The Perfume Nationalist

By Jack MasonSociety & Culture Arts

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The Perfume Nationalist episodes

October 19 The Perfume Nationalist: A Cultural History Through Perfume, Media, and Resistance (w/ Cara Cunningham, Patrick Dugan, Layne Eckensberger, Michael Garrity, Adam Lehrer, Alec Mouhibian, and Yeerk P)
Seven All-Stars gather to discuss the imminent publication of my book The Perfume Nationalist: A Cultural History Through Perfume, Media, and Resistance (2026)

10/18/26 S8E60

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3 hr 29 min
October 08 Jungle Gardenia with Bruce Wagner
Legendary writer Bruce Wagner joins the continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist to discuss Jungle Gardenia by Tuvaché (1933), William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt (1963), and the creation of my book, The Perfume Nationalist: A Cultural History Through Perfume, Media, and Resistance.

10/8/26 S8E59

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1 hr 52 min
October 02 The Sweet Hereafter
Pleasures by Estée Lauder (1995) +

The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks (1991) +

Atom Egoyan's Exotica (1994) and The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

10/3/26 S8E58

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2 hr 38 min
September 29 Glade Apple Cinnamon Potpourri Spray
Apple Cinnamon by Glade +

Joel and Ethan Coen's Fargo (1996) +

Noah Hawley's Fargo (2014- )

with Rosé

9/28/26 S6E57

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2 hr 9 min
September 27 Chiffon Sorbet **TEASER**
Chiffon Sorbet by Escada (1993) +

Vincente Minnelli's Father's Little Dividend (1951) +

Henry Levin's Belles on Their Toes (1952) +

Adam Shankman's Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

with Ava Pearlman

9/27/26 S8E56

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6 min
September 20 The Mall III
with Kalob Petty of STRANGE URGE

9/20/26 S8E56

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2 hr 37 min
September 14 Sons of Anarchy **TEASER**
Fuel for Life Homme by Diesel (2007) +

Kurt Sutter's Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014)

with Jayne Meryl

9/13/26 S8E54

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6 min
August 31 Klondike Annie
Shocking by Elsa Schiaparelli (1937) +

Mae West (1893-1980) +

Mae West: An Icon in Black and White by Jill Watts (2003) +

Archie Mayo's Night After Night (1932) + Lowell Sherman's She Done Him Wrong (1933) + Wesley Ruggles' I'm No Angel (1933) + Leo McCarey's Belle of the Nineties (1934) + Alexander Hall's Goin' to Town (1935) + Raoul Walsh's Klondike Annie (1936)

with Joy Maura

8/31/26 S8E53

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2 hr 24 min
August 28 Vulgar Display of Podcast ** TEASER**
Dragon's Blood by Spiritual Sky +

Pantera (1981-2003, 2022- )

with Brandon and Nick

8/27/26 S8E52

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6 min
August 20 Pretty in Musk
White Musk by The Body Shop (1981) +

John Hughes's Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) +

Howard Deutch's Pretty in Pink (1986)

with Cael and Kate

8/21/26 S8E51

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1 hr 53 min

About The Perfume Nationalist

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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.