54. Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Perfumery School (w/ Apprentice Perfumer Ashley Santiago)
Perfume Room
Emma Vernon
4.9 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
If you’ve ever been curious about the perfume-lover to perfumer pipeline, that's exactly what today's ep is about. I am joined by Ashley Santiago, AKA Ashley in Paris, who is—you guessed it—a perfume-lover turned [classically-trained] perfumer. Currently, she’s an Apprentice Perfumer at Givaudan. And if you’re wondering how an Apprentice Perfumer differs from a regular perfumer (or a even a Master Perfumer for that matter), guess what? Ashley takes us through all the different ranks, what they mean and how and when one achieves them. We chat all things perfume school including how to get in, if it's worth it, what you actually learn, and so much more. If you've ever been curious about anything related to classical training, this ep, with Ashley in Paris (who FTR, came before Emily), is #foryou.
FRAGS MENTIONED:
Nasomatto Baraonda, Glossier you, Le Labo Santal 33, Le Labo The Noir 29, Kilian Roses on Ice, Custom MFK scent, MFK Oud Satin Mood, MFK Oud Silk Mood, JPG La Belle, B&BW, Lancome Miracle Forever, Paris Hilton by Paris Hilton, Serge Lutens Chergui, Montale Chocolate Greedy, Serge Lutens Bois de Violette, Coco Madamoiselle, Tom Ford, JPG Le Male, Mugler Angel
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the perfume room. I'm not wearing anything today, but I'll tell you what I wore all weekend long, |
| 0:16.5 | and that is Barrianda by Nassamato. My bottle arrived Friday morning. It has been a game changer. |
| 0:22.1 | I've been wearing it all weekend. I posted a video about it on TikTok. And I think I talked about |
| 0:26.8 | it in last week's episode too, but I'm just loving it for the summer. It's boozy. It's |
| 0:31.1 | whiskeyish, but it's also very like fruity and sweet, almost like apricotty. Like it feels |
| 0:36.6 | a little stone fruity and like this slight tropical vibe. |
| 0:41.5 | I don't know. |
| 0:42.2 | It's been satiating all my cravings. |
| 0:44.7 | I am really enjoying it. |
| 0:46.6 | I did buy it off fragrance net, which I see it is now sold out. |
| 0:50.5 | You can also get it on Lucky Scent, and I do have a discount there. |
| 0:54.6 | My code on Lucky Scent is PR10, that is P as in perfume, R is in room. |
| 1:00.9 | PR 10 will get you 10% off any order over $40. |
| 1:04.8 | And you know what? |
| 1:05.8 | I will link some of my current favorite Lucky Scent picks in the notes of this episode |
| 1:09.5 | in case you're looking for some inspiration for your next scent. What is my perfume juice today? My perfume juice is that I |
| 1:16.1 | am still not over attending the fragrance awards last week. It was so amazing to be in a room with so |
| 1:22.5 | many fragrance luminaries, see so many former and future guests, meet so many new cool people. |
| 1:29.3 | I will share a highlight of the evening, which was that there was like a main dining room and |
| 1:33.8 | there was a terrace directly outside of it where people were kind of like hanging out, mingling. |
| 1:38.0 | So I went out later in the night and I happened to see Frank Vocal in a moment where he wasn't |
| 1:43.3 | talking to anyone. And so I went up to Frank Vocal in a moment where he wasn't talking to anyone. |
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