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Perfume Room

61. Vabbing, The Ultimate Indie Sleaze Perfume, and Why You Need to Stop Trying to Make Goblincore Happen (w/ Old Loser In Brooklyn, Mandy Lee!)

Perfume Room

Emma Vernon

Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.9 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This week I am joined by your fave fashion analyst/tastemaker Mandy Lee, AKA Old Loser in Brooklyn. With over 400k TikTok followers, Mandy has played a pivotal role in both setting and predicting so many trends, perhaps most notably, the ever-loved Indie Sleaze, which we obviously scent. From Cottagecore to Coquette, we also discuss the perfect fragrance for every trending e-aesthetic. And you knew it was coming; separately, Mandy has been very high on Perfumetok’s radar in the last month for a different reason— a viral video she made (and has since taken down) about vabbing. Yep, this is the vabbing episode. Since posting, Mandy has not spoken out about that video and the life it took on— UNTIL NOW.

FRAGS MENTIONED:

Glossier You, Chanel Chance, Maison Margiela Replica Beach Walk, Under The Lemon Trees; Old Spice, Le Labo Bergamote 22, Essential Faith, Nemat Amber, Axe, Britney Spears Curious, Paris Hilton Tease, DKNY Be Delicious, Clinique Happy, ELdO Secretions Magnifiques, Akro Night, Mugler Angel, Regimes des Fleurs Little Flower, Kismet Olfactive Nostalgia, Marissa Zappas La Divina, Guerlain Insolence, Marissa Zappas Annabel’s Birthday Cake, Escentric Molecules Molecule 01, DKNY Be Delicious, Marc Jacobs Daisy, Masque Milano Lost Alice, Serge Lutens Jeux de Peau, Akro Dark, Initio Absolute Aphrodisiac, Maison Margiela Replica Blue Sailing Day, Maison Margiela Replica By The Fireplace

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the perfume room. I am not wearing any fragrance today and in fact, I'm going to jump straight in to today's episode.

0:19.1

Now, to call what I'm about to say today's perfume juice

0:22.0

feels a little too on the nose. And to say too on the nose also feels too on the nose.

0:28.7

But I have received many DMs in the last few weeks asking what my stance is on this

0:33.6

new trend on the internet of vabbing. And besides a quick reaction video on TikTok,

0:39.1

I have not spoken about it until now because it is actually one of the main topics in

0:44.6

today's episode. Today I am joined by your favorite fashion forecasting TikToker,

0:50.5

Mandy Lee, also known as Old Loser in Brooklyn. With over 400,000 followers on TikTok,

0:57.0

old loser in Brooklyn is everyone's favorite social media personality responsible for predicting and

1:02.0

analyzing so many current and future fashion trends, including the ever-beloved indie slees,

1:09.0

which Mandy undoubtedly played a pivotal role in reviving.

1:13.4

Now, Mandy has recently been on the radar of everyone on perfume talk for a different reason.

1:18.8

Due to a controversial video she posted about Vabbing that went viral and subsequently ended up taking

1:25.6

on a life of its own, including being covered

1:29.1

in news outlets like Rolling Stone, The Cut, Pop Sugar, Daily Mail, The Independent, the list

1:36.6

goes on and on and on. Truly, on a side note, it is just bizarre to me what qualifies as news

1:42.5

these days. But naturally, it seems like everyone on

1:45.2

perfume talk had something to say on the matter. Now, I want to pause right here and just say,

1:50.7

if you don't know what vabbing is, I will tell you. And also, let this be your heads up of what

1:57.4

is to come. This episode is a little more graphic and risque than others. So if that does not

2:03.1

appeal to you, I am flagging right now that you might want to skip this one. According to Rolling

2:09.5

Stone Mag, can you even believe that I am saying that? Vabbing is the practice of women using their

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