Top Notes

Top Notes

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Top Notes episodes

  • Don't Ask, Don't Smell

    For the season 2 premiere Montana & Kris catch up on the New Year, pair celebs with fragrances, and share some of the most prominent smells throughout their lives. From airports to greasepaint, cigarette smoke to freshly mown lawns, they recount their memories of smell and… what it all means anyway… lol. Get ready folks because Season 2 is in full effect! xoxo

    36 min
  • Laura Murphy: I Put A Smell On You!
    Back in October, Kris and Montana sat down with friend Laura Murphy, thespian and witch, to discuss their practices with witchcraft and how it relates to olfaction. Listen as the three talk about herbs, pheromones, and the potions of perfumery. They spin a wheel and pair each zodiac sign with a smell in a game of Wheel of Horoscopes (lol), and they smell the deadly fragrances Bloodflower and Wolfsbane by Parfums Quartana (gasp!). Cast your circle, light your candles, and prepare your nose for some psychic smelling.
    Bloodflower by Parfums Quartana
    Wolfsbane by Parfums Quartana
    46 min
  • Eau de Us!

    This week Kris and Montana discuss the smells of 2020, an exciting upcoming smell-centric project in Europe, as well as their favorite scents from their own collections...some might call them…. their signature scents! Listen as they discuss how Montana is the metropolitan dandy to Kris’s cloaked figure in the woods.

    Kouros by Yves Saint Laurent

    Cowboy by Mondo Mondo

    Philosykos by Diptyque

    Harem Soiree by Arte Profumi

    Anemone by Blackbird

    Bloody Wood by Liquide Imaginaires 

    43 min
  • Malique Moore: Musically Inclined!
    Kris and Montana speak with the artist and musician Malique Moore about the smell of the NY subway, Paris, his dad's old car, his music, and of course...ball sweat. As usual, the three swap metaphysical and physical smells; they also smell and analyze the robotically green fragrance Odeur 71 by Comme des Garçons.
    Odeur 71 by Comme des Garçons
    41 min
  • Meg: Smells & Politics of the Teenage Girl!

    Shut up, losers! Kris and Montana are joined by the blogger, style icon, stylist, and mystifying socialite, Meg (@megsuperstarprincess if you're nasty)! Listen as they smell iconic discontinued Victoria Secret body sprays and discuss the low-brow smells that defined a generation’s youth, teenage archetypes, sexualization through smells, the death of mall culture, and middle school trauma! Bring it on, baby!

    45 min
  • Versailles!

    Happy Birthday Marie Antoinette! This week's episode is all about the rancid smellscape of the Versailles palace, The Sun King’s rotting mouth full of jam, the theatrics of hygiene, and the charms of a stinky armpit. Oh and there are also some wackadoo fragrantica.com reviews that the gays read for you. You’re not gonna want to miss this one.. It’s a stinker that’ll make you thinker.

    42 min
  • Fraser Kenneth: Offensive Smells!
    This week, Kris and Montana speak to the fashion designer Fraser Kenneth. The three discuss Fraser’s clothing, piles of brittle twigs, vinegar, the smell of processed ham, werewolves, and fragrance campaigns. We also smell poppers and attempt to discuss their aroma. Come come, little chickie, listen to your mommies while sitting on papa’s lap.
    33 min
  • Animalics!
    In this jumbo episode, Kris and Montana roll up their sleeves and dig into the topic of animalic fragrances and notes. This one’s a real stinker! Tune in to hear about poopy, dirty, sweaty, urine-soaked perfumery, and buckle for Montana and Kris to smell and discuss four different animalic fragrances, listed below. And if it’s ever kept you up at night, we shoot our shot at imagining what on earth Nicole Kidman smells like.
    Relevant Links:
    Sécrétions Magnifiques by Etat Libre D'Orange
    Oudh Infini by Dusita
    Bulls Blood by Imaginary Authors
    Dzing! by L'Artisan Parfumeur
    42 min
  • Jazzmint Dash: The Smells of Drag!

    In this episode, Kris and Montana speak with the ever-inspiring drag queen Jazzmint Dash to discuss the smells of drag,  chocolate-shit, beachy vibes, the smell of a funeral, and review the bad boy fragrance YO6-S by Blackbird Fragrances. Open your nose holes, free your soul, and stone those tights because it’s going to be a crazy ride.


    Relevant Links:

    YOS-S by Blackbird

    41 min
  • Bubblegum!

    In this episode, Kris and Montana read some outlandish fragrance reviews and discuss the illusive controversy that is bubblegum and all it encompasses — from Ariana Grande to the copyright of smell… oh and bubble gum actually smells like vomit apparently? Your penny’s worth of banter is followed by the smelling of the forever iconic fragrance Jungle Jezebel (from the house of Sarah Baker). Hop on the smell train and enjoy your ride to Stupid Town.

    Relevant Links:

    REM by Ariana Grande

    Nebula 1 by Oliver & Co.

    Amour Nocturne by  L’Artisan Parfumeur

    Jungle Jezebel by House of Sarah Baker

    37 min

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A blissfully stupid, miserably niche, and earnestly fascinated podcast that exists at the intersection of perfumery, comedy, art, critique, alchemy, 16th-century Venetian fashion, and queer emotional…