The Perfume Nationalist

Jan 26 2025 383 ep. 77 mins 654
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The Perfume Nationalist is a continuing radio soap opera hosted by Jack Mason in which art and culture, high and low, are discussed through the historical lens of fragrance.

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Portlandia (w/ Jocko Homo) **TEASER**

Jan 26 2025
Artek Standard by Comme des Garçons (2009) + Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, and Jonathan Krisel's Portlandia (2011-18) with Jocko Homo 1/26/25 S7E5 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

The Decay of the Podcast (w/ Alexandra Lavenski)

Jan 25 2025 164 mins  
Monocle Scent Three: Sugi by Comme des Garçons (2013) + The Sea of Fertility by Yukio Mishima (1969-71): Spring Snow (1969) + Runaway Horses (1969) + The Temple of Dawn (1970) + The Decay of the Angel (1971) with Alexandra Lavenski 1/25/25 S7E4 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

I have such doubts (w/ Ilych the Dialectal P)

Jan 23 2025 108 mins  
Full Incense by Montale (2010) + John Patrick Shanley's Doubt (2008) with Ilych the Dialectical P of post-nostalgic wasteland 1/23/25 S7E3 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Les Chambres rouges (w/ Glen Rockney) **TEASER**

Jan 14 2025 5 mins  
Rouge Smoking by BDK (2018) + Pascal Plante's Les Chambres rouges (2023) with Glen Rockney of Rare Candy 1/14/25 S7E2 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Another World (w/ Principessa)

Jan 10 2025 105 mins  
"We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds." Rive Gauche by Yves Saint Laurent (1970) + Irna Phillips's Another World (1964-99) with Principessa 1/10/25 S7E1 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

Remembrance of Things Past **TEASER**

Dec 30 2024 5 mins  
Jicky (1889), Mitsouko (1919), and Shalimar (1921) by Guerlain + À la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust (1913-27) + Volker Schlöndorff's Swann in Love (1984) + Percy Adlon's Céleste (1980) + Raúl Ruiz's Time Regained (1999) with Ryan Simón of American Vulgaria 12/8/23, 3/26/24, 12/29/24 S5E77, S6E26, S6E99 12/29/24 S6E100 To hear this episode and the complete continuin

Remembrance of Things Past: Volume III (w/ Ryan Simón)

Dec 29 2024 256 mins  
Shalimar by Guerlain (1921) + The Prisoner (1923), The Fugitive (1925), and Time Regained (1927) by Marcel Proust + Raúl Ruiz's Time Regained (1999) with Ryan Simón of American Vulgaria 12/29/24 S6E99 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

The O.C. (w/ Noah Stalgia)

Dec 19 2024 124 mins  
SoCal by Hollister (2007) + Josh Schwartz's The O.C. (2003-07) with Noah Stalgia 12/19/24 S6E98 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

FROOT (w/ Zach Langley Chi Chi) **TEASER**

Dec 19 2024 5 mins  
L'Interdit by Givenchy (2018) + MARINA (1985- ) with Zach Langley Chi Chi of I'M SO POPULAR I'M SO POPULAR Season Five Episode Four The Perfume Nationalist Season Six Episode Ninety-Seven 12/19/24 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

The Wizard of Oz (w/ John Menchaca) **TEASER**

Dec 17 2024 5 mins  
Emeraude by Coty (1918) + Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz (1939) + Walter Murch's Return to Oz (1985) + Alexandre O. Philipe's Lynch/Oz (2022) + Jon M. Chu's Wicked (2024) + with John Menchaca 12/17/24 S6E96 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.