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The Perfume Nationalist

Oct 8, 2026

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...


Oct 2, 2026

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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Sep 29, 2026

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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Sep 27, 2026

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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