Making Scents Make Sense

Liz Moores is a perfumer unlike any other. She creates deeply personal, rich, and complex perfumes that tell beautiful stories, transporting the wearer to world's unknown. Her brand, Papillon Artisan Perfumes, consists of a collection of scents that feel inspired by classic perfumes of the past, presented in a modern context. In this episode I ask Liz about her creative process and some of the personal stories behind her fragrances, and why she's so attracted to animalic materials. It's a really fun, insightful conversation.

You can find out more about Papillon on the brand's website: https://papillonperfumery.co.uk/

Follow Liz on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papillonartisanperfumes/

Liz's emotional connection scent is Shalimar by Guerlain.
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This episode of Making Scents Make Sense is sponsored by Kaorium. I’m all about making fragrance and fragrance discovery more accessible, and Kaorium’s innovative AI solution The Scent Sommelier offers an entirely new way to explore fragrance by translating scent into language. You can find out more at: https://www.kaorium.com/

You can follow me on instagram @makingscentsmakesense: https://www.instagram.com/makingscentsmakesense/

I'm also on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makingscentsmakesense

You can also check out my website at https://www.thomasdunckley.com/
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Robin James is best known for his website, YouTube channel, and Instagram/TikTok presence as Man For Himself. He writes/speaks about grooming, hair care, skin care, body care, and fragrance. You might know him from his street interviews, where he asks men about the clothes and fragrances they are wearing. He's also the founder of Anforh, a hair care and fragrance brand, which boasts a collection of three fantastic fragrances (Aire, Kist, and Sorn) inspired by his native Scotland. In this episode I speak to Robin about his career, the fragrances men are wearing, and how he developed his own scents.

You can find out more about Robin's work as Man for Himself on his website: https://manforhimself.com/ and his instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manforhimself.

You can find out more about Anforh at https://anforh.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/anforh/

Robin's emotional connect scent is Happy for Men by Clinique.
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This episode of Making Scents Make Sense is sponsored by Kaorium. I’m all about making fragrance and fragrance discovery more accessible, and Kaorium’s innovative AI solution The Scent Sommelier offers an entirely new way to explore fragrance by translating scent into language. You can find out more at: https://www.kaorium.com/

You can follow me on instagram @makingscentsmakesense: https://www.instagram.com/makingscentsmakesense/

I'm also on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makingscentsmakesense

You can also check out my website at https://www.thomasdunckley.com/
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Pia Long is the perfumer at and co-founder of independent British fragrance house Olfiction. She is known for her unique and expressive style of perfumery, pulling from nature, history, and popular culture to create unique, evocative, complex, and most importantly, fun fragrances. She has created for her own brand Eau de Boujee (co-founded with Nick Gilbert) as well as Zoologist, Beaufort London, Vallense and more. Pia has just published a unique and fascinating book: Demo Accords. It's all about perfumery as a form of protest and in this episode I talk to Pia all about the inspirations behind the book and the 10 fragrance compositions that were created to support it.

You can find out more about Demo Accords and Pia's work on the brand's website: https://olfiction.com/

Follow Pia on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfumer.pia/

Pia's emotional connection scent is Iconic from Olfiction's Lab Editions.
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This episode of Making Scents Make Sense is sponsored by Kaorium. I’m all about making fragrance and fragrance discovery more accessible, and Kaorium’s innovative AI solution The Scent Sommelier offers an entirely new way to explore fragrance by translating scent into language. You can find out more at: https://www.kaorium.com/

You can follow me on instagram @makingscentsmakesense: https://www.instagram.com/makingscentsmakesense/

I'm also on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makingscentsmakesense

You can also check out my website at https://www.thomasdunckley.com/
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Aurelien Guichard grew up right in the heart of perfumery: in Grasse. His father (Jean Guichard) was a famous perfumer and his mother a sculptor. His family grew roses. He did not have your typical upbringing - his was uniquely scented. In this episode I speak with Aurélien about his work as a perfumer and a grower of materials, and how he has turned his hand to create a unique fragrance brand, where he places absolute focus and respect on the raw material.

You can find out more about Matiere Premiere on the brand's website: https://matiere-premiere.com/en

Follow the brand on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matierepremiereparfums/

Aurélien's emotional connection scents are Lou Lou by Cacharel, L'Eau d'Issey by Issey Miyake, and the scent of roses.
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This episode of Making Scents Make Sense is sponsored by Kaorium. I’m all about making fragrance and fragrance discovery more accessible, and Kaorium’s innovative AI solution The Scent Sommelier offers an entirely new way to explore fragrance by translating scent into language. You can find out more at: https://www.kaorium.com/

You can follow me on instagram @makingscentsmakesense: https://www.instagram.com/makingscentsmakesense/

I'm also on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makingscentsmakesense

You can also check out my website at https://www.thomasdunckley.com/
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Sonia Constant is a Master Perfumer working at Givaudan and is the nose behind bestselling fragrances for brands such as Thierry Mugler, Tom Ford, and Narciso Rodriguez. She's also the only female Master Perfumer to have her own fragrance brand - the remarkable Ella K. Ella K puts travel at the centre of its storytelling, with a fictional heroin traversing the globe to capture olfactory landscapes (using Givaudan's ScentTrek technology) and turning them into perfumes. In the season finale of Season 2, I speak with Sonia all about her creative process and how it differs when creating for her own brand in comparison to creating for others. I also share some of my favourite fragrance launches for 2025.

You can find out more about Ella K on the brand's website: https://www.ellakparfums.com/en

Follow the brand on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellakparfumsparis/

Sonia's emotional connection scent is Féminité du Bois by Serge Lutens.

The three fragrances I talk about as my favourites of the year are: Amouage Purpose 50, Jil Sander Smoke, and Horace L'etiquette.
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This episode of Making Scents Make Sense is sponsored by Kaorium. I’m all about making fragrance and fragrance discovery more accessible, and Kaorium’s innovative AI solution The Scent Sommelier offers an entirely new way to explore fragrance by translating scent into language. You can find out more at: https://www.kaorium.com/

You can follow me on instagram @makingscentsmakesense: https://www.instagram.com/makingscentsmakesense/

I'm also on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makingscentsmakesense

You can also check out my website at https://www.thomasdunckley.com/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.