The Perfume Nationalist Jack Mason
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- Society & Culture
The Perfume Nationalist is a continuing radio soap opera hosted by Jack Mason in which art and culture, high and low, are discussed through the historical lens of fragrance.
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Days of our Lives (w/ Principessa)
"Each day is a little life. Every waking and rising, a little breath. Every fresh morning, a little youth. Every rest and sleep a little death; and the sands are running through the hourglass."
Chloé by Karl Lagerfeld (1974)/ Tuberosa 1974 by Chloé +
Ted and Betty Corday's Days of our Lives (1965- )
with Principessa
4/11/24 S6E30
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Take a Sip of Sonic Youth (w/ Dakota Proctor) **TEASER**
Synthetic Jungle by Frederic Malle (2021) +
Sonic Youth (1981-2011)
with Dakota Proctor
4/8/24 S6E29
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Sophie's Choice
Vol de Nuit by Guerlain (1933) +
Sophie's Choice by William Styron (1979) +
Alan J. Pakula's Sophie's Choice (1982)
4/6/24 S6E28
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Parsifal: A Sacred Stage Festival (w/ Veronica) **TEASER**
Elaborate by Boadicea the Victorious (2009) +
Chuck Jones's What's Opera, Doc? (1957) +
Richard Wagner's Parsifal (1882) +
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's Parsifal (1982) +
Parsifal: The Will and Redemption: Exploring Richard Wagner's Final Treatise by John L. Mastrogiovanni, D. Min. (2014)
with Veronica of The Temple of Friendship
3/28/24 S6E27
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Remembrance of Things Past: Volume II (w/ Ryan Simón)
Mitsouko by Guerlain (1919) +
The Guermantes Way (1920-21) and Sodom and Gomorrah (1921-22) by Marcel Proust +
Percy Adlon's Céleste (1980)
with Ryan Simón of American Vulgaria
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Bare Essence (w/ Helen Ellis)
Le Lion by Chanel (2020) +
Bare Essence by Meredith Rich (1980)
with Helen Ellis, author of Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge
3/20/24 S6E25
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