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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 ScentLatest Launches & Perfume Prescriptions
In this episode Suzy and Nicola chat about an amazing perfume launch, a low moment for Nicola involving onion rings, some of the wonderful fragrances that they…
On The ScentOn the Scent with Amanda Beadle from Bedeaux
In this week’s episode we’re thrilled to be joined by the wonderful Amanda Beadle, perfumer and founder of British niche fragrance house @bedeauxx. We’ll be…
On The ScentPuppies, Fragrant Breakfasts and Your Prescriptions
In this episode we’re reminiscing about the most fabulous fragrance launch press breakfast we attended recently (where we both fell in love with the perfume…
On The ScentScented Sleepovers, Piercings & Surprising Perfumes!
In this episode Suzy tells us about a fabulous scented sleepover that she attended last week, Nicola tells us why she's had a few piercings (Suzy is convinced…
On The ScentScent Resolutions and Storage Solutions
In this episode of On The Scent Suzy and Nicola talk about what they're wearing and loving at the moment and they also answer your questions which cover…
On The ScentReliving The On The Scent Live Event
Happy New Year! In this first episode of 2023 we’re talking about our live event, when listeners travelled from all over the country to London, on a freezing…
On The ScentOn the Scent with Emmanuelle Moeglin & Experimental Perfume Club
Emmanuelle Moeglin revolutionised our experience of scent by throwing open the doors of her London perfumery lab and welcoming people inside. From the initial…
On The ScentFestive Fragrance Gifting Special!
In this bumper episode we’re bringing you our curation of the very best affordable fragrance gifts out there - they smell incredible, are created by top…
On The ScentOn the Scent with Clive Christian - An exclusive interview with Victoria Christian & our favourite fragrances
Sponsored Episode in partnership with @clivechristianperfume With an emphasis on high-quality ingredients and time-honoured techniques, @clivechristianperfume…
On The ScentSeason 2 Ep 12 - A Fragrant Chat With The Founders of D.S. & Durga
@dsanddurga is a New York-based indie house that began in 2007, their immersive fragrances incorporating inspirations from music, nature, myth, culture and…
On The ScentSeason 2 Episode 11 - Fragrances We're Loving and Fragrant Prescriptions
In this episode we're chatting about a fragrance that we're both loving, Nicola talks about a new Neom scent that she can't get enough of and Suzy talks us…
On The ScentSeason 2 Episode 10- Fragrant Feedback & Hilarious Scent Stories
We’re sharing some incredible (and often hilarious!) scent stories and fragrant feedback from you this week, including tales of the woman who took a perfume to…
On The ScentSeason 2 Episode 9 - A Fragrant Getaway, Mysterious Magician & Perfume Prescriptions
In this episode Suzy makes everyone sick with jealousy about her luxurious overnight stay in a beautiful Cotswolds hotel (filled with fragrant products!) while…
On The ScentSeason 2 Episode 8 - Exploring Selfridges, Musical Scents and Fabulous Newness
In this episode Nicola chats about her recent fragrant adventure in Selfridges, plus Suzy and Nicola delve into some of the magnificent scents that they have…
On The ScentSeason 2 - Episode 7 - Sephora, Squirrels & Scents We’re Excited About
We’ve been on a whistle-stop tour of exciting press days: exploring the scent spaces of Commodity and visiting the actual church of Sephora (and discovering…
On The ScentSeason 2 Episode 6 - A Fragrant Conversation With Veronique Gabai
Equal parts “hedonism and humanism”, Veronique Gabai is a remarkably passionate businesswoman who grew up suffused with sunshine and orange blossom in the…
On The ScentSeason 2 Episode 5 - Spooky Scents and Exciting News!
With Halloween approaching, we’re exploring the more mysterious fragrances that could excite your senses this month. Think: haunted forests, smoky trails…
On The ScentSeason 2 Episode 4 - About Last Night and Further Fragrant Queries
In this week’s episode we’re putting our heads together to answer your further fragrant queries – you keep the questions coming and we LOVE finding your…
On The ScentSeason 2 Episode 3 - Fabulous Home Fragrances, Your Questions Answered & Can You ‘Smell' Colours?
This is the time of year we want to snuggle up and have our homes (and ourselves) smell cosy, welcoming, calm and stunning. We’re seriously digging out our…
On The ScentSeason 2 Episode 2 - Autumn Scents and Your Questions Part 2
We had SO many messages and questions from you during our season break that we couldn’t hope to answer them all in one go. This time, along with our perfume…
On The ScentSeason 2 Episode 1 - Gremlins, Holidays & Heart-warming Stories
After a longer than expected season break, due to technical gremlins, we’re BACK for Season Two, baby! Expect an amount of grumbling that’s (hopefully!) offset…
On The ScentEpisode 63 - Listener Scent Memories & Perfume Prescriptions Part 2
We’re delving into more of the incredible scent memories you’ve shared with us, answering your fragrant questions with our Perfume Prescriptions, and sharing…
On The ScentEpisode 62 - Listeners’ Scent Memories & Our Perfume Prescriptions
We’ve had an emotional outpouring of olfactory stories and questions about fragrance from you, our lovely listeners, so in this episode we’ll be sharing some…
On The ScentEpisode 61 - Jo Fairley's Life In Scent
Where can we begin to list the accomplishments and describe the extraordinary life of our guest this week? Jo Fairley is one of the UK's leading female…
On The ScentEpisode 60 - Newness
Recorded on the hottest day of the year (and despite technical hitches) in this episode we get excited over some of the newness we’ve seen (and sniffed)…
On The ScentEpisode 59 - Losing your sense of smell & how to improve it
What happens if you lose your sense of smell - through Covid or any other reason? Why does it happen, what can you do to improve it, and where can you get…
On The ScentEpisode 58 -Scented Story Time Part 2: Olfactory Agony Aunts
We regularly get sent the most incredible & emotionally revealing messages from you, our lovely listeners, and sharing them in our first ‘scented stories’…
On The ScentEpisode 57 - Hair Perfumes & Fragrant Haircare
In this episode we're exploring the world of hair fragrances. Suzy starts by delving into the history of perfuming one's hair and chats about the fashion for…
On The ScentEpisode 56 - Scented Story Time & Perfume Prescriptions
Settle in, because in this episode we’re sharing just some of the incredibly personal and utterly wonderful stories from you, our listeners, on how fragrance…
On The ScentEpisode 55 - Royal Scents, Scandalous Portraits, & Sports Car Club With Penhaligons
This episode is in partnership with @Penhaligons In this quintessentially British adventure we explore Penhaligon's royal connections, scandalous Portraits and…
On The ScentEpisode 54 - Matière Premiere Rose Harvest: From Field to Flaçon
In this extra special episode we’re joining Suzy (and @aliceduparcq!) on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the rose harvest in Grasse. Matière Premiere are an…
On The ScentEpisode 53 - Looking Ahead To Father's Day and Beyond With Haydn Williams
This week we’re looking ahead to men’s fragrance gift ideas for Father’s Day - and beyond. If you’re buying for a dad, a father figure, your partner or a…
On The ScentEpisode 52 - The Best Citrus Scents For Summer
In this episode Suzy and Nicola explore the refreshing and uplifting world of citrus scents. These are scents that bring instant joy and energy and feel…
On The ScentEpisode 51 - Jasmine Awards Catch Up and Best Celebrity Fragrances
In this episode we’re having a good old catch up, chatting about the glitz & glam of the recent Jasmine Awards (and what people were wearing on the red…
On The ScentEpisode 50 - Sandalwood Fragrant Focus
In this episode Suzy and Nicola delve into the wondrous world of Sandalwood. After a brief chat about its captivating history and how incredibly precious it…
On The ScentEpisode 49 - Most Worn Fragrances Of The Month and Listener Prescriptions
In this episode we talk about some of the fragrances that we have been wearing and loving this month, from an oil that is perfect for evenings to a rose…
On The ScentEpisode 48 - From Burlesque Requests to Priest-Snogging Perfumes: Listener Prescriptions
It’s time for us to delve into the many messages and DMs you send us, asking for help to solve your perfume problems with our scented suggestions, and this…
On The ScentEpisode 47 - Trish McEvoy - The Emotion Of Scent
We are absolutely thrilled to have legendary makeup artist, founder and fellow fragrance fanatic @trishmcevoy as our guest for this brand new episode of the…
On The ScentEpisode 46 - Cheaper & Cheerful Fragrances for a ‘Spring Fling’
In this episode Suzy and Nicola explore affordable and simply beautiful fragrances that are perfect for Spring. Whether you feel like a fragrant change or are…
On The ScentEpisode 45 - Fragrant Focus -Tuberose
A night-blooming flower that’s been called the diva of the fragrance world, and which Victorian ladies were forbidden to wear in case it caused ‘amorous…
On The ScentEpisode 44 - Our Favourite Fragranced Products
Following on from our evocative scent memories episode, today we’re indulging in some of our favourite fragranced products that aren’t perfumes, but which we…
On The ScentEpisode 43 - Scent Memories and Favourite Smells
Smell and memory are so entwined - we bet most of you have had an experience of smelling something and suddenly being propelled back in the past. Smell is the…
On The ScentEpisode 42 - National Fragrance Day Special - Portrait Of A Lady: A Love Letter
In celebration of National Fragrance Day we're publishing a documentary about Frederic Malle's Portrait of A Lady that Nicola made for her other podcast…
On The ScentEpisode 41 - Fragrant Focus: Rose (Part 2)
We had so many rose fragrances to talk about that there was no way that we could fit them all into one episode so welcome to rose part two. Suzy has a…
On The ScentEpisode 40 - Fragrant Focus: Rose (Part 1)
Often called ‘The Queen of flowers’, the rose can be either a symbol of purity with an innocent scent, or of wild passion, with a dash of accidental Roman…
On The ScentEpisode 39 - Prescriptions Aplenty
In this episode we have great fun answering your brilliant prescriptions and there are lots of fabulous fragrance recommendations that we're sure many of you…
On The ScentEpisode 38 - Fragrant Reading
In this episode we’re delving into our fragrant bookshelves for some recommended reading on the subject of scent. From perfume guides and fascinating historic…
On The ScentEpisode 37 - Fragrant Loves and Perfect Perfume Prescriptions
In this episode we're talking about some of the fragrances that we can't get enough of at the moment including the scent of a cleansing balm that is making…
On The ScentEpisode 36 - Fragrant Focus - Iris
Something is clearly in the air, as we’ve had more requests for an episode on this ingredient than anything else. Iris fragrances can smell clean as freshly…
On The ScentEpisode 34 - What We're Wearing and Perfect Perfume Prescriptions!
In this episode Suzy and Nicola talk through some of the fragrances that they're wearing at the moment and why they feel so right at the moment. They also…
On The ScentEpisode 33 - Addictively Moreish Chocolate Fragrances
If you think fragrances with ‘chocolate’ listed as a note are all childish, sickly and unsophisticated, we’re serving up some suggestions that are incredibly…
On The ScentEpisode 32 - Fragrances That Make Us Feel Invincible!
Sometimes we all need an extra boost of confidence, and in this episode we’re going to reveal some of the perfumes on our ‘Power List’ – the scents we spray to…
On The ScentEpisode 31 - A Round Up Of Our Top Scents Of 2021
It's a brand new year and whilst Suzy and Nicola are very much looking forward to exploring what fragrant treats 2022 has to offer, they also felt that they…
On The ScentEpisode 30 - Help! On The Scent Listener Prescriptions
The closer it gets to Christmas, the more messages we’re getting from listeners desperately trying to find fragrances for gifts, or replacements for much-loved…
On The ScentEpisode 28 - Passionate For Patchouli
Patchouli is basically the ‘Marmite of the perfume world’ – those who fall firmly in the LOVE it camp have our passionately held views matched only by those…
On The ScentEpisode 27 - Home Fragrances Part 2
In this episode Nicola and Suzy do a much requested follow up to their last home fragrance episode. Scenting our homes has become a form of escapism in the…
On The ScentEpisode 26- Fabulous Gifting With Haydn Williams
In this episode we’re tackling the tricky issue of gifting, with Grazia Daily’s Haydn Williams. Among other writing projects, Haydn also blogs, using the name…
On The ScentEpisode 25 - The Thrill of Vanilla
We’re starting a new series of ingredient-focused episodes, and in this one we’re exploring the history - and enduring appeal - of vanilla fragrances. Why do…
On The ScentEpisode 24 - Prescriptions Galore
In this episode we are diving DEEP into our mailbag for a Listener Prescription Special. We’ve been totally blown away by how many DMs, comments & emails we’ve…
On The ScentEpisode 23 - A Fragrant Conversation With Ruth Crilly
In this episode we’re joined by Ruth Crilly - aka A Model Recommends - who describes herself as “…erstwhile fashion model, dedicated beauty insider and…