It’s easy to idealize a place, when you’re just passing through. Having said that, Chile is a remarkable country, full of remarkable perfumers, making remarkable smells. 

Perfume on the Radio is back after a long hiatus, and we are resurfacing with a field report about the indie perfume scene in the delightful South American country. It’s the indies, in the Andes! 

With

Alejandro Soto Rodríguez (Segundo Secretario y Cónsul de Chile en San Salvador)

Claudia Escobar Reyes (perfume evaluator)

David Muggioli (President, Fundación Chilena del Perfume | Andes Aromas)

David Santiago (Perfumer, Santiago David Parfums)

Eduardo Alonzo (Jefe técnico y de integración regional CENPROMYPE/SICA) 

Osvaldo Cruz (co-founder Cruz y Valencia)

Andrés Gonzales and Raúl Toval (Santiago Perfumes)

Host: Saskia Wilson-Brown (The Institute for Art and Olfaction)

This is the first episode in a 2-part series. The second episode will air in October, 2025.