125. In Defense of the Celebrity Fragrance (w/ Flower Shop Perfume Co's Isaac Lekach and Lillian Shalom)
Perfume Room
Emma Vernon
4.9 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Flower Shop Perfume Co’s Isaac Lekach and Lillian Shalom (also real-life husband and wife!) are in the Perfume Room today! We discuss: growing up in the industry (Isaac’s dad is former CEO of Parlux); celebrity perfume secrets; why the best perfumes are always a little bit controversial; the viral sensation that is Melanie Martinez’s Portals collection; a day in the life of a boutique fragrance house; and of course Cafe Society, and the most canonical perfumes of that era, including some very special ones from their own personal collection!
PLUS - I share the scent I wore for jury duty and announce the Feb Smell Club theme!
FRAGS MENTIONED:
Liis Studied, Victoria’s Secret Pear Glace, Christian Dior Bois D’Argent, Issey Miyake, Armani She, Escentric Molecules Molecule 01, Paris Hilton, Ariana Grande, Baccarat 540, Katy Perry Purr, Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds, Melanie Martinez: Cry Baby, Portals; Giorgio Beverly Hills Giorgio, Le Galion Sortilège, Krigler Liever Gustav 14, Creed Tabarome Millésime, Grand Budapest Hotel L’Air de Panache, Elvis Presley Teddy Bear, Cub Room
FOLLOW: @flowershopperfumesco (IG and TT) @lillianshalom @portalsparfums
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the perfume room. My scent of the day today, I'm recording this at night, but my scent that I wore today was very intentional. And it was intentional because I had to report for jury duty today, |
| 0:22.8 | which got me thinking this morning, what does one wear to such an engagement? What makes a good |
| 0:29.2 | jury duty perfume? How should I smell? How do I want to smell? What do I want to smell? And after a |
| 0:35.2 | careful meditation on the subject, I have three core tenants of a good |
| 0:39.1 | jury duty scent. So I will share them with you. Okay. Number one, comforting. Okay, you got to wear |
| 0:44.8 | something comforting. If you're going inside a municipal building and if the one that you report to |
| 0:49.4 | is anything like the one that I reported to, there might be asbestos abatement signs all over every single wall. |
| 0:55.6 | You're going to want to wear something that feels like a proverbial warm hug, a warm blanket, |
| 1:00.0 | if you will. Number two, anonymity. If there is one place that I do not want to be perceived, |
| 1:07.8 | it is at jury duty. However, that is a personal preference because I fully endorse a |
| 1:14.7 | jury duty meet cute. And lastly, you want to smell presumably innocent. Comforting, subtle, |
| 1:22.9 | innocent. Can you guess what I went with? Okay, take a second. Okay, I will just tell you. I wore Least |
| 1:29.5 | studied. It was the perfect choice. My movie pitch of Least studied, and you've heard one of these |
| 1:34.3 | before because I say it all the time, but I was a big fan of Victoria's Secret Pear Glacet back in the |
| 1:40.4 | day. And imagine if you could bottle that juicy green, fresh pear note of pear |
| 1:46.4 | glass A, but then you stuck it in like the warmest, softest sweater you had. Think something |
| 1:51.9 | like Christian Dior Bois d'Argent, that sort of warm, cozy, like iris, ambery vanilla feel. |
| 1:58.7 | And Lee studied sits somewhere right in the middle. It was indeed |
| 2:03.6 | the perfect jury duty scent. I'm so excited for you to hear today's conversation. This week, I am |
| 2:11.2 | joined by Isaac Lickash and Lillian Shalom, the husband and wife duo behind the boutique fragrance |
| 2:16.3 | house flower shop perfumes you might |
| 2:18.9 | already be familiar with flower shop they're the team that help bring melanie martinez vision to life |
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