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Perfume Room

124. The $4000/oz Everlasting Gobstopper Perfume (w/ Régime des Fleurs Creator Alia Raza)

Perfume Room

Emma Vernon

Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.9619 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Régime Des Fleurs Founder/Perfumer Alia Raza is in the Perfume Room today. We discuss everything from those absolutely perfect rococo bottles, to what it's like collaborating with THE Dominique Ropion, and you *know* I live-smell Nymphaea Caerulea—a perfume that at $990 for 8ML, earns the title of World's Most Expensive.

SOTD: Fueguia Yakeñ & Chris Collins LUST | Oud Delice

FRAGS MENTIONED:

Fueguia Yakeñ, Chris Collins LUST | Oud Delice, Celine Nightclubbing, Vilhelm Purple Fig, Dusita Erawan, Headspace Tubereuse, Escentric Molecules M+Iris, Akro Dark, Glossier You, Guerlain Jardins de Bagatelle, Chanel No. 19, Pond’s Cold Cream, Régime des Fleurs: Nymphaea Caerulea, Nitesurf, Water Wood, Turquoise, Al-Dukhan, Tears, Tóor Tóor, Jade Vines, Himitsu, Tears, Nitesurf, Nitesurf Neroli, Crushed Fruits, Little Flower, Rock River Melody, Willows, Santa Maria Novella Shampoo Iris

SHOP: regimedesfleurs.com

(or luckyscent.com | discount code: perfumer00m)

FOLLOW: @regimedesfleurs @aliaraza

SAVE THE DATE: March 23! (Perfume Room LIVE!)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the perfume room. My sun at the day today is a layering combo. It is a layering combo of two brand new additions to my collection. And when I smelled each of them, I immediately knew

0:21.2

I needed to wear them together. So today I am wearing Foya Yaquen, layered with Chris

0:27.1

Collins' newest launch, which actually comes out today, Tuesday, as you were listening to this,

0:32.0

and that scent is called Lust Udilis. So I will tell you about each one and why I layered

0:37.4

them. So let's start with

0:39.1

FOIA, the brand that I have famously never pronounced correctly until right now. I'm pretty sure

0:44.7

I have said foiegia, fogia, fogia, fogia, I have confirmation that it is FOIA. So let's start

0:52.1

with Ya Ken, Foya Ya Ken, and I will go a few steps back

0:55.1

because I want to share with you that I finally had a chance to smell through the entire

1:00.7

collection. I went to their store in Soho last week, and I had a magical experience. I had

1:06.6

actually been to their store once before when I had like 10 minutes to kill. And that was my first

1:12.1

mistake because FOIA is just not a 10 minute store. It's a perfume brand that has over

1:17.3

100 fragrances and you really, you really need time. So I went during a weekday when there was

1:22.6

no one else in the boutique and I was aided by their lovely employees, Augustina and Natalie. And I

1:27.3

really had the chance

1:28.1

to, like, synthesize everything, sit with it. Augustina and Natalie guided me through and told me

1:33.7

about notes and backstories as I was smelling different perfumes. It was wonderful. So, of the

1:39.9

hundred or so perfumes that I smelled, I would say there are about like 15, like, real standouts

1:44.6

for me. As I'm saying this, I feel like maybe I need like a dedicated foia episode so I can go

1:48.8

through them all. But let's talk about Yakin. So Yakin was one of five fragrances that they

1:55.3

generously gifted to me in a discovery set. And this fragrance really stuck out to me. And one thing I want to say is,

2:03.2

I feel like everything I'm saying today has like a backstory or a caveat. However, the founder

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