Les Oderants
A bi-weekly podcast covering news, reviews, and long-form discussions about perfume and perfumery.
Episodes
S06EP11 - One Man's Trash...
This week we check in with James to see what he thought of the Creed perfumes from LAST episode, have a sniff of a couple of interesting little things from christophe laudamiel and then kick back for a bit of fun digging up the trashiest most embarrassing perfumes in our collection.
S06EP10 - Creed Indeed
This week! We are taking a bit of a dive into the house of Creed, which we are all very ashamed about. Seriously though, we thought with the recent passing of Mr Creed it was probably worth having a little sniff of the ol' house, especially since Dan seems to own the whole catalogue.
S06EP09 - James's Dirty Vials
this week we are joined by Jess to sniff James's dirty little vials of suspect substances. We all have a lovely time, sniffing cheesy tobacco, eating grape sweets and talking loosely about perfume sometimes.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff
S06EP08 - Rubbing the Magic Lamp
This week we rub our lamps and see what comes out. Except we know what comes out. Infinite juice. Five of them to be exact. We also talk about Dan being banned from LV, finally a positive instagram poster and whether or not something can be in eyeshot or earline. Fascinating stuff.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben
S06EP07 - Why All The Hate?
This week we're having a look at a listener question: Why do we hate the things we hate? Whilst we tuck in to what drives that, we look at authenticity, we mine some positives and Dan tells us all about his trip to the ultra niche festival in London.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fli
S06EP06 - Fantasy Briefs
This week Dan, Fliss & Ben are joined once again by Pattie, who is standing in for James whilst he goes and plays tennis or something. We spend a good bit of time talking about Dans new BFF, before moving on to a listener suggestion: Fantasy Briefs! What is the perfect perfume we would commission, and who would we commission to make it. Much nonsense as expected.
S06EP05 - The Kurkdjian Exam
This week we are joined by Rich "The Duck" Mitch to have a wee loopback over master perfumer Francis Kurkdjians career and discuss precisely what he is doing at Dior. We also discuss categorisation and organisation and why Dan is a dirty heathen.
S06EP04 - £200 Spring Collections
This week we're back with an episode fit for Spring. We take ourselves with putting together a neat little spring collection on a budget of £200 and here were our findings. Naturally we all cheated to one degree or another, but you know, it's the thought that counts.
S06EP03 - DELETE! DELETE!
This week we're joined by Patti, who's back again for a good catchup, a bit of ranting and a big decision when she chips in with the one hour that we would like to delete. Forever. Dan also talks about the new LV, Ben get's punished by Meo Fusciuni and Patti talks all about the joys of buying from eBay.
S06EP02 - Hi Hi MDCI
This week! We are taking a look at the house of MDCI with our collection of four sample packs, each with different scents, so we manage to get a pretty nice deep)ish) dive into the house! There's fun, excitement and foulsome peaches to be had for all. Enjoy!You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fl
S06EP01 - New Year, New Season
We're back with a new season! Kicking things off we thought we'd dip our toes with a new year womble all about what we've been sniffing and buying since the end of season five, as well as all the usual off topic nonsense. Happy new season!You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_
S05EP15 - Christmas Paloola
This week we're rounding out the series with our end of year slash Christmas slash holiday spesh. Join us as we relive some of our old favourites, talk about our wishes for next year and sent an elf. Yep, you heard.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff
S05EP14 - Picks of 2025 (Fliss)
This week we're back with everybody's favourite, Fliss and her picks of 2025. It's probably the most fabulous of the bunch, naturally, but do we all love everything? What podcast do you think this is?!You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff
S05EP13 - Picks of 2025 (Dan)
This week we're back with the third of our 2025 roundup episodes, this time inspecting Dan's choices, all of which, were naturally the best thing any of us had ever smelt. Or perhaps not, but don't mention that to Dan.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff
S05EP12 - Picks of 2025 (Ben)
We carry on with our picks of 2025, this week sniffing some of Bens most worn fragrances, including something which smells like a dried up zombie corpse (apparently). You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff
S05EP11 - Picks of 2025 (James)
This week we're having a look at a few perfumes that James has enjoyed or found interesting from this year, all of which go down very well indeed. We're also doing the normal bit of nonsense chat, including having a look at the proposed EU ban on ethanol, debating the morals of creating perfumes based on serial killers, and the smellmaxxxxing disaster that may (or may not) have led to a wh
S05EP10 - Trends of 2025 and Beyond
This week we sit down to discuss the big trends we noticed in perfumery for the year, as well as what we think might be coming over teh horizon for next year. Naturally it's all as silly as you might expect, and there's nothing of any seriousness at all. We also have a brief chat about essential parfums, the eternal question of pour femme and pour homme and dans perfume erection.You can co
S05EP09 - It's Raining Frags
Hallelujah! It's turning autumn, the skies are grey, the air is cold... So it's time for an autumn list right? WRONG! Contrary as always, we talk about our favourite rainy day frags, and also our favourite sunny day ones too a little bit becuase why stick to the brief?You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: tal
S05EP08 - Crèatices du Les Odes
This week we have a lovely little chat about what we've been wearing, as well as a little on Dan's Soma event, before turning to guest Jess, the unfortunate partner of Ben who just came back from Grasse and the perfume museum there, who tells us all about that.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_sce
S05EP07 - Backup Madness
This week on Les Oderants we're talking all about backup bottles. Do you do it, why? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! Or are you simply a well adjusted individual all set to make the apocalypse smell fabulous? As you can quite imagine, no answers were discovered in the making of this episode.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_so
S05EP06 - What's in a Name?
This week we're taking a look at naming conventions in perfumery, from some of the absolute worst to some that are actually interesting and some that are even poetic. Mostly they're all just heinous though.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff During the show we may
S05Ep05 - Desert Island Decades
This week we’re one Ode down and tearing into the history of fifty years of perfume without the arbiter. I know, unthinkable. We’re playing a fun game, picking two fragrances from each decade from the 1980s to the 2020s, and doing our best to utilise our meerkat-like attention spans to keep it original. You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJ
S05EP04 - The Thin Line of Commercial Success
This week we're digging down into what does or does not equate to success in perfumery and just how much luck is involved with a commercial success and how exactly that is achieved. Of course, we have no idea.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff During the show we may
S05EP03 - LV House Cup
This week we're looking into the house of Louis Vuitton, a bit of a frag fan favourite, and doing our best to give them the Les Odes treatment. James also assaults us all with a brisk full 21, whilst Fliss Dan and Ben prey for death to come swiftly.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: flis
S05EP02 - Summer BANGERS
This week we only have one topic, cos it's hot and we're simple. SUMER BANGERS. That's right. You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff During the show we may mention perfumes that were sent to us for review. We will, at all times, be completely transparent about th
S05EP01 - Return of the King
We're back for a new season, kicking off a bumper episode with all the things we've been seeing and smelling during our season break.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff During the show we may mention perfumes that were sent to us for review. We will, at all times,
S04EP12 - The 10 Rules (?) of Wearing Fragrance
This week we're looking at a bunch of quotes from perfumers that make up the so called "ten rules of wearing fragrance." How many do we agree with, are we actually a bunch of mavericks and are rules for fools, anyway?You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff Durin
S03EP08 - Christmas Wrap-Up 2023
This week we wrap up 2023 with a little Christmas episode, chat a bit about our top loves and disappointments of the year, our hopes and dreams and all things inbetween. Quite a lot of the inbetween actually, including Dan crooning to his dog, Fliss’s new job as a pimp and a showdown between Phil Spector and James Brown.You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan:
S04EP11 - Top 5 Fragrances for Prison
Yes, you did reads that right, this week we are doing perhaps our most ridiculous episode, top 5 fragrances to take to prison. Initially we believed that it would be a shorter episode for a bit of fun, as James was away on his stag do in Amsterdam, but the world in 2025 is a funny old place...You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdi
S04EP10 - Mystery Sniffs
This week we're joined by Fliss to have a look at seven mystery perfumes and deciding whether or not we think they're expensive or cheap, good or bad, and then blowing our minds when we find out the truth behind the smells. You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram: Dan: fragrance_weirdoJames: houdini_sotd Ben: talking_scents Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff Duri
S04EP09 - What a Flanker
This week we’re digging deep into the world of flankers! Good ones, bad ones, some as big as your head. What are the flanker trends, where is it all going and are flankers always just rubbish? These questions and more await in the wonderful world of the Odes. We also take a little time to discuss the new website and Fragrantica contender FragPlace.com and it’s alright, y’know.You can contact us vi
S04EP08 - Slammin' the Gram
This week we’re looking into the dark seedy underbelly of Instagram and a peculiar letter received by Dan this week, from an account named United PR Teams. Who are these people, are they a fragcomm vigilante, here to save the day, or are they simply a bitter, dejected failed influencer, angry at everyone else for getting that bag. Who knows. Not us. But join us as we dig into their complaints and
S04EP07 - Is There Too Much Perfume?
Welcome back to Les Oderants, it's been a long January, but we're finally back with a bit of a Christmas catch up and then a little bit of debate in the second half as to whether or not we believe there is too much perfume in teh world. Can there really be such a thing?
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Be
S04EP06 - Strangelove, Amouage & Merry Christmas
We're back with our final episode of the year, where we discuss new releases from Strangelove, Amouage and give a few wishes and predictions for 2025. We also discuss the shame of enjoying Roja and Henry Jacques, the joy of double entendre and you get to hear one of the more hideous examples of Silent Night. Merry Christmas, Happy New year, Happy Holidays and thanks for listening in 2024. Have a g
S04EP05 - The Circle of Frag
This week we are talking all about the circle of frag, does it exist, is it happening, why do we all smell like cake and why fragrances are all part of the boom bust cycle. Basically, we have all the answers. To everything. We're joined this week by Tom, AKA thescentiest of Instagram fame and The Scentiest Awards.
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S04EP04 - Is Designer Dead
This week we have a very special guest joining us in the form of The Duck, AKA Rich Mitch for a discussion on designer fragrances and whether or not they're dead. We also touch on Raleigh bikes we wanted when we were kids, influencers and whether or not you had a proper education judged by your knowledge of Look & Read.
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S04EP03 - Uncle Roj
Welcome back to everyone’s favourite movie podcast where we also talk about perfumes (sometimes). This week we’re having a little look at four different ROja Dove perfumes, talking about what to watch on Netflix and stalking Tony Bellew in the Ralph Lauren outlet.
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James: houdini_sotd
Ben: talking_sce
S04EP02 - Vintage, Whatever
This week we had the joy of sampling a whole selection of vintage Guerlain perfumes courtesy of The Duck, who was kind enough to send us a lovely snapshot of some of his collection. We also talked a little about the joys and pitfalls of collecting vintage perfumes, old socks and the vintage cloud. In other news, we also discussed the many uses of BluRoll.
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S04EP01 - Return of the King
Today we talk about what we talk about when we talk about Autumn. Do you? don't you? Hmm, isn't it? There's also reports from our holidays; redundancies, metal detectors and the last memories of those sweet summer smells before the darkness sets in. Enjoy!
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Dan: fragrance_weirdo
James: houdini_sotd
Ben: talking_scents
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S03EP19 - The Unsellables
We're wrapping up this season with a discussion on which frags are unsellable to us and why that might, or, as is often the case, why they might not actually be. We also dabble in ASMR which we may branch out into full time next season if you're lucky.
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Ben: talking_scents
S03EP18 - Lord of the Frags
This week we decide to take over the universe and create a dystopian fragrance future where Berty Douche and an army of Jean Claude Ellena clones compete with Alberto Morillas to see if they can outpace his phenomenal output. You know, just the usual fragrance content.
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Ben: talkin
S03EP17 - Cool, Cool Summer
This week we're returning to the Summer fragrance theme to finish off what we started last episode. We also get très romantique and discuss wedding fragrances, and whether or not you should wear something a little bit fancy for that special day.
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Fliss: fl
S03EP16 - Unconventional Summer Conventions
These week we're back, with one man down, to chat about what we've been wearing along with a discussion on some of our choices for our summer wardrobes. Dan asked us to choose five, so of course we all picked a different number, except Dan, who had only five. Plus some "honourable mentions." So, not five then. Fliss, as usual, further refined the discussion by coming up with a ho
S03EP15 - Leather at Last
We are back (finally), this week with an episode all about leather perfumes. From the refined saddle leathers, to the rough cowboy jackets and on to the farmyard, we exam the spectrum and discus what it all means. We also talk about third base, what this means and discuss the boundaries and limits ad absolutely none of this has anything to do with perfumes. Third dates on the other hand...
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S03EP14 - Top Ten Top 10s for Top Ten
This week we dig into lists and make some of our own, lists for going to the zoo, going on a date and lists for taking your bins out. If all that doesn’t sound exciting, we also discover the colour of our bins, where the most central location in the UK is, and who you should call should you wish to get with the program and move there. Contain yourself.
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S03EP13 - Turin Your Face!
This week, we go back to the books of Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez and dig up some of the 1 and 2 star perfumes in order to give our definitive takes on how far off the mark they really are. Or aren't. But probably are.
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Dan: fragrance_weirdo
James: houdini_sotd
Ben: talking_scents
Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff
During t
S03EP12 - Y2K AF
This week we go back to the noughties and walk through a decade of perfume, our own experiences of perfume collecting and a whole lot of ket. Dan settled down, Fliss went off the rails, and Ben and James more or less just carried on with business as usual. Was the entire decade dominated by Terre d’Hermes? The answer is yes.
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S03EP11 - Shopping with LesOdes Part 2
Following on from last episodes £200 shopping challenge, we decided to talk through all the listeners lists that Fliss lovingly compiled in a ginormous spreadsheet. We also discover who Dan had a fantasy affair with and what perfumer is most like Enya.
Special thank to Ty and Danielle for their monstrous lists, meticulous organisation and keen ability to calculate an average. You can catch both o
S03EP10 - Shopping with LesOdes
This week we set ourselves a challenge. Build a collection for a muggle with a budget of £200. A handful of arbitrary rules were put in place, and most were promptly broken.
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Dan: fragrance_weirdo
James: houdini_sotd
Ben: talking_scents
Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff
During the show we may mention perfumes that were sent t
S03EP09 - New Year, New Episode
We're back from our brief Christmas and New Years hiatus with an episode rammed full of all the random bits and pieces we've been sniffing over the holidays. James has a full 4987, we discuss a handful of new samples supplied by Dan (perfume sample, you sicko) and Ben and Fliss celebrate losing their sense of smell and not resigning to jumping off cliffs, climbing up buildings or strapping
S03EP07 - House Cup: Guerlain
This week we tackle a big one, with the house of Guerlain. A task that more or less guarantees us to please no one with our opinions. We also have a little look at the Scentiest Awards, recently attended by Fliss, which we didn’t win, except we did. We won. Everything.
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Dan: fragrance_weirdo
James: houdini_sotd
Ben: talking
S03EP06 - Memo
This week we are looking at the perfume house of Memo, dipping into a discovery set and not beating around too many bushes whilst discussing our thoughts.
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Ben: talking_scents
Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff
During the show we may mention perfumes that were sent to us for review. We
S03EP05 - Smelling Spooky
In true fashionably late style, this week we’re doing our Halloween episode and talking about fragrances of a most dark nature. Buckle in whilst we talk about what makes a fragrance dark or spooky and whether or not horrific perfumes with notes of gore and filth have any value as a perfume at all. We also chat about solimilks, boofing and.. Well, yes mostly boofing. To be honest, the whole episode
S03EP04 - Parfums Dusita
This week we are discussing Parfums Dusita! We have the entire discovery set to work our way through, so join us as we go on an epic, probably overly long, tear down of the brand. We also spend far too long discussing Strictly and the fall of modern society, why James cosplayed as Hagrid and how to project your Kouros like a true Alpha.
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S03EP03 - Smells Like Teen Spirit
This week, in a disturbingly personal episode, we’re talking about all things fragrant from the 1990s. Having much of our seminal years based in the decade of androgynous freshies, lads mags, impulse body sprays and rubbing ourselves with the pages of magazines is possibly a good explanation of why we are like we are. No apologies. Dan and Fliss also chat about their group outing to the perfume co
S03EP02 - Mammoth Perfumes
This week Dan, James, Fliss and B*Delicious are back with the fragrance chat that is so hard, it makes one say oh my god. We’re primarily sniffing perfumes from the House of Mammoth this week, an indie brand from the US of A. We’re also joined by a very special pre-school guest, deliberate whether or not Fliss lives in a haunted house and question just how many stuffed toys it takes to hold a worl
S03EP01 - Return of the Oderants
Hello everyone, we are back for season 3 of Les Oderants! In this first episode we catch up with al the things we have been sniffing over the summer break, including a handful of new releases ad a host of old favourites.
You can contact us via email at lesoderants@gmail.com or via Instagram:
Dan: fragrance_weirdo
James: houdini_sotd
Ben: talking_scents
Fliss: fliss_sniffs_stuff
During the show we
37 - Chronotope
This week we are sniffing the works of Chronotope, a perfume house that is absolutely not your run of the mill smelly water. We also discuss bargain Zara, Dans trip to the omegascope (or whatever it was) and we also mention Kumquats once or twice. Say it with me, kumquat.
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James: houdini_sotd
Ben: talkin
36 - Bergamasterpiece
This week it’s all about MASTERPIECES, what we think the word means, what we think it doesn’t mean and what we think actually deserves the title. There’s very few and even less that we actually agree on, but I think it’s fair to say that Bergamask is not it. Sorry brendan.
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Ben: tal
35 - Fruity Materials
This week we are talking about a diverse selection of raw perfume materials kindly sent to us by Harry Sherwood of Artiscent who you can find over on Instagram @harrisonsherwood. We discuss what they smell like to us, why they make us wretch, how they smell like airfix models, cheap air hostess uniforms or send us on nostalgic scent daydreams of our times breaking fingers on the lacrosse pitch in
34 - Perfume Snobbery
This week we are talking about snobbery in perfume in all its forms and asking the question of ourselves, are we all snobs too? Turns out most of us are quite happy to accept we partake in a little snobbery, at least from time to time. Ben turns violent, Dan dismisses the plebs outright, Fliss opines on the anti-panty (dropper) and James explains how he feels he is a better horse rider than you wh
33 - The Things What We Don't Like
This week we are talking about the things that really grind our gears in perfumery. From Aventus batch fiends and casual flexing to the misogyny ploughed by influencers, we’ve got it all. Aside from hours of bile spewed across the airwaves, we have many stories which I’m fairly sure cannot be previewed here without breaking rules somewhere…
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32 - All About Patchouli
This week we are mostly talking about Patchouli, the scent of all good quality silk shawls and dingy skag dens the world over. We have six different patchouli perfume materials, kindly sent to us by Harry Sherwood of Artiscent who you can find over on Instagram @harrisonsherwood, and we dig into each one and waffle about what we like and dislike along with their usage in perfumery.
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31 - Zoo Perfumes
This week, courtesy of Brooke from Sainte Cellier, we are taking a look at the US based perfume house founded by Christophe Laudamiel, Zoo Perfumes. It’s an utterly unique collection of scents, creative, divisive and perfectly insane, which means we just about fail to agree on every single one.
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James: h
30 - Guilty Pleasures
This week we are digging into some of our guilty pleasures when it comes to perfume collecting. Well, James is happy to go a little broader than that, but mostly perfume collecting. First though we have to define what a guilty pleasure actually is and it turns out we don't all perfectly agree on that one.
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29 - Perfume Collecting
This week is all about collecting. Why? What? How? and lot’s of other questions of tangential relevance. We discuss perfume collecting from as many angles as we can possibly think and unleash upon the world clear evidence of our neurosis. Come along.
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Dan: fragrance_weirdo
James: houdini_sotd
Ben: talking_scents
Fliss: fliss_sn
28 - Amouage Exceptional Extraits
This week we are taking a close look at the Amouage Exceptional Extraits collection. Are Amouage’s hyper-oil remakes of some of their old classics a hype train worth riding into the sunset, or a cynical rehash designed to rinse the diehard fans of their cold, hard cash? This week you can also find out which one of the gang likes to wear thigh high boots whilst shearing sheep and where you need to
27 - Are we in a Perfume Golden Age?
This week we have a little look at the world around us and take on the question, are we living in a perfume Golden Age? With such an abundance of choice from such a diverse range of creatives, are we spoiled for choice, or is there really just an endless river of dross flowing through our nostrils, drowning us in a mountain of influencers' broken dreams? We also catch up with what we’ve been weari
26 - Strangelove Perfumes
The Les O's are back for another year and another season! This episode we've got the new season bounce, giving it high energy and taking the time to dig into a few perfumes, Chen Noir by Bedeaux and Des Cendres by Les Abstraites feature in the first half and then we dig in for a sniff-a-long of the Strangelove discovery set, a group of perfumes which are, if nothing else, incredibly interesting.
BONUS - A Not So Full, Full Fourteen
Whilst we're all away on holiday here in the Les Oderants HQ, James is demonstrating how he is a true creature of habit, crawling the walls looking for people to listen to his full fourteen. So to that end, here is the full fourteen for Dec/Jan to tide you over until we all return. Cheers.
25 - Festive Jambaroo
In this episode we look back on a fantastically fragrant year of podcasting. We reminisce on our favourite rants, answer James’s quiz questions and pick our top fragrance release of the year. It all sounds very organised when you put it like that, but don’t expect too much, it is a Jambaroo, after all. We’ll be back in the new year, but until then, thanks for listening this year and Happy Holidays
23 - Archetypal Perfumes (Part 1)
This week we are discussing the archetypal perfume from several genres which means that naturally, our choices almost never align with one single perfume, completely going against the episodes topic. But that's why we're mavericks. Much like one of Dan's favourite perfumers who get's probably the one and only ever mention in Les Oderants history. Also, don't tell Fliss what to do, especially not i
22 - House Cup: Chanel
This week we're digging into another house to decide what is their absolute, most important perfume of all time. Only it's Chanel, so there can be only one answer. Or maybe four? Well Dan's officiating, so there is only one, but it's not the right one. Most importantly, what does Mavis down at the Chanel counter think?
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21 - Trick or Treat
For Halloween we are having a little trick or treat party of our own. We each sent a perfume labelled trick and another labelled treat and to absolutely nobody's surprise, we talk a lot about them. There’s also more talk about Beaufort, much to Dans CHAGRIN, James reads his ode to Jezza and Black Tie and the whole crew talk about their utter hatred for Erba Pura.
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20 - Leaf Droppers
This week we delve into the pits of self loathing and discuss our top 10 fall favourites. Well, sort of. We discuss Dan's expensive taste in autumn perfume, James's definitive taste in autumn perfume, Fliss's very pleasant taste in Autumn perfume and Ben's awful taste in perfume generally. We also discuss whether or not Le Lion bears a passing resemblance to Hulk Hogan or Shalimar, or both and whe
19 - What's An Aldehyde Anyway?
This week we discuss Aldehydes. What are they? What are they used for? And why do they smell like being poor? There’s a lot going on in this episode, but key takeaways are the tips on how to smell like a Russian mobster, a 90s rubberised mascot or washed up X-Factor winner.
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18 - Basement Dwellers
This week we discuss which perfumer we would pick to live in our basements and become our personal perfumer for life. Due to popular demand (All four of our listeners), we also welcome Fliss on board for her first episode as a permanent member and she wastes no time laying down the law for her abducted perfumer of choice.
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Dan
17 - The Turinquisition (Part 2)
This week we are back to top off the Turinquisition, where we have a sniff of some 5 star rated perfumes from Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez's "The Guide" and explain why they are wrong. join us as we have very little agreement on anything, learn all about Dan's otter-like physique, his grandfathers love for the smell of the British countryside and Fliss introoduces us to the descriptor, "Yums".
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16 - The Turinquisition (Part 1)
This week we are joined by Fliss to take a look at the work of Luca Turin and his wife Tania Sanchez. We've collected a bunch of five star fragrances and we discuss whether or not we think they are deserving! Also this week, Dan goes shopping for dodgy bottles of Sauvage in Turkey and we all discover the legend of Butterstumps.
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15 - Perfumes for Occasions
This week we actually got a listener question, so what did we do? Spun it out into a full episode topic, of course! Tune in to find out what the best perfume to wear with knee high socks and sandals is, or what to wear to an Iron Maiden gig. You know, important things like that. Also, we peek into the wonderful world of a snake oil, slash, pheromone salesman and talk a bit about their disgusting m
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