{"podcast":{"title":"On The Scent","slug":"on-the-scent-4488139","podcast_index_feed_id":4488139,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/on-the-scent/","website_url":"https://on-the-scent.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/818390fc-ca2c-44e9-bd49-d278ca11f840/0a58bd3b70b1cb97143a57f4bfdbd0ba.jpg","author":"Nicola Bonn & Suzy Nightingale","episode_count":246,"summary":"On The Scent is the podcast destination for anyone fascinated by fragrance (or keen to learn more) – a place where perfume snobbery is stripped away, and fragrance is accessible to all. What began as a monthly sniff-in on the Outspoken Beauty Podcast soon became so popular in its own right (and with so many listeners sending in questions and asking for more) that On the Scent just had to go weekly - this time on its own perfumed platform! Encompassing everything from icons and all-time classics to what’s new on the high street to the more ‘niche’ indie brands; Beauty broadcaster and columnist Nicola Bonn and award-winning fragrance journalist and expert Suzy Nightingale give personalised perfume prescriptions, describe fragrances in such an intoxicating way you can almost smell them and help navigate the thousands of scents out there to find the truly incredible ones. Also expect interviews with well-known figures, delving into their favourite scents of all time and opportunities to get to know some of the most exciting perfumers in the world. Whether you’ve a collection of 500+ or are just starting on your scent journey, olfactory obsessives Nicola & Suzy are on a mission to find…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T06:17:10.387557+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-scent-4488139"},"episode":{"title":"Season 7, Episode 33: Scenting Cosy Mysteries & Seeking Refillable Candles","slug":"season-7-episode-33-scenting-cosy-mysteries-seeking-refillable-candles","published_at":"2026-04-16T04:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-scent-4488139/season-7-episode-33-scenting-cosy-mysteries-seeking-refillable-candles","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-scent-4488139","url":"https://on-the-scent.captivate.fm","audio_url":"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","summary":"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…","meta_description":"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 fragra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2995,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-the-scent-4488139/episodes/season-7-episode-33-scenting-cosy-mysteries-seeking-refillable-candles/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-scent-4488139/season-7-episode-33-scenting-cosy-mysteries-seeking-refillable-candles.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}