Welcome to the perfume room.

This entire month of perfume room is brought to you by The Raccontore.

The Rackontore is an artisanal luxury fragrance brand based in Sydney and Hobart Australia

that specializes in botanical fragrances with Australian native plant extracts. And you can catch up

on last week's episode with the perfumer and founder of this brand, Craig Andrade. And now to July 31st,

you can get an additional 10% off any full bottle of the rock contour

fragrances exclusively online at Stell. Use the code Emma 10 at checkout at Stell. Shop for 10%

off any full bottle of the rock contour. My son of the day today is once again St.. Rose Juliet in white. I talked about this perfume

a few weeks back. It was my scent of the day, I believe, in episode 174, but I am expanding that

to scent of the summer. This has become such a staple in my wardrobe. I would say in the last

month or two, it's a pulpy citrus, creamy woods

and creamy florals, a pedally rose, a dewy jasmine and dewy white tea with this nice

zest and spice from what feels like a candied ginger accord. This is a Linda Song creation,

and that tracks. I think Linda Song is so good at creating

really complex, often spicy compositions that still feel easy, effortless, and ultimately

just like wearable. I think it's a throughline you can definitely feel in all of her creations

for Aloria as well. Let's get to the guest.

I'm so excited for you to hear this episode.

Today I am joined by brilliant, classically trained, independent perfumer, Cecil Zer

Sechel Zerokienne.

And as you can hear in that preamble, Cecil sits at this unique position in the industry.

She graduated from a sipka, then joined a legacy fragrance house,

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