For the first-ever episode of On the Nose, I am excited to have my sister in scent, Ashley Kessler joining me.

We met ten years ago in the most enchanting scented way, while students at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery and we've been friends and collaborators ever since.

In this episode, we look back on our time in Grasse, what we learned there, and how that has informed our practice since. We cover the project of the year we created, our similarities and differences as humans and perfumers, what a perfume for peace would smell like, and of course, we talk raw materials! While saying absolutely and interesting at a lot :P

Materials Mentioned:

Ambroxan

Beeswax Absolute

Olibanum (Frankincense) Resinoid

Jasmine Absolute, India

Methyl Anthranilate

Salicylates (Amyl, Benzyl, Cis-3-hexenyl)

Galbanum

Sandalwood (Mysore)

Future edits will be better from here, btw <3

Dana xo