87. A Fragrance Collector [Keeper] with Over 900 Bottles (w/ Fragrance Creator & Strategist Olya Bar)
Perfume Room
Emma Vernon
4.9 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Olya Bar is *Our Fragrance Keeper.* With a collection that runs 900 bottles deep—YES I SAID 900—she’s transcended being a collector, and at this point, is more of an archivist. Want to know how or if a bottle design has changed since it first launched? Olya can tell you. Which reformulation is the sweetest? Olya can tell you. In addition to being a lover/keeper/creator, she’s also an industry vet with over a decade of experience in both retail and marketing. Currently, she works as Twisted Lily’s Digital Strategist.
We cover all the hard-hitting issues like Mercari vs. eBay, niche vs. designer, and of course, the hidden and obvious gems of her… erm… archives.
Plus, stay tuned for part 2 next week where Olya and I share all our favorite designers fragrances currently on the market!
FRAGS MENTIONED:
Louis Vuitton Étoile Filante, GAP Dream, M. Micallef Note Vanillée Nectar, Liz Claiborne Vivid, Givenchy Amarige, Guerlain Shalimar, Dior Dune, Mancera, Montale, Amouage, Vilhelm To My Father, Richard Red Square, CK one, Red Moscow, Lancome, Shalimar, Ralph Lauren Blue, Ralph Lauren Ralph, Paco Rabanne XS Pour Homme Sensual Summer, Roccobarocco Silver Jeans Men, Chanel Egoïste, Tom Ford Vanille Fatale, Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady, MFK Baccarat Rouge 540, Montale Dark Aoud, Narciso Rodriguez Musc Noir Rose, Narciso Rodriguez Musc Noir, Lanvin Éclat d’Arpège, Keiko Mecheri, Frapin, Marc-Antoine Barrois Ganymede, Heeley Sel Marin, Carner Barcelona Tardes, ELdO Remarkable People
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the perfume room. I have such an exciting scent of the day today. And I will just give you |
| 0:15.8 | the disclaimer. I'm not actually wearing it right now, but I was wearing it yesterday. The |
| 0:19.9 | only reason I'm not wearing it right now is because I don't it yesterday. The only reason I'm not wearing |
| 0:20.8 | it right now is because I don't have a sample of it. Otherwise, you can bet your bottom dollar that I would be. The scent is a 12 filon from Louis Vuitton. And I don't talk about Louis Vuitton fragrances too much on here because honestly, until this past weekend, I had only ever smelled a few. and that's because they're notoriously only available |
| 0:38.0 | in Louis Vuitton stores, which is a store that I can't say I've ever just really like |
| 0:42.2 | wandered into. |
| 0:43.7 | Anyway, this weekend I was on a mission and I did wander in just to smell the fragrances |
| 0:48.3 | and wow, etoille fie lant. |
| 0:51.5 | I smelled this and immediately I was like, hello, old friend, because you want to know |
| 0:56.8 | what it reminds me of? It reminds me of my first ever fragrance gap dream. As soon as I smelled it, |
| 1:05.0 | I got that familiar whiff of like white musk, tangerine, Frisia, Magnolia, Asmanthus, |
| 1:10.0 | and it just made me so happy. |
| 1:13.2 | I tried it on my skin and I'm happy to report that not only did it last for hours, |
| 1:17.2 | but it smelled amazing the entire time. |
| 1:19.9 | Now, I feel like the original Gap Dream was probably like $20, so you might not opt to |
| 1:24.2 | replace it with something that costs like over 300, but oh my God, if you |
| 1:27.9 | loved Gap Dream as much as I did, at least just for your pleasure, just order a sample of this |
| 1:33.7 | one. The nostalgia just came seeping right in through my cold little heart, and it just made me so, |
| 1:39.4 | so happy. Okay, let's get to today's guest. Today we are joined by Olia Bar. Olia is our fragrance |
| 1:47.3 | keeper. With a collection that runs 900 bottles deep, yes, you heard that correctly, 900 |
| 1:53.2 | bottles deep. Olia has transcended being a collector and at this point considers herself to be more |
| 1:59.8 | of an archivist. Have you ever wondered how or if a bottle design has changed with reformulation? |
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