Henna and I got together to talk about what might be trending in perfume right now, from the note "de jour" to fruit salads, and how many perfumes to release at once.

We also touch on Luca Turin's return to perfume writing.

Henna's socials:

https://canadianbeauty.com/

@canadianbeautydotcom (Instagram)

https://www.youtube.com/@CanadianBeautyBlog

Some perfume we mentioned:

https://himajomo.com/

https://masquemilano.com/le-donne-di-masque/

https://www.instagram.com/vallensefragrance/

https://basenotes.com/fragrances/infleurino-by-boujee-bougies.26267283

Other links:

https://lucaturin.substack.com/

Founder and perfumer for Seattle-based brand Filigree & Shadow, James Elliott joins me to talk self-teaching, the logistics of being a one man brand, a little politics, and plenty of name dropping, among other things.

Thank you for not swearing, James, but you really could have.

P.S. The word he was searching for was "stability".

https://www.filigreeandshadow.co/pages/about-filigree

Instagram: @filigreeandshadow

I've been wanting to have this chat with Pia ever since I met her, nearly 12 months ago.

As you'll discover, Pia describes the journey that led her to launching a perfume consultancy business and an exciting new perfume brand with her friend and creative/business partner, Nick Gilbert.

I do have to apologise that due to an internet failure, I lost connection and wasn't able to have Pia discuss the final point I raised, but I will leave a link here, because it's important reading:

https://www.olfiction.com/fragrance-under-threat-the-unintended-consequences-of-proposed-eu-chemical-strategy/

The perfumes:

https://boujeebougies.com/

Follow Pia and Nick and Boujee Bougies on Instagram:

@perfumer.pia

@nickrgilbert

@boujeebougies

Also mentioned:

https://basenotes.com/community/