Today on NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook: "Scent and sensibility: Two top perfume critics explain how their world of scent works on us."
The one hour show airs at 11 am, and the guests include Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, authors of Perfumes: The Guide, and Patty Geissler of Perfume Posse.
You can find out more here. The station does offer both online streaming and an iTunes podcast.
What perfume is on your wrist, or dabbed behind your ear? Is it expensive like Channel No. 5 or celebrity endorsed like Glow by JLo? Are your sons wearing AXE cologne while you prefer Old Spice? Where do these scents come from? Who are the people creating what we'll smell like next year? Is there such a thing as "the perfect scent"? Investigative journalist Chandler Burr joins us with an insiders view of this very lucrative and equally secretive industry.
— Chandler Burr talks to Puget Sound Public Radio about his new book, The Perfect Scent. The interview is almost an hour long, and was broadcast in early February; I haven't heard it yet but hope to later today. Thanks to Joy for the link!
On yesterday’s Diane Rehm show, guest host Susan Page talked to Rachel Herz, author of The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell:
The first and definitive book on the psychology of smell, The Scent of Desire traces the importance of smell in our lives, from nourishment to procreation…
We'd like to think we know our news anchors, but one thing not conveyed through the screen is how they smell. Gossip sites however recently reported that Tom Ford approached Anderson Cooper to make his own line of cologne. A Ford rep told us the reports aren’t true, but that didn't stop us from calling New York Times scent critic Chandler Burr.
— Smells Like News, at WAMU radio in Washington, considers how you might develop fragrances to represent well-known TV news personalities. Thanks to Erica for the link.
They seem old-fashioned. Simple fragrances, where one note takes center stage, are more modern.
— Sarah Horowitz of Creative Scentualization, explaining why complex fragrances are no longer in style, in People magazine. Thanks to Angie for the quote!