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218: Is perfume culture peaking?
Jan 06, 2026 56 min

218: Is perfume culture peaking?

That's what the rumors (industry insights) say, but based on what we've been seeing, the fraghead community is very much so cooking. [What we smell like today: Maison d'Etto Macanudo, Anti Nashi T...

217: Our Official Scent Predictions for 2026
Dec 23, 2025 58 min

217: Our Official Scent Predictions for 2026

Are we psychic? According to the history....... not no. Every year, we have a stab at what we can expect to smell in the coming year's forecast, based on current trends, emerging trends, the thousa...

216: Smell Ya Later WRAPPED: our favorite smells from 2025
Dec 09, 2025 1h 1m

216: Smell Ya Later WRAPPED: our favorite smells from 2025

Every year, we review our favorite smells that launched into the world in the last 12 months, broken down by such innovative categories as "best body mist," "Best candle," and "best body product sm...

215: TASTE!!! [feat. Serviette]
Dec 02, 2025 1h 8m

215: TASTE!!! [feat. Serviette]

We speak of brands often, sometimes (often) critically, other times admiringly. One such brand in the latter is Serviette, helmed by Trey Taylor. A creative culmination of his own tastes, education...

214: Maybe smelling basic isn't that bad 🤷‍♀️
Nov 25, 2025 44 min

214: Maybe smelling basic isn't that bad 🤷‍♀️

Things have gotten too complicated, too niche, too try-hard. Sometimes it's nice when familiar things are done well — as you'll hear in this episode, in which we smell through some newness from Bil...

213: All we do is GIVE: The 2025 Smell Ya Later gift guide
Nov 18, 2025 1h 7m

213: All we do is GIVE: The 2025 Smell Ya Later gift guide

Another year, another round of smelly things you can buy for your loved ones, obligatory gift recipients, assigned gift swap honorees, and also just yourself! We have roughly a dozen items that sme...

212: How to have the best-smelling hair wash day with Cécred
Nov 11, 2025 59 min

212: How to have the best-smelling hair wash day with Cécred

We are delighted to welcome Robyn Melissa Watkins, Senior VP of Product Development at Cécred (AKA Beyoncé's haircare brand). After a truly Holy shit, how does my hair look this good airdried?? mom...

211: 50% Concentration!!!! with Amouage
Oct 28, 2025 1h 8m

211: 50% Concentration!!!! with Amouage

Known for exquisitely powerful scent profiles that explore the deepest resins and ambers, the most vibrant florals, and the most complex musks, the Omani fragrance brand Amouage has become a regula...

210: Life after smell-maxxing
Oct 21, 2025 54 min

210: Life after smell-maxxing

Ok, we have a lot of smells we're catching up with this week, including newness from Abel, D'Orsay, Bianco Profumo, The Nue Co, d'Annam, LORE, Ellis Brooklyn, and etcetera... [What we smell like t...

208: Wearing Chris Collins's perfumes will get you Juno🤰
Oct 07, 2025 58 min

208: Wearing Chris Collins's perfumes will get you Juno🤰

We have the pleasure of welcoming the enigmatic Chris Collins on this episode. Founder of his eponymous fragrance line, World Of Chris Collins features a collection of scents that the fragworld con...

207: 🕯️Burning Braless👙 with SIDIA
Sep 30, 2025 57 min

207: 🕯️Burning Braless👙 with SIDIA

After smelling the zesty candle collab between SIDIA and Esthetician Sofie Pavitt, we're very pleased to welcome Erin Kleinberg on this episode to chat all things scent in her bodycare and home lin...

205: The 2025 Smell Ya Later Awards :)
Sep 16, 2025 1h 2m

205: The 2025 Smell Ya Later Awards :)

It happens every year around this time, and somehow we're always surprised even though this is our podcast that we plan and produce entirely ourselves. Please enjoy the 5th annual Smell Ya Later Aw...

204: The Vanilla Skinematic Universe
Sep 09, 2025 52 min

204: The Vanilla Skinematic Universe

... And other things we've smelled lately, including: Ellis Brooklyn's new Vanilla Salt, Kayali Milky Musk Oud and Chocolate Oud, Orabella Eternal Roots, Phlur Cherry Stem, DS & Durga Cognac Re...

203: What do angel numbers smell like? 🪽💫
Sep 02, 2025 1h 1m

203: What do angel numbers smell like? 🪽💫

If you see 222, 333, 444, 555, and 11 11 everywhere, now you can smell them — or at least the interpretation of them via Lake & Skye's popular fragrances. Brand founder Courtney Somer joins us ...

202: Can people please be normal about pumpkin spice
Aug 26, 2025 48 min

202: Can people please be normal about pumpkin spice

The Tokkers are at it again, this time selling out a certain indie pumpkin spice-laden perfume in service of... vasodilation? ¯\(ツ)/¯ OK, we guess! This week, we combatively chit-chat about very ...

201: Rare Beauty's first perfume looks like that for a reason
Aug 19, 2025 1h 4m

201: Rare Beauty's first perfume looks like that for a reason

We're delighted to welcome Joyce Kim, chief product officer for Rare Beauty, on this episode to talk about how Rare's first eau de parfum was created: its unique bottle design created in collaborat...

200: Mist-flation for the caramel-curious
Aug 12, 2025 52 min

200: Mist-flation for the caramel-curious

We have MORE body mists in the world this week. We have perfumes for decades. We have opinions on cheeky scent-naming formats. Catch up with us as we (briefly) mention some summer cinematic blockbu...