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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 8 • Episode 6: Madcap sniffathon - new launches, exclusives & a dance of jasmine
This week is a truly madcap sniffathon encompassing [*takes a deep breath*] wild seascapes, fragrant ghosts and a notorious rake; a spicy summer scent to set your senses tingling; a fruity treat based on a perfumer’s favourite breakfast; a splendiferous peacock strutting its scented stuff; a stunning sueded rose; perfumes pulled straight from the vegetable patch; Harrods exclusives to swoon over; a seriously affordable new niche house; a mesmerising myrrh, and a sneak peek into Alice du Parcq’s book…
Season 8 • Episode 5: Through the Smoke with Beaufort London’s Leo Crabtree
From a single, hand-poured moustache wax to one of the world’s most daringly distinctive fragrance houses, BeauFort London’s story is as elemental as the scents themselves. Founded in 2013 by musician Leo Crabtree, the brand was born from salt-spray memories, naval histories and a fascination with the poetry of smoke — quite literally “per fumum” (‘through smoke’).
[AD: This episode is proud to be in partnership with BeauFort London - a house Suzy has championed from the start, spoken about passionately over the years, and continues to be excited by.]
Season 8 • Episode 4: Embracing the heat & leaning into ‘sunscreen scents’
Embracing the heat, and leaning into the ‘Sunscreen Scent’ perfume profile this week, the fragrant duo are following on from the BONUS episode available to Patreon subscribers in which they explored their favourite scented sunscreens. Flipping that fragrant theme on its head, this time it’s all about those solar, ‘holiday in a bottle’ type perfumes, and they find themselves particularly drawn to those with a vintage vibe.
Later in the episode, Nicola answers a listener question from someone who had fallen head over heels for spicy tonka / vanilla fragrances way out of her budget, and seeks affordable scents to satiate this new olfactory obsession…
Season 8 • Episode 3: Posh bananas, burning roses, & perfume blending
Talk about varied - this week’s episode goes from a ‘posh banana’ Brazilian carnival in a bottle Nicola experienced at a vibrantly fun perfume pop-up in Liberty, to an extraordinary, burning, bloodied rose Suzy’s entranced by (don’t worry - it’s not as scary as it sounds!)
The show also features two incredibly inspirational women - one who’s created her own fragrance brand to reflect a life lived in scent and adventure, and another who’s bringing the playfulness back into perfumery by allowing you (and your friends) to attend a blending workshop via Zoom - to create your own fragrance with her stunning and easy-to-use accords.
PLUS there’s all the new fragrances Suzy & Nicola are wearing, and a listener looking for the perfect (affordable) iris perfume…
Season 8 • Episode 2: Some of THE best affordable fragrances we’ve smelled + a listener prescription
Looking for some truly outstanding and very affordable fragrances? Have Suzy & Nicola got an episode for you! This week, as challenged by the podcast’s Instagram followers, they went on a scent safari sniffing their way around the new fragrances in one of the U.K’s most beloved high street shops. The results? Well, they were rather awe-struck with how wonderful they were, to be honest…
Season 8 • Episode 1: Bespoke Floris, Chanel’s Symbolism & What We’re Wearing
From a once-in-a-lifetime bespoke fragrance made for Nicola and her husband’s wedding anniversary at Floris London, to the secret symbolism infusing Chanel’s creations, right through to a mushroom scent Suzy’s obsessed by (yes, really!) and a round-up of other olfactive launches; it’s bumper first episode for the eighth season of this multi award-winning show!
Season 7 • Episode 41: On The Scent Re-visits Alice du Parcq (Part Two)
We’re re-visiting another classic podcast episode, and this week it’s amazing chat we had with none other than fragrance queen, Alice du Parcq. Indeed, Alice had SO MANY brilliant fragrances on her list to talk about, we had to split it into two parts! We know you’re going to love this soul-revealing journey…
Season 7 • Episode 40: On The Scent Re-visits Alice du Parcq (Part One)
We’re re-visiting another classic podcast episode, and this week it’s amazing chat we had with none other than fragrance queen, Alice du Parcq. Indeed, Alice had SO MANY brilliant fragrances on her list to talk about, we had to split it into two parts! We know you’re going to love this soul-revealing journey…