# Season 7, Episode 33: Scenting Cosy Mysteries & Seeking Refillable Candles Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-scent-4488139/season-7-episode-33-scenting-cosy-mysteries-seeking-refillable-candles Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-scent-4488139/season-7-episode-33-scenting-cosy-mysteries-seeking-refillable-candles.md Podcast: [On The Scent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-scent-4488139) Published: 2026-04-16T04:45:00+00:00 Episode link: https://on-the-scent.captivate.fm Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/07e890ee-b262-4d1c-abdf-8f9bd9842539.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=78e34bab-e279-4e78-92cd-c9317aa071e3&aw_0_1st.episodeid=07e890ee-b262-4d1c-abdf-8f9bd9842539 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-the-scent-4488139/episodes/season-7-episode-33-scenting-cosy-mysteries-seeking-refillable-candles Duration seconds: 2995 ## Resource From a listener’s mystery novel set in a perfume shop, refillable candles, a handsome man holding a bouquet by a fireside and where to find vintage fragrance posters - this episode is a veritably bulging postbag of perfume-matching pondering! Kathy (aka Kat LaGue) is a long-time listener and author of two ‘cosy mystery’ novels set in a fictional perfume shop of her hometown, Baltimore, Maryland. You can read all about her work here: https://katlague.com With her first ever signing event happening in May, Kathy ‘thought it might be fun to bring a bit of the shop experience to the table by offering pre-sprayed blotters for people to sniff.’ For the first book she wanted a leathery/rose Chypre; for the second, the smell of a ‘kouign-amann, the glorious Breton butter cake. I’d love to find a fragrance, or even a layering combination, that evokes caramelized sugar, rich butter, and just a hint of salt.’ We suggested… For the leathery rose Chypre: Angela Flanders Leather Rosa ‘Inspired by the soft and sensual quality of leather with its naturally dry aroma, yet warm skin like touch. Leather Rosa is a new dark rose scent, deep and bewitching in nature, cherished rosa damascena, but dressed this time in a coat of the finest vintage leather. Sophisticated and elegant notes of exotic agar wood and smoky oudh add a leathery tobacco accord, while the warmth of amber makes an appearance in the base of this sensuous combination cherishing a heart of rosa damascena and a sweet top note of rose du mai and raspberry.’ Hermès Kelly Calèche ‘Kelly Caleche is a nod to two iconic Hermès objects: the Kelly bag and the caleche, a horse-drawn carriage and the House's signature. Kelly Caleche was created in 2007 by perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena. This "perfume exuding leather and flowers, as ligh… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-the-scent-4488139/episodes/season-7-episode-33-scenting-cosy-mysteries-seeking-refillable-candles/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-scent-4488139/season-7-episode-33-scenting-cosy-mysteries-seeking-refillable-candles.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.