In this episode of 'It's Just Perfume' Steve and Dana chat live in front of an audience gathered at ScentFest, the West Coast's largest perfume expo. The weekend was filled with scent discoveries and the warmest meetups with fragrance lovers from around the world. Steve and Dana talk about their impressions of ScentFest then sniff perfumes featuring unusual notes with the audience. Oyster, pollen anyone?

The sniffing session was followed by a Q&A segment where Steve and Dana recalled their most nostalgic scents, revealed the notes and styles they'd like to smell more of and investigated Dana's perfume application methods that transform her into a walking scent sculpture.

Perfumes mentioned in this episode:

01:12:24 ScentFest Sample Pack

05:26:07 Still by CBCB

07:47:22 Cocoyster Bananita by Salum

12:15:26 Pony Boy by Jorum

13:01:05 Debaser by D.S. and Durga

13:14:25 Delulu by Oddity

14:05:10 Rhubarb Thief by Heretic

15:19:10 Gun Girl by CBCB

19:21:00 Molecule 01 + Patchouli by Escentric Molecules

20:26:09 Morel Map by Clue

20:35:04 Coven by Andrea Maack

21:15:25 Musc by Bruno Acampora

22:52:22 Moon Magic by Sorce

24:42:03 Vampire Husband by Sorce

24:45:00 In Dreams and Fairytales (Vanilla)

26:54:10 Metal Lavender by Matiere Premiere

27:12:11 La Nuit des 300 by Hellenist

28:39:16 Les Dieux aux Bains

29:48:23 Flower Glyph by Liis

32:53:03 Noel au Balcon by Etat Libre d'Orange

34:02:01 Unspoken Gesture by Jorum

35:28:05 Still by CBCB

43:26:20 Saskia by Grandiflora

43:28:16 Madagascan Jasmine by Grandiflora

44:11:00 Mossy Glen by Villa Erbatium

45:33:28 Neo-Animism by Mami Wata

48:02:21 Angelos Creations

48:26:26 Chypre Siam by Rogue

48:41:09 Aristo Chypre by Infiniment Coty

48:57:14 Spoturno Paris

Hosts: Steven Gontarski and Dana Kiley Buchanan

Recorded in San Francisco, 6/27/26

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