About this episode
Roxy Jamin joins Julia Hava to explore the history of scent and its cultural implications.
In this episode, Roxy returns to the pod to help Julia explore the fascinating history of scent: from ancient Greek perfumers on Aphrodite's island to Abercrombie cologne cloud terrorism. Plus, the girlies explain why smell is uniquely different from all our other senses, the Proustian relationship between scent and memory, and how capitalism has transformed our desire to smell good into a billion dollar identity crisis. Digressions include being flexed on by your parents, a man who generously donated his hair to a horse, and society's collective Mrs. Meyer's trauma. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. Roxy's Website: https://rjamin.net/ SOURCES 3,200-Year-Old Mesopotamian Perfume Recreated from Ancient Text A Brief History of Scent A Cultural Autopsy of the Celebrity Perfume A Journey Through Time in Fragrance Abercrombie Employees Have To Spritz Clothes With Cologne Every Hour Alain Corbin The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell Cleopatra May Have Once Smelled Like This Recreated Perfume Effects of ambient odors on slot-machine usage in a Las Vegas casino. Fragrant…
People in this episode
Hosts: Julia Hava, Eliza McLamb
Guest: Roxy Jamin
Topics covered
- history of scent
- memory and smell
- capitalism and identity
- cultural perceptions of fragrance
- scent in society
Keywords
- scent
- fragrance
- memory
- capitalism
- Abercrombie
- history of perfume
- Coco Chanel
- Proustian
- identity crisis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Abercrombie
Books & works: The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination, Fragrant, Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell, History of the Hero: Chanel No5
Places: Aphrodite's island, Las Vegas, France
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