202. AUDREY ROBINOVITZ ~ When is a Perfume Actually Undupable?
Perfume Room
Emma Vernon
4.9 • 618 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Audrey Robinovitz is a fragrance writer, critic, Diptyque shop girl, and honestly, a perfume obsessive who matches my freak.
Today we chat about everything from the difference between Olivier Pescheux's Diptyque and Olivia Giacobetti's, to the role scent plays in various religions, to our collective breaking point with fantasy accords (and so much more)! ENJOY.
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FRAGS MENTIONED:
Maison Margiela Lipstick On, Guerlain Insolence, L’Artisan Passage D’Enfer, Rundholz Feb 14 1912, Parfum Prissana Ma Nishtana, Dior Poison, Le Labo Santal 33, Glossier You, Diptyque Fleur de Peau, Essential Faith, Nemat Amber, Guerlain L’Heure Bleue, Mugler Angel, Diptyque: Orpheon EDP, Benjoin Boheme, Fleur de Peau, Vetyverio, Tempo, Philosykos; Frederic Malle En Passant, L’Artisan: Tea for Two, Premier Figuier; Dior Diorissimo, PHLUR Father Figure, Clue Perfumery Dandelion Butter, D.S. & Durga Debaser, Diptyque: Orpheon EDT, Kyoto, Philosykos EDT, Volutes, Chergui, L’Eau Trois; Clue Perfumery With a Candlestick, Comme des Garcons 2011, Penhaligon’s Endymion, Le Labo Santal 33, Jorum Studio: Firewater, Pony Boy, Gorseland; IUNX Talc
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the perfume room. My scent of the day today is Light of Bangkok. This is a brand new launch, and it is a collaboration between Ducey Parfam and the Mandarin O-word Hotel in Bangkok, |
| 0:22.7 | which, as I have since learned, is an institution of the Thai capital. |
| 0:27.1 | In fact, the impetus behind this creation was to celebrate the hotel's 150-year anniversary. |
| 0:32.9 | One Google search, and it's easy to understand why. |
| 0:35.9 | It's situated along the Chow Pryor River River with a campus of old white stucco buildings and |
| 0:40.5 | Celadon trim with lattice accents that let in dapples of light. |
| 0:44.8 | And it's a hotel that Pissara, the perfumer and founder of Ducita, grew up visiting with her |
| 0:49.6 | father, and she's created a fragrance that even I, as an outsider who has never been, can feel like |
| 0:55.1 | I am experiencing a piece of its essence. Light of Bangkok is a dewy, luminous, bright, fresh, |
| 1:02.6 | woody and aromatic fragrance created around the hero note of lemongrass. And when I first smelled this, |
| 1:08.5 | my immediate thought was, oh my God, this might be the best |
| 1:11.0 | light, fresh tea scent that I have ever smelled. You know that specific subgenre I'm talking about? |
| 1:16.7 | Thinksense like Ote Verre or Ote Blanc, Elizabeth Arden White Tea, even Elizabeth Arden Green Tea, to an extent. |
| 1:23.5 | The thing is, I am realizing now, this is an accolade that this perfume didn't necessarily ask for. |
| 1:29.3 | It's not even technically described or marketed as a tea scent. |
| 1:33.3 | But to me, and from my perspective, it smells undeniably tea-like, which could also be because I drink a lot of lemongrass tea. |
| 1:41.3 | The lemongrass is what really differentiates it from the aforementioned |
| 1:45.2 | fragrances and also why this scent feels like it was made specifically for the Bangkok Hotel and not the |
| 1:51.2 | chain as a whole. The lemon grass makes this perfume smell uniquely and distinctly tie, which is exactly |
| 1:56.8 | what piece of russed out to do. It adds a beautiful, aromatic, spicy, lemony, green grassy |
| 2:02.5 | nuance. And despite how refreshing and light this fragrance is, in comparison to the other |
| 2:07.7 | fragrances I just mentioned, light of Bangkok feels anchored and woody and even faintly creamy. |
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