The Perfume Nationalist

Diorella by Christian Dior (1972) + Todd Haynes's Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987), Poison (1991), Dottie Gets Spanked (1993), Velvet Goldmine (1998), and I'm Not There (2007) with Matthew Sini of Getting Lit 5/5/23 S5E37 To hear and support the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Timeless by Avon (1974) + Ira Levin's The Stepford Wives (1972) + Bryan Forbes's The Stepford Wives (1975) + Frank Oz's The Stepford Wives (2004) with Mike Cernovich 1/23/22 S4E2 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Figment Man by Amouage (2017) + Wolfgang Petersen's The NeverEnding Story (1984) + Ridley Scott's Legend (1985) with Zane 4/28/23 S5E36 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Hyrax by Zoologist (2018) + Peter Jackson's Meet the Feebles (1989) and Heavenly Creatures (1994) with Zach Langley Chi Chi of I'm So Popular To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 4/17/23 S5E35

3 by Comme des Garcons (2002) + Yoko Ono (1933- ) with Brook Bowers To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 4/7/23 S5E34

Hugo Boss Number One (1985) + Depeche Mode (1980- ) with Will Samson of Resident Life Enjoyers and System of Systems To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 4/5/23 S5E32

"I created The Guiding Light with one fundamental theme in mind: the brotherhood of man." -Irna Phillips, 1937 Silences Eau de Parfum Sublime by Jacomo (2012) + 1950 July 10, 1952 March 25, 1953 July 4, 1966 December 24, 1987 September 9, 2009 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 4/5/23 S5E33

Jean Naté by Revlon (1935) + The Mary Tyler Moore Show season one (1970-71) + Mary Tyler Moore's After All (1995) To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 3/27/23 S5E31

My Sin (1924) and Arpege (1927) by Lanvin + Lloyd C. Douglas's Magnificent Obsession (1929) + Douglas Sirk's Magnificent Obsession (1954) + All That Heaven Allows (1955) + Todd Haynes's Far From Heaven (2002) with Kylie White To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 3/27/23 S5E30

Estee Lauder's Luxury Fragrance Collection (2021) + Walt Disney's Cinderella (1950) + Sleeping Beauty (1959) + The Little Mermaid (1989) + Aladdin (1992) with Jack Thorpe Baker To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 3/27/23 S5E29

Balenciaga Pour Homme (1990) + Whit Stillman's Metropolitan (1990) + Barcelona (1994) + The Last Days of Disco (1998) with Aaron Fagan To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 3/27/23 S5E28

Love's Baby Soft by Dana (1974) + Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita (1955) + Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962) with Logo Daedalus 6/13/20 S2E26 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

L'Ombre dans L'Eau by Diptyque (1983) + Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon (1983) + Moira Greyland's The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon (2018) with Jo To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 3/23/23 S5E27

Xeryus by Givenchy (1986) + Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged (1957) with Alec Mouhibian of Filthy Armenian Adventures and The Back Wall To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 3/17/23 S5E26

Death by Cold Cave x Blackbird (2019) + George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) + Dawn of the Dead (1978) + Day of the Dead (1985) + Tom Savini's Night of the Living Dead (1990) with Zach Brown To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 3/10/23 S5E25

Patchouli by Bourbon French Parfums (?) + Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left (1972) + David DeFalco's Chaos (2005) + Dennis Iliasis's The Last House on the Left (2009) with Anthony Sisco of Drunk on Movies To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 3/3/23 S5E24

Garage by Comme des Garcons (2004) + Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad (2008-13) and Better Call Saul (2015-22) with Adam Lehrer of System of Systems 2/24/23 S5E23 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Patchouli 24 by Le Labo (2006) + Michael Cuesta's L.I.E. (2001) + Niz Pizzolatto's True Detective season one with Anna Khachiyan of Red Scare Song: "Davos Man" by Creutzfedlt Jakobs To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 2/10/23 S5E21

Grass by Gap (1994) + Liz Phair (1967- ) with Cara Cunningham To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 2/5/23 S5E20

Tubereuse Criminelle by Serge Lutens (1999) + Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) + Robert Clampett's Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) + Walt Disney's Song of the South (1946) + Ralph Bakshi's Heavy Traffic (1973) with NeedsSalt 7/3/21 S3E24 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Exclamation by Coty (1988) + Jason Reitman's Young Adult (2011) with Alissa Bennett of The C Word To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 1/27/22 S5E19

Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel (2001) + Darren Star's Emily in Paris (2020- ) with Matthew DeNicola of The Saltbox To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 1/19/22 S5E18

Curve for Men by Liz Claiborne (1996) + Eminem (1972- ) and Kid Rock (1971- ) with Kelby Losack and J David Osborne of Agitator To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 1/13/22 S5E17

Eau de Campagne by Sisley (1976) + Robert Wise's The Sound of Music (1965) with Ava Pearlman To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 1/5/22 S5E16

Cool Water by Davidoff (1988) + James Cameron's Titanic (1997) with Thot Topics 5/11/21 S3E17 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Tabu by Dana (1932) + John Waters's Multiple Maniacs (1970) + Pink Flamingos (1972) + Female Trouble (1974) + Desperate Living (1977) with Stephen Zerance To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 1/1/23 S5E15

Patchouli by Santa Maria Novella (18--?) + Madonna (1958- ) with Zach Langley Chi Chi of I'm So Popular To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 12/25/22 S5E14

Messe de Minuit by Etro (1994) + Patti Smith (1946- ) with Glen Rockney of Rare Candy and The Back Wall To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 12/12/22 S5E13

Innocent by Thierry Mugler (1998) + Miley Cyrus's Bangerz (2013) + Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015) with Thot Topics To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 12/7/22 S5E12

Zino by Davidoff (1986) + Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (1976) + The Witching Hour (1990) + Neil Jordan's Interview with the Vampire (1994) with Scott To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 12/4/22 S5E11

Joy by Jean Patou (1930) + Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1936) + David O. Selznick's Gone with the Wind (1939) with NeedsSalt and Samememe 11/15/20 S2E47 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Sex Appeal for Men by Jovan (1975) + Richard Linkater's Dazed and Confused (1993) + Boyhood (2014) + Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) with Yeerk P. 11/23/22 S5E10 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Scherrer 2 by Jean-Louis Scherrer (1986) + The Alcoholic Man: What You Can Learn from the Heroic Journeys of Recovering Alcoholics by Sylvia Cary, LMFT (1990) + Knots Landing S1E12-13 "Bottom of the Bottle" Pt. 1 and 2 (1980) + Dallas S9E2 "Rock Bottom" (1985) 11/18/22 S5E9 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

The White Lotus and Enlightened creator Mike White joins the pod to discuss drugstore tuberose Sand & Sable (1981), the eternal influence of Safe (1995), and three iconic Sissy Spacek performances: Badlands (1973), Carrie (1975), and 3 Women (1977). 11/15/22 S5E8 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Eau du Soir by Sisley (1990) + Adrian Lyne's Fatal Attraction (1987) + Curtis Hanson's The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) with Jack Thorpe Baker To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 11/11/22 S5E7

Santal 33 by Le Labo (2011) + Mike White's Enlightened (2011-12) with Anna Khachiyan of Red Scare 2/6/22 S4E4 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Spellbound by Estee Lauder + Southern Living 2022 Christmas Cookbook + Kenny Ortega's Hocus Pocus (1993) + Anne Fletcher's Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) + Damien Leone's Terrifer (2016) + Terrifer 2 (2022) + Todd Field's Tar (2022) To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 11/3/22 S5E5

Y by Yves Saint Laurent (1964) + Joan Didion's The White Album (1979) + Play It as It Lays (1970) + Frank Perry's Play It as It Lays (1972) with Filthy Armenian of Filthy Armenian Adventures and The Back Wall To hear the remainder of this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 11/4/22 S5E6

with Barret Creation by Ted Lapidus (1984) + Amy Grant (1960- ) + William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist (1973) To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 04/08/22 S04.148

Femme by Rochas (1944) + Jacques Rivette's La Belle Noiseuse (1991) with Ryan Simón of American Vulgaria To hear the remainder of this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 10/26/22 S5E4

Pink Sugar by Aquolina (2003) + It by Stephen King (1986) + Tommy Lee Wallace's It (1990) + Andy Muscietti's It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019) with LowRed Wunderbred of Movies 6/27/22 S4E32 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Nivea Creme by Nivea (1911) + Tinto Brass's Salon Kitty (1976) + The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell (2006) with Kurt To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Absolutely Fabulous legend Harriet Thorpe and son Jack Thorpe Baker stop by to chat about perfume, working with Elizabeth Taylor, and three films written by Gillian Freeman--The Leather Boys (1964), That Cold Day in the Park (1969), and I Want What I Want (1972). 10/20/22 S5E2 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

The Night by Frederic Malle (2014) + Keiichiro Toyama's Silent Hill (1999) + Masashi Tsuboyama's Silent Hill 2 (2001) + Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladder (1990) + Lodge Kerrigan's Clean, Shaven (1993) + Srdan Spasojevic's A Serbian Film (2010) with Fella of The Third Place 6/12/22 S4E29 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Stash by Sarah Jessica Parker (2016) + Gone With the Fat by Jen Bays Avis, LDN, RD and Kathy F. Ward, LDN, RD + Michael Patrick King's And Just Like That... (2021) 10/16/22 S5E1 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

10/12/22 S04.186 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Gardenia by Elizabeth Taylor (2003) + Mike Nichols's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) + William Friedkin's The Boys in the Band (1970) with Roman D'Ambrosio To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 10/4/22 S04.185

The Scented Bath by Maribeth Riggs (1991) + Andrew Dominik's Blonde (2022) To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 10/1/22 S04.184

Kiehl's Original Musk by Kiehl's (1963) + Polysexuality [Semiotext(e) #10] by Francois Peraldi (editor) (1981) + Ryan Murphy's Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022) with Dana of The Pleasure Helmet To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 09/29/22 S04.183

Mr. Bubble by Mr. Bubble (1961) + Mr. Bungle by Mr. Bungle (1991) + Angel Dust by Faith No More (1992) + Korn by Korn (1994) with J David Osborne and Kelby Losack of Agitator To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 09/22/22 S04.182