The MaxChat Fragrance Podcast

Aug 22 2023 47 ep. 49 mins 10
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Max Forti is a fragrance aficionado, digital creator for almost a decade, perfume critic, fragrance connoisseur and founder of SCENTXPLORE. He will take you on a fragrance journey! He will host creative directors, perfumers, writers, bloggers and other fragrance industry folks. In this podcast he will cover different subjects and topics in the ''Beyond the Bottle'' series in which he will talk about various relevant topics in today's world to help you find your ''forte'' in whatever interest you may have about fragrances taking your experience to the ''max'' no pun intended, of course! See you on the other side.

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Season 4 - Episode 10: Natural Beauty Captured in a bottle – The House of BŌ

Aug 22 2023 43 mins  
For this season finale we have the pleasure to chat with Bernardo Möller (House of Bō) brand founder along with his life and business partner Giancarlo Perez. The brand hails from Miami, Florida. House of Bo is a gender-neutral brand which has worked with world renowned Perfumers utilizing highest quality of raw, natural & sustainably sourced ingredients.The brand’s ethos i

Season 4 - Episode 9: The art of creating unique and luxurious scents – Unique’e Luxury Perfumes

Aug 12 2023 36 mins  
Today we receive a great guest Serhat Okyay to discuss a very interesting brand. Unique’e Luxury Perfumes. A brand that pride themselves on utilizing only the finest ingredients available to create refined, luxurious and captivating niche fragrances... Unique’e Luxury hails from Turkey, the brand was founded by Muhammet Serhat Okyay and Selim Özen. Their first collection of fr

Season 4 - Episode 8: The Family-owned Niche Brand that values heritage – Almah 1948

Aug 03 2023 46 mins  
Today we have to pleasure to chat with Jordi Magrans founder, perfumer and creative director of this family-owned brand that hails from Spain and started with his great-grandfather (an herbalist) back in 1948. Almah Parfums 1948 is a Barcelona-based brand founded in 1997. The main business of the brand is the production of natural essential oils and compounds with its factories in

Season 4 - Episode 7: The Transportive Perfume Niche Brand – Arquiste Parfumeur (Carlos Huber)

Jul 24 2023 52 mins  
Today we have to pleasure to chat with Carlos Huber Arquiste Parfumeur’s brand founder. Carlos was drawn to Mexico's architecture and history, and is an avid passionate traveler since young, Carlos Huber first pursued the study of architecture and historic preservation at prestigious universities in his hometown of Mexico City, in Paris and New York, where he graduated with honor

Season 4 - Episode 6: America’s First Niche Brand? – Blocki Perfumes Circa 1865

Jul 14 2023 71 mins  
In this episode let’s discover Blocki Perfumes - A niche brand that hails back to the 1800’s and was reinvented as a brand in 2014 which honors historic compositions with a contemporary flare! In today’s episode we’re chatting with brand founders, Tammy and Tyler Kraemer and joined by their marketing director LC James. TOPICS OF THIS CHAT:· America’s very first niche bra

Season 4 - Episode 5: She has changed the game on fragrance reviewing on YouTube, meet– Michella (curlyfragrance)

Jul 03 2023 53 mins  
In this episode we get a little ‘’personal’’ with Michella Curly aka curlyfragrance on YouTube. She has made an impact during the pandemic and never looked back. Today her fragrance channel is one of the most viewed which has a very fun and ‘’fresh’’ approach. Let's delve into her journey and find out what's next for her on this chat... TOPICS OF THIS CHAT:· Where

Season 4 - Episode 4: She's an Artist of many different skills! – Eva Petrič (DBE - Databank of Emotions Perfumes)

Jun 21 2023 45 mins  
She is a world-traveler and a multi-cultural and multi-talented artist. Meet Eva Petrič, born in Slovenia, she lives and works between 3 cities: New York City, Vienna, and Ljubljana, creating interesting works in photography, video, performance, poetry, installation, writing and perfume blending...In today’s episode we’re going to delve in her works and most specifically in he

Season 4 - Episode 3: Perfume Raw Materials/Sourcing with – Dominique Roques

Jun 08 2023 48 mins  
In this episode a topic that is generally ignored but should most definitely be taken seriously. I had the pleasure to meet Roques in Oman and discover his incredible role and work in sourcing of ingredients in a very diligent and sustainable manner for the past thirty-plus years. Dominique Roques has been sourcing essences and extracts for the perfume industry for over thirty year

Season 4 - Episode 2: Outstanding Conversation with (Founder and Perfumer) of Exotic Brand – BLACKCLIFF PARFUMS

May 26 2023 43 mins  
In this second episode of our fourth season, I had the pleasure to have an outstanding conversation with Blackcliff’s Parfums brand founder Tomlinson Bynoe and Perfumer Kyle Mott-Kannenberg. Blackcliff is a Barbadian brand that offers exotic and bold fragrances that are both inspirational and powerful, outlining the breathtaking landscapes and elements of the Caribbean island...

Season 4 - Episode 1: The Very Talented (Perfumer/Chemist) – Aaron Terence Hughes

May 15 2023 57 mins  
Welcome to the Max Chat Season 4:In this fourth season opener episode, I had the pleasure to chat with multi-talented perfumer and chemist Aaron Terence Hughes. He has disrupted the market with his long-lasting, intriguing and powerful fragrances some with their polarizing names such as: Slut, Boss Bastard, Boss Bitch... However, the fragrances are much more than just a thought-pro