Fragrance Stories, Perfume Chemistry, and Bar Soap Bliss ft. Asia Grant
Naked Beauty
The Naked Beauty Podcast
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This is THE fragrance episode you’ve been waiting for. If you’re ready to talk top notes vs. base notes, Eau de Toilette vs. Eau de Parfum, get ready for this fascinating discussion with Asia Grant, the co-founder of fragrance brand Redoux. We dive into her relationship with fragrance growing up, why gendering fragrance is a waste of everyone’s time, the story behind her new bar soap products, launching a Black-owned brand during the pandemic, and more.
Links to Products/Resources Mentioned: Redoux, Mountain Rose Herbs, Tom Ford (Black Orchid, Tuscan Leather, Neroli Portofino, Soleil Blanc), Byredo (Gypsy Water, Bal d’Afrique, Eleventh Hour, 1996), Frederic Malle (Portrait of a Lady, Baccarat Rouge 540), D.S. & Durga
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, it's Brooke DeVard and you're listening to the Naked Beauty podcast. |
| 0:06.1 | Welcome back to a brand new episode and today I am having the fragrance nerd conversation |
| 0:11.7 | that I've been wanting to have for so long on this podcast. |
| 0:15.2 | This is really like the first scent focused topic and there's really no one better to |
| 0:19.6 | talk to you about this than my girl Asia. |
| 0:22.5 | She's the founder of redo, which is an incredible brand, but the way that she talks about fragrance |
| 0:26.8 | and breaks it down is fascinating to me. |
| 0:29.2 | I honestly could have gone longer. |
| 0:30.9 | In fact, we did go on longer. |
| 0:32.6 | We have a whole bonus episode coming about how to create your own essential oils at home |
| 0:37.2 | because that is something that I really like to do. |
| 0:40.0 | And I'm also finding that since moving to the West Coast, things are slower and nicer |
| 0:45.0 | ending earlier. |
| 0:45.8 | I have less running around to do and I'm actually able to get more into my DIY practice. |
| 0:51.6 | I actually just took out a bunch of essential oils and I've just been like adding them to little |
| 0:55.8 | things here and there and it's bringing me a lot of joy scent is a very powerful thing. |
| 1:00.9 | And that's one of the things that we explore in today's conversation. |
| 1:03.8 | Other than that, all has been well. |
| 1:05.6 | We've had like torrential downpours day after day after day here in LA. |
| 1:10.4 | But thankfully everything is fine. |
| 1:12.0 | We had like a small leak. |
| 1:13.6 | Umu got on the roof, fixed it, patched it all up. |
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