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Making Scents Make Sense · Dec 17, 2025 · 57 min

Olfactory Troublemaking with ERIS Parfums Brand Founder Barbara Herman

Barbara Herman is a perfume lover turned author turned perfume brand founder. Her adoration for vintage fragrances has really informed the style of fragrances she creates alongside perfumer Antoine Lie for her brand ERIS Parfums. Named after the goddess of mischief and troublemaking, ERIS is a brand that subverts expectations of what a fragrance can be, pushing the boundaries and leading to olfactory excitement. In this episode Barbara and I talk about her love for vintage scent, her creative partnership with Antoine Lie, and how perfume can be political. You can find out more about ERIS Parfums on the brand's website: https://erisparfums.com/ Follow the brand on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erisparfums/ Barbara's emotional connection scents are Chanel Nº19 and Baghari by Robert Piguet. --- This episode of Making Scents Make Sense is sponsored by Kaorium. I’m all about making fragrance and fragrance discovery more accessible, and Kaorium’s innovative AI solution The Scent Sommelier offers an entirely new way to explore fragrance by translating scent into language. You can find out more at: https://www.kaorium.com/ You can follow me on instagram @makingscentsmakesense: https://www.instagram.com/makingscentsmakesense/ I'm also on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makingscentsmakesense You can also check out my website at https://www.thomasdunckley.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Barbara Herman is a perfume lover turned author turned perfume brand founder. Her adoration for vintage fragrances has really informed the style of fragrances she creates alongside perfumer Antoine Lie for her brand ERIS Parfums. Named after the goddess of mischief and troublemaking, ERIS is a brand that subverts expectations of what a fragrance can be, pushing the boundaries and leading to olfactory excitement. In this episode Barbara and I talk about her love for vintage scent, her creative partnership with Antoine Lie, and how perfume can be political.


You can find out more about ERIS Parfums on the brand's website: https://erisparfums.com/


Follow the brand on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erisparfums/


Barbara's emotional connection scents are Chanel Nº19 and Baghari by Robert Piguet.


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This episode of Making Scents Make Sense is sponsored by Kaorium. I’m all about making fragrance and fragrance discovery more accessible, and Kaorium’s innovative AI solution The Scent Sommelier offers an entirely new way to explore fragrance by translating scent into language. You can find out more at: https://www.kaorium.com/


You can follow me on instagram @makingscentsmakesense: https://www.instagram.com/makingscentsmakesense/


I'm also on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makingscentsmakesense


You can also check out my website at https://www.thomasdunckley.com/


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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