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Perfume on the Radio

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Perfume on the Radio explores humanity’s deep and diverse cultural connections with smell in a collaborative radio show (and podcast!) led by the Institute for Art and Olfaction, with Los Angeles radio station Lookout FM. Each episode tackles a new theme, exploring its connections with scent through interviews with perfumers, academics, aficionados, artists, and more. New episodes are uploaded on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month. Learn more at perfumeontheradio.com or at artandolfaction.com.

Perfume on the Radio explores humanity’s deep and diverse cultural connections with smell in a collaborative radio show (and podcast!) led by the Institute for Art and Olfaction, with Los Angeles radio station Lookout FM. Each episode tackles a new theme, exploring its connections with scent through interviews with perfumers, academics, aficionados, artists, and more. New episodes are uploaded on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month. Learn more at perfumeontheradio.com or at artandolfaction.com.

Location:

United States

Description:

Perfume on the Radio explores humanity’s deep and diverse cultural connections with smell in a collaborative radio show (and podcast!) led by the Institute for Art and Olfaction, with Los Angeles radio station Lookout FM. Each episode tackles a new theme, exploring its connections with scent through interviews with perfumers, academics, aficionados, artists, and more. New episodes are uploaded on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month. Learn more at perfumeontheradio.com or at artandolfaction.com.

Language:

English

Episodes

Mythical Beasts (episode 7)

4/8/2021
In episode 7 of Perfume on the Radio, we give ourselves license to imagine the most fearsome, entrancing, magical and aromatic beings. Join us to learn all about some fantastical beasts, and meet the people who smell them. GUESTS Antonio Gardoni (Bogue Profumo) Bayyana Davis (IFF) Dr. J.W. Dotson (Uncanny Scents) Lakenda Wallace (Modern Peasant Beauty) Spyros Drosopoulos (Baruti) Boris Raux (artist) Jessica Murphy (Perfume Professor) Hosted by Saskia WIlson-Brown (The Institute for...

Duration:01:02:16

The Sissel Show (episode 6)

3/25/2021
In episode 6 of Perfume on the Radio, we welcome iconic perfume pioneer Sissel Tolaas for a deep dive into her practice. ABOUT Airing on Los Angeles' Lookout FM on the second and fourth Thursday of every month and as a podcast thereafter, Perfume on the Radio is a radio show about scent culture, perfumery and olfactory art produced by the Institute for Art and Olfaction. Learn more at perfumeontheradio.com CREDITS Perfume on the Radio title song composed by Maxwell Williams. Additional...

Duration:00:55:56

The Vice Show (episode 5)

3/11/2021
We explore the aromatics (and perceptions) of naughty behavior in an episode that would might the vice squad scrabbling for their notebooks. Guests (in order of appearance): Donna Lipowitz (Lipowitz Smells) James McHugh (USC) Persephenie (Persephenie Botanical Perfume) Avery Gilbert (Headspace Sensory) Chris Gordon (Maison Anonyme) Etienne de Swardt (Etat Libre d'Orange) Lakenda Wallace (Modern Peasant Beauty) Christophe Laudamiel (DreamAir) Elizabeth Powell ('Atomizer') Host:...

Duration:01:01:45

Embodied Aromatics (episode 4)

2/25/2021
In the second part of a two part series about scent and class, Artist Anicka Yi, academics Hsuan L. Hsu and Nuri McBride, and entrepreneur Mary Richardson-Lowry join us to discuss our aromatic bodies, our aromatic environment, and how scent plays into the concept of “the other”. Airing on Los Angeles' Lookout FM on the second and fourth Thursday of every month and as a podcast thereafter, Perfume on the Radio is a radio show about scent culture, perfumery and olfactory art produced by the...

Duration:00:57:46

The Olfactory Underground (episode 3)

2/11/2021
Guest curator Maxwell Williams of UFO Parfums leads an aromatic excursion into the techno scene, with Oval, DJ Python, Isabel Lewis and Maria Golovina from Holynose Parfums. Airing on Los Angeles' Lookout FM on the second and fourth Thursday of every month and as a podcast thereafter, Perfume on the Radio is a radio show about scent culture, perfumery and olfactory art produced by the Institute for Art and Olfaction. Learn more at perfumeontheradio.com With: Markus Popp aka Oval...

Duration:00:58:15

Questions of Class (episode 2)

1/28/2021
So you want to live like the common people? In the first part of a two part series about scent and class, we explore social structures through perfumery. Host Saskia Wilson-Brown is joined by fashion designer Jake Treddenick, perfume historian and museum professional Jessica Murphy (Perfume Professor), fragrance reviewer Miya Porubcan (Fab Smells by Miya), academic Nuri McBride (Death and Scent), PhD candidate Robyn Price (UCLA Cotson Institute), and perfumer/artist Sarah Baker (Sarah Baker...

Duration:00:59:58

Location, Location, Location (episode 1)

1/21/2021
Ahhh... the sweet smell of home. Our inaugural episode explores how location relates to scent as host Saskia Wilson-Brown speaks to several perfumers and artists that work with real or imagined geographies in their practice. First, perfumers Spyros Drosopoulos (Baruti Perfumes), Dana El Masri (Jazmin Saraï) and Frank Bloem (The Snifferoo) talk about scent in relation to culture and location. Dr. Kate McLean then joins us to discuss her pioneering work mapping smells in cities, followed by...

Duration:01:06:32