On The Scent Nicola Bonn

The second @barnesfragrancefair is coming to London on Saturday May 18, 2024 and on this week’s episode we welcome the founder & organiser, Amanda Carr from @wewearperfume, and Haydn @yousmellgreatwhatisit (who is hosting two music & fragrance sessions) to discuss the many amazing niche brands / talks, workshops and why YOU need to be there!

Here’s why:

A FREE to enter fair with wares from some of the greatest independent fragrance houses, including:

@gallivant.stories
@nancymeiland
@tothefairestlondon
@mayanjie
@aspectsbeauty
@perfinouk
@olfactive_o
@sun.dayoflondon
@4160tuesdays
@boujeebougies
@angelaflanders
@and_fragrance
@jusboxperfumes
@beaufortlondon
@ostens_official
@rndl.ltd
@altraprofuture
@walesperfumery
@early_modern

Meet the perfumers / founders in person

Fascinating talks, immersive workshops, sip & sniff events with wine, canapés, music & more [ticketed / paid for individually - BOOK NOW as many sold out already!!!]

Generous goody bags for talks provided by @kga_beauty_pr / goody bags for Olympic Studio sessions by @profilepr

Stalls loaded with fragrant treats, the quality and likes of which you will not find anywhere else all together

Opportunities to learn, make your own fragrance, meet fellow enthusiasts, and most of all have a huge amount of FUN!

Last year’s fair was abuzz with people from all areas of the fragrance industry, along with fragrance obsessives and members of the public who’d perhaps never smelled scents from an independent house before (and had their minds BLOWN!)

A lot of stalls completely sold out of stock during last year’s fair, and the talks got booked up early, too…

BOOK TICKETS via @barnesfragrancefair website (links in our stories / events highlights @onthescentpodcast)

Hope to see some of you at Suzy’s talk with @aliceduparcq **2:30pm** - and cannot WAIT to see and sniff everything at the fair!

#barnesfragrancefair #nichefragrance #indiebrands #barnes #londonevents #booktickets #fragranceblogger #fragfam #fragrance #perfume

There’s a whole new Charlotte Tilbury collection of SIX mood-boosting scents and a new Maison Crivelli to get excited about, plus Chloe’s beautiful flower shop inspired fragrances and our suggestions for a listener who’s craving violet

We discuss…

@charlottetilbury Fragrance Collection of Emotions 
Available from 30th April on the Charlotte Tilbury app or from 2nd May online and instore. 100ml £130 / 10ml £20

More Sex Black pepper, leather, ambroxan, musk, sandalwood

JoyphoriaCoconut water, jasmin sambac, vanilla bean extract, powdery musk

Magic EnergyBergamot oil, cashmere wood, palo santo accord, cypress

Love FrequencyPink pepper, saffron, rose, musk, cashmere woods, patchouli

Cosmic PowerAmber, cinnamon bark oil, vanilla bean, clove, frankincense

Calm BlissBergamot oil, neroli oil, orange flower absolute, tonka bean

@chloe Atelier des Fleurs collection - 
Ateliers des Fleurs Magnolia Alba
Chloe Ateliers des Fleurs Vanilla Planifolia
@cloonkeen Baínín (pronounced ‘bawneen’)
@maisoncrivelli Cuir InfraRouge 
#perfumeprescription 
@lush Kerbside Violet
Guerlain Apres L’Ondee
@goutalparis La Violette 

@lejardinretrouve Violette Kew 
@molinardparfums Violette 
@isseymiyakeparfums L'Eau d'Issey Solar Violet

We are practically bursting with new fragrance launch news (there are several million so far this year it seems, and we’re going our best to catch-up with some of our faves here), and we are both glowing from our Jasmine AWARD nomination! Plus, we’ve got the perfect scented suggestions for your perfume prescription questions…

We could not be more thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Creativity category of @fragrancefoundationuk Jasmine Awards for our week-long Halloween Instagram story. This unfurled in daily updates - which Suzy & Nicola took turns to write, using the story, photographs and music to evoke various fragrance’s characters. The entire story culminated in a podcast episode which went out on Halloween last year, and you can view the entire story by clicking on our Scented Story highlight circle - underneath our bio @onthescentpodcast. The podcast episode is linked there at the end of the story, too. 

Anyway. Suffice to say we are THRILLED to have been nominated and made the shortlist. And we will be celebrating will all the other finalists at the ceremony on May 9th! 

We discuss…
@bdkparfumsparis 312 Saint Honoré
@maisoncrivelli Tubéreuse Astrale
@nancymeilandparfums Lupin Meadow 
@champagneandsmoke Filthy Rose candle 
@ormondejayne Vanille Afrique Intensivo
@kayali Oudgasm Smoky Oud | 07
@eliesaabworld Elie Saab Bridal
@dsanddurga Black Magenta 
@dsanddurga Wear at Maximum Volume 
@bibbi.parfum Rainbow Rose 
@bibbi.parfum Swimming Pool 
@bibbi.parfum Santal Beauty
Suzy also thinks Nicola would like: @bibbi.parfums Radio Child
@marcantoinebarrois TILIA Perfume Prescriptions:
@diptyque Philosykos
@manosgerakinisperfume 
Manos Gerakinis Immortelle 
Manos Gerakinis Rose Poetique
all £50 for 10ml @shymimosaperfumery in Bristol (and online, if you create an account you get 10% off your first order.)
@mirrorwater.earth Smooth Body Oil 
@sanctuaryspa Golden Sandalwood Mousse 
@tothefairestlondon Cécile Satin Body Oil
@refeelnaturals Lost Alhambra Dry Oil (from @sainte.cellier) 

Award-winning artist and historian Tasha Marks has been exploring the relationship between art and the senses with @avmcuriousities through extraordinary scented artworks, installations and events since 2011.

From recreating the scent of ancient Roman rituals, enhancing the experiences of the visually impaired on an architectural tour, evoking the smells of Queen Victoria’s dinners and making ‘strike and sniff wallpaper’, patrons include the Royal Academy of Arts, Victoria & Albert Museum, The National Gallery, The British Museum and most recently, creating the @libertylondon ‘Noseum’. 

We’re delighted to have Tasha as a guest this week - and we’ll be taking a deep dive into her life, how she makes artistic inspirations a sniffable reality, and the fragrances she likes to wear outside of an exhibition setting…

On Tasha’s website, there are brilliant descriptions photographs, and sound files of her work; plus you can sign up for her newsletter to hear about forthcoming artworks, installations and events: 

https://www.avmcuriosities.com

During the episode we mention:
@perfumerh - Lyn Harris’ fragrance house, which Tasha got to know @libertylondon and has fallen madly for!
(Suzy also mentions Perfumer H Ink, which she was finally paired with at a recent consultation in Liberty’s Fragrance Lounge)
The Forest Bathing Institute @tfb_institute
@calvinklein CK ONE
@valentino.beauty V by Valentino 
@versace Blue Jeans
@laboratoryperfumes Samphire 

Don’t forget, you can meet Tasha and hear much more about her career, ask her your own questions, and get to experience the Liberty Noseum first hand (or nose!) on the evening of April 11, when Suzy @fragrantmaven is hosting an Art & Fragrance conversation with Tasha! 
Tickets available here: https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/events/Fragrance-Fine-Art-Event.html
Tickets also linked in our bio, and in our Events highlights on Instagram @onthescentpodcast 

WHAT a way to end #nationalfragranceweek! If you’ve already listened to Part One, you’ll know our special guest this week, Mellissa Leong @fooderati is a HUGE fragrance fan, and that her list was so extensive, we had to split our interview with into *two full-length episodes* to accommodate them all. 
Quite frankly, we were all having such a great time, it could quite easily have gone into five parts, were it not for the fact that Melissa is an incredibly busy woman (and that it was gone 11pm our time when we’d finished recording!) 

Well I mean, when you look at that list, there’s no way we could cut any out, is there?!

As you’ll discover, quite apart from her many broadcasting, writing, and editing accomplishments; Melissa is an erudite woman of incredible taste and style (as was her mother, we learned in the first half). We so enjoyed hearing the reasons behind her perfume choices, the development of her personal taste, and indeed, the link between her tastebuds and her sense of smell. 

From food and fragrance, to the emotional resonance and how to build a wardrobe of perfumes that arm you against anything life may throw in your path, we know you’re going to enjoy this journey as much as we did.

No matter if you’re a #foodie or a #fragrancelover - and there are a LOT of ties between our two tribes - you’ll find so much to love, here…

We discuss:

@diptyque Eau Duelle@atelierdesors Lune Feline 
@bdkparfumsparis Gris Charnel
@montale Intense Cafe
@ormondejayne Woman
@escentricmolecules 01 + Iris today
@fragonardparfumeurofficiel Santal Cardamome
When working on @masterchefau Melissa wore @fentybeauty layered with @naomigoodsir Bois D’Ascese
@santamarianivella1221 Aqua della Regina + Parle Moi Milky Musk was “the combo I wore most days” (when working in Florence)
[Suzy @fragrantmaven recommended Melissa tries @januaryscentproject Selperniku to feed her love of lactonic (milky) scents!]
@jomalonelondon Myrrh and Tonka
@parlemoideparfum Milky Musk
@lelabofragrances Another 13
@giardiniditoscana Bianco Latte
@initioparfumsprives Oud for Greatness
@lataffaperfumes Mood for Oud Komorebi (purchased at Fueguia Patagonia, Tokyo)
@demeterceo Earthworm / Mushroom
Melissa’s favourite indie fragrance boutiques to shop in Australia: 
@loreperfumery
@peonymelbourne
@le_salon_aux_fleurs_armadale
@libertineparfumerie

As part of #nationalfragranceweek, we could not have been more thrilled to discover that today’s guest is an avid listener to our podcast - and that she has time to fit us in. Because, to say the least, Melissa Leong @fooderati is a BUSY woman! 

Currently hosting Dessert Masters in Australia, former host of MasterChef Australia; in November last year Melissa was asked to moderate an ‘In Conversation With @jamieoliver’ evening at a PACKED Sydney Opera House. And when emailing us her notes for this episode, Melissa revealed she was “…still recovering from a week of racing cars (I did a Top Gear hot lap!) and speaking at IWD lunches.”
Reading from her talent management bio: “Few in Australia can boast the culinary credentials of Melissa Leong. An accomplished food and travel writer, food media consultant, radio broadcaster, television presenter, MC and cookbook editor, this first-generation Singaporean Australian isn’t afraid to eat anything at least once.” 

We can now add to that by saying she isn’t afraid to SMELL anything at least once, either, and we have a mega list of her favourite fragrances to discuss in depth.  

There were SO many amazing fragrances on Melissa’s list, we had to make this a two-part series (Part 2 will be released as a bonus episode on Sunday), but here are the scents discussed in this episode…

@isseymiyakeparfums L’Eau D’Issey
@calvinklein CK One
@clinique Aromatics Elixir / Happy
@chloe Chloe@commes.des.garcon 2 / Lucky Scent (discontinued)
@tomfordbeauty Black Orchid
@officialbyredo Gypsy Water
@aesopskincare Marrakech
@lelabofragrances Santal 33
@rpparfums Oud Delice
@carnerbarcelona Black Calamus
@trudon Mortel Noir
@nassomatto Baraonda/Black Afgano
@matierepremiereparfums Encense Suave


Don’t miss PART TWO - coming out as a *bonus* episode this Sunday!