40. The Inner-Workings of a Fragrance Distributor… & Collector! (w/ Kintessence's Josie Plumey)

Perfume Room

Emma Vernon

Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.9 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

If you think your perfume collection is unrivaled, meet your rival, Josie Plumey. Not only is Josie an expert in fragrance retail, buying, and distribution, but with over 570 fragrances (inclusive of many rare vintage frags and formulations), she just may have the best personal collection in all of New York! We discuss what it means to be in the perfume distribution biz—Josie is currently the Sales & Community Manager at Kintessence, an exclusive US niche distributor—and Josie gives us the low-down on the scents, including her most prized possessions, that we NEED to know. Plus a word on phrases like ‘clean’ and ‘old lady.’ TL;DR, — stop.

FRAGS MENTIONED:

Aerin Mediterranean Honeysuckle Mimosa, Goldfield & Banks Sunset Hour, Teo Cabanel Je Ne Sais Quoi, Commodity Moss Expressive, Aspen Apothecary Dusk, Scents of Wood Neroli in Acacia, Les Liquides Imaginaires Bête Humaine, Les Liquides Imaginaires Dom Rosa, Gucci L’Arte di Gucci, Lanvin Arpege, Miss Dior, BDK Crème de Cuir, YSL Paris, Frederic Malle Lipstick Rose, Guerlain Shalimar, Fragrance du Bois, Obvious, BDK Rouge Smoking, BDK Pas Ce Soir, Fragrance du Bois Minuit et Demi, Fragrance du Bois Santal Complet, Fragrance du Bois Oud Jaune, Royal Crown Isabella, Obvious Une Rose, Obvious Une Vanille, Parfums Frapin Laskarina, Parfums Frapin 1270, Les Liquides Imaginaires Phantasma, Kim Kardashian Pure Honey, Serge Lutens Santal Majuscule, Curve Men, Givenchy Hot Couture, Kenzo Flower, Chronotope Silueta, Serge Lutens Sarrasins

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0:00.0	Welcome to the perfume room. My scent of the day today is the newest from the Aaron collection,
0:15.8	and it is a flanker on Mediterranean honeysuckle. It is Mediterranean honeysuckle mimosa. And I will say
0:22.7	this is the first time I've ever worn a 13 syllable title fragrance. What a mouthful Mediterranean
0:29.3	honeysuckle mimosa. Say that five times fast. But I will say this fragrance delivers and for
0:34.7	the amount of effort it takes to say its name, it is an effortlessly stunning fragrance. If you've It's
0:40.3	If you've got it takes to say its name, it is an effortlessly stunning fragrance.
0:41.3	If you've smelled the OG, which I have, and you know what, I liked it, but I didn't
0:45.3	love it the way that I love this one.
0:47.3	To me, the OG definitely felt more spring floral, more blooming.
0:51.3	It reminded me kind of similar to like commodity nectar. And in this one,
0:56.8	I think there's a much stronger musky, mossy feel to it and almost akin to, you know how the
1:03.7	base of so many Maison-Francis-Curgeon fragrances that we love and talk about have a sort of like
1:08.7	fruity, citrusy musky DNA. Like I'm thinking of Ameris Femm, Aqua Universalis, Aqua Celestia, Petit Matant.
1:15.8	There's that similarity in all of their fragrances.
1:18.3	And I think that Mediterranean honeysuckle mimosa is a great contender with that similar sort of
1:24.0	like citrus musky, mossy base.
1:27.4	And I'm just really loving how this wears on my
1:29.4	skin. I don't see notes of heliotrope listed, but I smell something a little bit powdery in it,
1:35.6	which I'm enjoying, but I love how fresh and citrusy, but also blooming this fragrance wears.
1:42.3	And it is a new spring favorite for me. Also, an exciting
1:47.5	announcement, I am adding a new segment to the beginning of every episode, and I'm calling it the
1:53.1	best of the week. I have been so fortunate that recently I've been getting a lot of PR, and because of it,
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