Podcast
The Perfume Nationalist
Hosted by Jack Mason · EN
The Perfume Nationalist is a continuing radio soap opera hosted by Jack Mason in which art and culture, high and low, are discussed through the historical lens of fragrance.
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Caligula **TEASER**
3d ago00:05:02Tap to summarizeMust de Cartier (1981) + Bob Guccione and Tinto Brass' Caligula (1979) with Annabel 6/1/26 S8E32 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
Transcribe →Property of Jesus
6d ago02:08:58Tap to summarizePatchouli by Hové + Slow Train Coming (1979), Saved (1980), and Shot of Love (1981) and Chronicles: Volume One (2004) by Bob Dylan (1941- ) + D. A. Pennebaker's Don't Look Back (1967) + Martin Scorsese's No Direction Home (2005) with Jeff 5/29/26 S8E31 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
Transcribe →Freaks and Geeks
3w ago01:50:57Tap to summarizeT/Gel by Neutrogena + Paul Feig and Judd Apatow's Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000) with Brantley Jones 5/14/26 S8E30 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
Transcribe →Picnic at Hanging Rock
4w ago01:20:01Tap to summarizeEn Passant by Frederic Malle (2000) + Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay (1967) + Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) with Jules 5/7/26 S8E29 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
Transcribe →Looking for Millennial Cringe **TEASER**
May 100:05:01Tap to summarizeSantal Blush by Tom Ford (2011) + Andrew Haigh's Weekend (2011) + Andrew Haigh and Michael Lannan's Looking (2014-16) with Bryan 4/30/26 S8E28
Transcribe →Postcards from the Soap Dish **TEASER**
Apr 2300:05:02Tap to summarizeElizabeth Taylor's Passion for Men (1989) + Postcards from the Edge (1987), Wishful Drinking (2008), Shockaholic (2011), and The Princess Diarist (2016) by Carrie Fisher + Steve Rash's Under the Rainbow (1980) + John Landis' The Blues Brothers (1980) + Penelope Spheeris' Hollywood Vice Squad (1986) + Mike Nichols' Postcards from the Edge (1990) + Michael Hoffman's Soapdish (1991) + Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens' Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016) with Steven Settefratti 4/23/26 S8E27 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
Transcribe →The Bad and the Beautiful
Apr 2001:31:43Tap to summarizeThe Cardinal Collection: North, South, East, and West by Kylie White (2026) + Vincente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) + Robert Aldrich's Autumn Leaves (1956) with Kylie White Buy the Cardinal Collection here! 4/20/26 S8E26 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
Transcribe →Ayn Rand's Passion for Men
Apr 1801:30:27Tap to summarizeThe Passion of Ayn Rand by Barbara Branden (1986) + Christopher Menaul's The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) with Alec Mouhibian and Cody LaDuke 4/18/26 S8E25 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
Transcribe →Dark Shadows: The Beginning **TEASER**
Apr 1700:05:01Tap to summarizeLambere by William VanGorder (2025) + Dan Curtis' Dark Shadows: The Beginning (1966-67) + Tim Burton's Dark Shadows (2012) with William VanGorder 4/16/26 S8E24 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
Transcribe →More, Now, Again **TEASER**
Apr 1400:05:04Tap to summarizeSpring Flower by Creed (1996) + More, Now, Again by Elizabeth Wurtzell (2001) with Miriam Carothers To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.
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