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Perfume Room

126. Perfumes That Smell Like Myanmar (w/ Gabar Co-Founder Phway Su Aye)

Perfume Room

Emma Vernon

Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.9618 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

A Third Culture Kid as she refers to herself, Phway Su Aye, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Gabar, has called many countries home. This week, she's in Perfume Room to talk about the one whose unforgettable aromas inspired her fragrance brand. Phway shares stories, rituals, and personal memories from her early childhood in Myanmar; she tells of a perfumery course that changed the trajectory of her career; and what it was like bottling these memories into perfumes during the lockdown and then a military coup. 

FRAGS MENTIONED:

Future Society Optimal Habitat, Nasomatto Baraonda, Liis Studied, Maison D’ETTO Noisette, Gabar: Ground II, Swim III; D.S. & Durga Debaser, Glossier You, Le Labo Lys 41, Gabar: Float, Ground, Swim

FOLLOW/SHOP: @gabar || gabarmyanmar.com

PERFUME ROOM: @perfumeroompod (IG) || @emma_vern (TT)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the perfume room. I have a rave that I need to share with you. Okay, so if you have been

0:15.5

listening to the podcast for some time, then you have heard various guests talk about the different ways that they

0:22.2

make their perfumes last longer. Some apply perfume when their pores are most open, like

0:27.2

right out of the shower, for example. Others moisturize their skin with Vaseline or lotion before

0:32.8

spraying, and others employ lesser-known tactics like applying lotion on top of perfume.

0:39.6

Now, I have tried all of these methods with varying degrees of success.

0:44.0

However, I was just gifted a product in PR this past week that after testing for now five days in a row,

0:50.9

I can confirm has genuinely made the biggest and best difference of anything that I

0:56.1

personally have tried thus far. It is Future Society's newest launch, optimal habitat,

1:02.9

which is described by the brand as a fragrance extending primer. Okay, so think in like the same vein

1:08.3

that you would apply primer beneath your makeup. This is that, but for fragrance.

1:13.5

And before we move any further, just giving you my disclaimer, this is not an ad.

1:16.8

I was gifted this in PR, did not even know I would be receiving it.

1:21.1

No monetary incentive, no expectation of review.

1:24.1

I'm just genuinely happy with the product.

1:27.1

Okay, so first let's get to their claim.

1:29.2

So their copy says, when applied prior to fragrance, our primer magnifies the intensity of your

1:34.9

fragrance from the moment of application and significantly extends wear time for up to 24 hours.

1:42.1

Okay, right out the gate, that is a wild claim because unless this is like an

1:45.9

embalming ritual or you are injecting it into my veins, have you ever like put on a perfume and

1:51.4

been like, this better last me till tomorrow? I mean, if this primer can actually do that,

1:55.8

that's great. You know, I'll save a little money on my monthly water bill. I'm just saying,

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