131. The Untold Story of the Titanic Perfume (w/ Givaudan Head Of Product Safety Sciences Neil Owen)
Perfume Room
Emma Vernon
4.9 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In 2001, 62 vials of perfume were recovered from the Titanic shipwreck. Neil Owen, Head of Product Safety Sciences at Givaudan, was one of the lucky few specialists (alongside esteemed perfumers Christopher Sheldrake and Mark Evans as well as a botanist) tasked with analyzing exactly what the contents of those vials were.
To whom did these vials belong? Were their contents revolutionary or status quo for the times? What did they smell like? Which recovered vial did Christopher Sheldrake describe as one of the best-smelling naturals he'd ever encountered?
FRAGS MENTIONED:
Guerlain Mitsouko, Tom Ford, Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel
PERFUME ROOM LIVE TIX: https://www.caveat.nyc/events/perfume-room-live-3-23-2024
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the perfume room. |
| 0:12.2 | This is going to be a shorter episode today. |
| 0:14.1 | So we are going to get right into it. |
| 0:15.3 | But before we do, you know I couldn't not remind you that tickets are now on sale for the perfume room live show. |
| 0:21.8 | March 23rd, it's a Saturday, 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, perfume room live. |
| 0:27.3 | It's happening at caveat theater in New York City on the Lower East Side. |
| 0:31.3 | And guess what? |
| 0:32.6 | You don't have to attend in person to attend because tickets are available via live stream as well. |
| 0:38.2 | I will be interviewing the legendary VP Giviton perfumer Rodrigo Flores Rue, |
| 0:43.2 | the creator behind so many of your favorite scents from brands like Arquist, Vacation, |
| 0:48.5 | Gino, Tom Brown, Dolce and Cabana, Tom Ford, Clinique. |
| 0:53.4 | I could go on and on and on because Rodrigo is the |
| 0:57.6 | creator of so many of your favorite fragrances, so many, in fact, that I couldn't not weave it |
| 1:03.4 | into the show. Come for the interview, stay for the immersive smelling experience. |
| 1:07.9 | Rodrigo will be guiding our noses through five of his creations and blotters will be sprayed |
| 1:12.3 | and passed around the room so that you can smell along as he talks about them. |
| 1:15.6 | And if you're joining via the live stream, you can order the special smell along sample pack |
| 1:19.6 | with the same five fragrances that he is going to be discussing. |
| 1:23.6 | It is going to be a multi-sensorial immersive experience, whether you are joining from your bed or the theater. |
| 1:29.7 | The ticket link is in the notes of this episode. |
| 1:31.4 | The ticket link is in my bio and Instagram. |
| 1:33.5 | The ticket link is on the caveat website. |
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