The Perfume Making Podcast
av Karen Gilbert
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Done with Hustle? - Building a Stronger Perfume Business That Won’t…
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Discover the captivating art of perfumery and learn how to turn your passion into a business. Join Karen as she shares step-by-step instructions and occasional interviews, guiding you through the intricacies of fragrance creation.
This podcast goes beyond the technical aspects of perfumery. Explore the fascinating connections between scent, mindset, and wellbeing. Learn about scent psychology, meditation practices, and the profound impact of fragrances on our emotions and overall wellness.
Whether you're interested in natural perfumery, commercial perfumery, or starting your own venture, Karen provides valuable insights and business advice to help you succeed. Unleash your creativity, tap into your senses, and discover the secrets of this enchanting world.
Start creating your signature scents today and unlock the transformative power of fragrance in your life.
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- Done with Hustle? - Building a Stronger Perfume Business That Won’t Burn You Out in 2026 · 41 min · Avsnitt 126This isn’t the usual New Year’s episode about planning, vision boards, and big 2026 goals. Instead, Karen looks at what happens when you need to do less, and how that can be the…
- Layering Like a Pro (or a Rebel): From TikTok Hacks to Indie Perfume · 48 min · Avsnitt 125Ever wondered why everyone’s suddenly talking about layering their favourite scents? In this special year-end episode, Karen dives into the layered world of fragrance - examining…
- Don’t Sell Yourself Short! Building a Perfume Business Without the Discount Spiral · 31 min · Avsnitt 124It’s easy to think that the best way to stay ahead in business is by watching your competitors and lowering your prices when they do. But as Karen explains in this episode, that…
- Making a Mod: Embracing Iteration in Perfume Making and Doing It Right · 27 min · Avsnitt 123This week Karen follows on from the conversation she had about learning to evaluate your perfumes. She covers something that is done as a matter of course in the industry. It's…
- Evaluating Your Fragrances: How to Judge Your Scent Like a Professional · 32 min · Avsnitt 122Do you really know if your fragrance works? Or are you just hoping for compliments? In this episode, Karen reveals why friends and family are not likely to be giving you the…
- Why Buying More “Magic” Materials Won’t Make You a Better Perfumer · 35 min · Avsnitt 121It’s easy to believe that the secret to creating great fragrances lies in having more materials - more naturals, more synthetics, more obscure aroma chemicals. But as Karen…
- You’ve Made Soup! - How to Avoid a Muddy Fragrance · 34 min · Avsnitt 120“You’ve made soup!” is a phrase French perfume teachers often say to their students. In the world of fragrance, soup refers to a perfume that smells muddy, flat, or undefined…
- Raw Notes - What I Learned from Bruce Springsteen · 18 min · Avsnitt 119Karen recently went to the cinema, something she doesn’t do very often. However, on this one-off trip to see the new Bruce Springsteen film, something resonated with her. We…
- The Evolution of Musk - Part 2 · 40 min · Avsnitt 118Following on from last week's show on the history of Musk, Karen is here to tell you all about the synthetic musks. First developed by accident in the 1930s, synthetic musks have…
- The Evolution of Musk - Part 1 · 39 min · Avsnitt 117This week, Karen is introducing the first in a two-part series on musk. Musk started life as one of the most prestigious materials in the world of perfumery and was often…
- Soapy, Sparkling, Strange - A Journey Through Aldehydes · 30 min · Avsnitt 116After last week’s episode on Chanel No. 5 and its revolutionary use of aldehydes, Karen is going to delve deeper into this fragrance family and its role in the world of perfume…
- Decoding Aldehydes - The Chemistry of Chanel No. 5 · 21 min · Avsnitt 115Over the years, Karen has received countless questions about one fragrance family in particular: aldehydes. They often leave people puzzled about what they are and how they’re…
- Synthetic Scents - The Risks of AI in Perfumery · 35 min · Avsnitt 114Last week, in one of Karen’s classes, a student was surprised to learn that some information she had received from ChatGPT was inaccurate. With AI becoming increasingly common in…
- When Chemistry Meets Creativity - A Beginner’s Guide to Synthetic Perfume Materials · 39 min · Avsnitt 113Karen often hears from people who work exclusively with natural materials in their fragrances but are beginning to notice the limitations, whether it’s their blends smelling too…
- Eau de What? - Demystifying Perfume Concentrations · 25 min · Avsnitt 112This week, Karen is tackling a question she's asked all the time, especially by those transitioning from aromatherapy to natural perfumery: “What’s the deal with concentration…
- The Art of Weaving Time - Crafting Order from Chaos · 37 min · Avsnitt 111After a well-deserved break, which was extended by a week, Karen is back. During her time off she took part in ‘Hampshire Open Studios’, a scheme where artists across Hampshire…
- Rest - The Most Underrated Note · 23 min · Avsnitt 110After 110 episodes, week in, week out, on top of 3 ongoing courses, authoring her latest book, a family trip to France, and a family wedding in Spain, Karen has decided to take a…
- The Tincture Trap - Why Tinctures Often Fall Flat · 28 min · Avsnitt 109This week Karen is addressing a question she gets asked all the time regarding the use of tinctures in perfumery. The short answer to this question is that tinctures don’t work…
- Too Much of a Good Smell - The Myth of Longevity in Perfumery · 19 min · Avsnitt 108This week on the show, Karen is finally addressing an issue that has been annoying her for years - the obsession with extreme longevity of a fragrance. There is a theory that the…
- The Architecture of Aroma - Structuring Floral Fragrances · 27 min · Avsnitt 107Karen has a new live course coming up, on the 7th of July, and in this episode she wants to explore two things that link into that live course - Floral Fragrances and Structure…
