138. [FRAGRANCE TAXONOMIST MICHAEL EDWARDS] *THE* Quintessential American Fragrances
Perfume Room
Emma Vernon
4.9 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Today’s episode is a masterclass! Fragrance legend, author, historian, taxonomist and Perfume Room fan-favorite Michael Edwards is back (!!), this time to chat about his newest book, “American Legends: The Evolution of American Fragrances.”
What makes a perfume *American* in style and who are the quintessential American perfumes? What makes them legendary? What did they inspire? What does the future of perfumery look like? All that & more in this week's ep!
FRAGSÂ MENTIONED:
Infiniment Coty Aristo Chypre, Coty Chypre, Diptyque Orpheon, Granado Violeta, Dior: Diorella, Eau Sauvage; Halston, Jovan Musk, CK One, Antonia’s Flowers, Elizabeth Taylor Passion, Revlon: Charlie, That Man; Estee Lauder Estee, Beautiful; Hermes Caleche, Rochas Madame Rochas, Dior Dioressence, Rochas Femme, Dior Diorella, Ralph Lauren Lauren, Guy Laroche Fidji, Norell, CK Obsession, Estee Lauder Youth Dew, Dior Poison, YSL Opium, Tuvache Jungle Gardenia, Coty Vanilla Fields, Jovan Musk, Youth Dew, Norell, Estee, Annick Goutal, L’Artisan Parfumeur, Beautiful, Diorella, Evyan White Shoulders, Robert Piguet Fracas, 4711, Roger & Gallet Jean Marie Farina Eau de Cologne, Guerlain Eau de Cologne Imperiale, Dior Eau Sauvage, Jo Malone Lime Basil & Mandarin, Elizabeth Arden Blue Grass, Old Spice, White Shoulders, Youth Dew, Carven (mistifier), Brut, Rochas Moustache, Caron Pour un Homme, Aramis, Estee, Norell, Jovan Musk, Charlie, Halston, Giorgio, Beautiful, Passion, Ck One, Chanel No. 5, Le Labo Santal 33, Baccarat Rouge 540, CK Eternity
LISTEN TO MICHAEL’S FIRST EPISODE (ep. 76)
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SOTD: Infiniment Coty Aristo ChypreÂ
Disclosure: This episode contains paid endorsements and gifted product. The host was gifted and has been compensated for endorsing Infiniment Coty Aristo Chypre, which was featured as the SOTD. All opinions expressed are honest and based on personal experience.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the perfume room. I'm going to get to my son of the day in a moment, but I can't hold it in. I have to say that today's episode is, you're in for such a treat. It's truly a masterclass. I mean, |
| 0:23.7 | personally, since having recorded this episode, I have listened to it back no less than four |
| 0:28.7 | times. And you know what? I'll listen again. There is so much knowledge, history, and |
| 0:35.1 | expert insights to be gleaned from this hour-long conversation. This is truly an |
| 0:40.4 | episode for you to bookmark and reference and come back to again and again and again. And of course, |
| 0:45.9 | it's charming and fun. Okay, I just needed to get that out of my system. I am getting ahead of |
| 0:51.2 | myself. We will come back to that. Also, I know I promised you a few weeks back |
| 0:55.5 | an upcoming solo episode. I have not forgotten it's coming. Truly, I have smelled so many |
| 1:02.3 | fragrances that I want to discuss with you that right now I am just in the process of editing myself. |
| 1:08.1 | Of the hundreds I've smelled in the last few months, I'm working on |
| 1:11.9 | curating and pairing down that list to bring you, I don't know, maybe around like 20, |
| 1:16.7 | the ones that have been the most personally exciting for me to discover, whether it's |
| 1:20.8 | something that I smelled during my recent trip to Portugal or perfumes I've fallen in love |
| 1:25.3 | with in different brick and mortar stores, blind buys, |
| 1:28.8 | standout PR and gifts, all of it. |
| 1:31.8 | Anyway, let's get to my scent of the day because it's one that's on that list. |
| 1:37.3 | Today, I am wearing Aristot Sheep from Enfinemong Cody, |
| 1:40.6 | and I want to disclose that Enfina Monkodi is a partner of today's episode. |
| 1:45.5 | Now, if you remember, I posted on my stories like two weeks ago about my time at their booth |
| 1:50.6 | at the 154 art fair. And as part of that evening, they gifted me the bottle of my choice |
| 1:55.9 | from the Omfina Monkodi collection. Of the 14 cents that I smelled, this was the one I picked. I picked |
| 2:02.2 | Aristosheap, and I'm so glad I did because it was an entirely happy accident. I had actually |
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