragrance has shaped her uniquely fascinating…
On The ScentWe’re Baaaack!
The SIXTH season of On the Scent (whoah!) has us discussing those scents getting us through what must be the bleakest month in the calendar. What are we…
On The ScentMatching fragrances to festive tipples with wine expert Helena Nicklin
Helena Nicklin @helenasips is an award-winning Wine, Spirits & Lifestyle Writer and Broadcaster, who’s co-produced and presented The Three Drinkers global TV…
On The ScentExperience On The Scent Live With Us
New podcast episode alert! Join us On the Scent as we take you behind the scenes of our incredible London live event - our biggest yet! 70 fragrance-loving…
On The ScentPaddington Bear and A Fabulous Fragrant Trip To Milan
Welcome to another episode of On the Scent podcast - AVAILABLE NOW on Apple / Spotify / all your usual podcast download places (apologies, it should have gone…
On The ScentAn Unexpected Fragrance, The Kids Get Involved and A "Fragulous" Prescription
Welcome to a fun-filled episode where we explore some fabulous and rather unexpected fragrances, Poppy and Louis do a star turn and Suzy has all the answers…
On The ScentRealistic rhubarb, Parisian Cherries & a Scented Murder Mystery
We’ve finally got our noses on a brilliant collection of affordable fragrances (including the most realistic rhubarb we’ve ever smelled), an intoxicating scent…
On The ScentNEW Celestial & Tempestuous: What We’re Obsessed With
Such a variety of new fragrances we’ve been obsessing over this week - get ready for coming behind-the-scenes at the press launch of Sana Jardin’s NEW…
On The ScentNEW Glossier, Miller Harris, 4160 Tuesdays & Kushbu Perfumery (+ Perfume Prescriptions)
We’ve a wealth of new fragrances to explore this week, including two new @glossier scents, a literary-inspired fragrance from @millerharris, and…
On The ScentAdam Reed - Making Scents Of My Life
Adam Reed @adamreedhair is one of the most passionate perfume-lovers we’ve ever met, filling his fabulous Covent Garden salon with his personal collection, and…
On The ScentAn Apology
Unfortunately there won't be a full episode this week but fingers crossed we'll be back as usual next Thursday xx
On The ScentAdorable minis & a circus-themed launch!
We’re diving into the ADORABLE world of mini perfume bottles and new gift sets from Boadicea the Victorious, including their captivating new Defender…
On The ScentFragrance SOS: Listener Prescriptions For Perfume Dilemmas
Join us for a delightful Listener Prescription Special on this episode of On the Scent Podcast: We dive into your fragrant queries, offering expert advice for…
On The ScentA Smorgasbord of Scents We Love
There are SO many new fragrance launches to catch up on, lately, but here we’ve decided to select a small sharing platter of some new perfumes we have been…
On The ScentExciting new brands, loads of launches & milky fragrances
We delve deep into some of the new brands / launches Suzy saw and sniffed at @pittifragranze in Florence, featuring a number of her favourites in this episode…
On The ScentFlorentine Dreams, New Launches & Fragrant Friendships
Suzy’s just flown in from Florence, where she attended @pittifragranze, meanwhile Nicola’s been attending some launches and trying new scents closer to home…
On The ScentOn the Scent with Marc-Antoine Barrois
This episode is in collaboration with Marc-Antoine Barrois In this episode of On the Scent podcast, Suzy and Nicola sit down with @marcantoinebarrois -…
On The ScentBooks, Paper, Ink & Amber
Now Nicola’s back from holiday, we have a LOT to catch up on! Oh, there’s some utterly gorgeous new launches in this episode, which somehow coalesced into a…
On The ScentOlympic gymnastic medallist, Asher Hong: my fragrant obsessions
Our guest this week is none other than Team USA’s Olympic medal-winning gymnast @asher_hong04! Now, amidst the Olympic glory, a video of Asher discussing his…
On The ScentSeason Five Episode One: Scents To Swoon Over
Welcome back for the FIFTH season of our award-winning podcast! What a bumper catch-up we have in store, with Suzy & Nicola reminiscing over some standout…
On The ScentScott McGlashan's Scented Story
Scott McGlashan founded his @blublazerguy blog in 2016 as ‘an online destination with a focus on Lifestyle subjects including; Travel, Skincare, Fragrance…
On The ScentNEW Launches, a Lost Wedding Scent & a Rose for Nathanael
We’ve been enthralled by sumptuous new launches from @amouage & @guerlain (and even got to spend some precious time together at one of the events!) From those…
On The ScentDramatic Peach, Ormonde Jayne News & A Secret #Perfumeprescription
From a dramatised scent acted out @jovoymayfair (while sipping peach Bellinis), to a masterclass and afternoon tea with a master perfumer, our noses have been…
On The ScentTester Roulette, ‘Doll’s Head’ notes, & a Perfume Prescription
We’ve been going through our stash of scent samples recently - so many of us have them, don’t we? Vials and travel sizes rolling about in drawers and on desks…
On The ScentVintage Style, Perfume Walks & Perfume Prescriptions
Lovers of classical styles of perfumery (but with a modern twist) are in for a treat with TWO nostalgia-infused niche houses we were lucky enough to sniff…
On The ScentNew fragrances for celebrations, get-aways & every day!
This time we review everything from a new indie fragrance that smells like a merry-go-round, one of THE best budget scents you can buy, a perfume with a…
On The ScentA Nautical, Fragrant Adventure On A Floating Laboratory
Join us dear listeners as we go on a fragrant adventure on the high seas (well actually the hidden canal in London's King's X). In this episode we took our…
On The ScentSunshine bottled, a scent safari + Handel & Hendrix in fragrant form
This week we’ve got the scent memory of a hotel that a listener has reintroduced Nicola to; sunshine, bottled (and in a new candle), a thrilling scent safari…
On The ScentMinipod - Fragrant Adventures in Covent Garden
Suzy is on a fabulous fragrant adventure in Paris so this week we're doing a minipod where we catch up on our joint experience of the opening of the amazing…
On The ScentJuicy Newness, Diptyque exclusives, Liberty loves, Parisian profiling & celebrating change…
This week we’re bursting with juicy newness inspired by ‘the goddess of flowers and hell’ by Boujee Bougies, an affordable niche French brand we’ve fallen…
On The ScentAll the fun of the Barnes Fragrance Fair, a luxury launch & perfume prescription
Fresh from the amazing adventures of @barnesfragrancefair, Suzy goes through the fragrances (and an incredible candle) she chose for her talk with…
On The ScentThe Jasmine Awards, What We Wore, & Perfume Prescriptions
We are still somewhat giddy from the @fragrancefoundationuk Jasmine Awards, and in this episode we give you all the goss, tell you about the fragrances we…
On The ScentLuxury Launches: Chanel & Celine Make Us Dream + New Niche News
We are finding beauty in life with this week’s fragrance launch discussions (and there’s MUCH to admire). Swooning over the new Chanel, having heart eye emoji…