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Nicola Bonn and Suzy Nightingale founded the ‘On The Scent’ podcast in 2021, and were named among The Sunday Times’s ‘Top British Scentfluencers.’ Nicola and Suzy love nothing better than sharing their passion for fragrance with the world, and their annual ‘On The Scent Live’ event is one of the most exciting date in the fragrance calendar. (Watch our EVENTS page for news of upcoming appearances by Nicola and Suzy.)
As one listener commented on Apple Podcasts about this five-star podcast, ‘Suzy and Nicola enchant and entice. They take you on perfumed journeys with their stories. Sensual, funny and sometimes sad stories that you will never want to stop… Beware, however: this is highly addictive stuff. You will want to smell every perfume they discuss and might become obsessed with seeking them out and buying them…’
Season 7 • Episode 32: Finding Your Perfume Identity and Scenting a Wedding
How do you discover which fragrances evoke your personality, or find those perfumes that portray the character you’d like to be, rather than how you happen to feel that day? In this episode we reply to a listener’s email asking for help finding her perfect perfume(s), and discuss how we went about discovering our own perfume identities.
Then, Suzy Nightingale and Nicola Bonn answer another listener’s question about scenting a wedding (including how to find fragrances evoking the evening, and the practicalities of perfuming an event)…
Season 7 • Episode 31: ‘On The Scent’ Magazine with Jo Fairley
In this week’s episode we welcome back guest Jo Fairley, editor of ‘On The Scent’ who explains why the magazine was so important to launch, what you can expect to read in the first issue, and why fragrance is continuing to absolutely bloom and blossom.
Season 7 • Episode 30: Beyond the Bottle – Space NK’s new scents
Immersive perfume spaces are popping up all over the place lately, and Space NK recently invited people to step into an olfactive art gallery, featuring some of the hottest new fragrance launches around. Here’s what Suzy Nightingale and Nicola Bonn tried (and loved the most)…
Season 7 • Episode 29: All About Layering
In some Middle Eastern cultures, people often layer up to SEVEN fragrances at a time. And sometimes many more! So podcast hosts Suzy Nightingale and Nicola Bonn say: never be afraid to play with perfume. (The wonderful thing about fragrance is there is no right or wrong: if you like something, then it’s right. If you don’t, you can wash it off. It’s not a tattoo, after all.)
Season 7 • Episode 28: Misty Spring/Cosiness + Perfume Prescriptions
This week this podcast aired was a curious mix of in-between weather: oddly misty days with some areas of the UK looking distinctly Dickensian as ‘pea-souper’ fogs rolled in, though spring sunshine tried to peek through. Other days it felt almost autumnal again - chilly enough to crave our cosier clothes (and fragrances!) again. Here are Nicola and Suzy’s perfume picks and prescriptions…
Season 7 • Episode 27: Fragrances To Make Us Feel Better When Times Are Uncertain
With the world feeling a bit uncertain at the moment we wanted to talk about some of the fragrances that help us feel better – including Creed Wild Vetiver, Jo Malone London English Pear & Sweet Pea and Maya Njie Aethi Opum, among other soothing scents…
Season 7 • Episode 26: Boutique openings, Moroccan souk dreams & smoky-sweet tobacco
Podcast hosts Suzy Nightingale and Nicola Bonn are talking new London perfume destinations and prescribing scents that whisk you straight to the medina or wrap you in a sensuous tobacco haze.
Suzy visited the brand-new Nishane boutique in London’s Mayfair, sharing why she’s so glad this Istanbul-born house has a home on Maddox Street.
Season 7 • Episode 22: What We’re Wearing, Fragrance for a Novelist and Sniffing Saville Row
In this episode we (Suzy Nightingale and Nicola Bonn) chat about the fragrances that are giving us joy at the moment.
We also have some new brands to introduce you to, an amazing listener prescription and lots more. Fragrances mentioned include… Ode Ona Carte Blanche • Chloe Atelier des Fleurs - Les Pins • This Works Own Time • Saville Row Private Collection: • Bucula and Tela • Guerlain Absolus Allegoria Tabac Sahara • Sabrina Carpenter Sweet Tooth Caramel Dream • Beaufort London Vie et Armis • Fantôme Vassago • Rubini Nuvolari
Season 7 • Episode 21: Jazzy Fun at Diptyque and the Incredible Power of Shalimar
In this week's episode we're talking about a wonderful experience at Maison de Diptyque in celebration of their jazz club inspired fragrance Orpheon.
We're also updating you on some fabulous new fragrance launches and we're answering a perfume prescription that gets Suzy thinking about bracing seaside walks in Cornwall.
Finally we have the most powerful message to read out from a listener who is using Shalimar to empower her on protests.
Fragrances mentioned include… Diptyque Orphéon • Jo Malone Labdanum Amber Cologne Intense • Fine Scents Joie de Sannes • Amouage Remain • Sarah Baker Atlante • Ruth Mastenbroek Marlin • Perfumer H Salt • Coach Blue and (of course) Shalimar…
Season 7 • Episode 20: Modern Fragrances Wwith a Vintage Vibe
In this week's episode, we're leaning into the our nostalgia needs and exploring the wonderful world of vintage inspired fragrances.
Among other scented excitement, here's what Suzy Nightingale and Nicola Bonn discuss:
Guerlain Shalimar L’Essence Eau de Parfum Intense
‘Shalimar celebrates its 100th anniversary. To mark this exceptional event, the Maison is revealing Shalimar L’Essence, a new intense variation which concentrates Shalimar’s distinctive codes: its quintessence. A homage to the timeless modernity, daring and seduction of Guerlain’s most famous scent for women. Delphine Jelk has added the precious Madagascan vanilla tincture stemming from Guerlain's ancestral know-how to the ethylvanillin found in Jacques Guerlain’s original formula, giving Shalimar a new intensity.’
Season 7 • Episode 19: Perfume Prescription Special
A bulging post bag of listener questions can only mean one thing - an entire episode dedicated to matching you with your perfect perfumes!
Season 7 • Episode 18: New Year's Day Special!
Happy New Year one and all. Podcast team Suzy Nightingale and Nicola Bonn wanted to start 2026 with a chat about their favourite and most worn fragrances of 2025 (the ones they didn't have space to talk about during ‘On The Scent Live’!) And as they say, ‘We hope you enjoy the first episode of the year…’