Smell Ya Later

Two friends from the beauty industry chat about all things scent and smell. Every week, Smell Ya Later explores the myriad ways we interact with the aromas and odors in our lives, the scents seared into our memories, and how scent defines the way we envision our future.

Hosted by Tynan Sinks & Sable Yong
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Theme song by Pasquale D'Silva; Cover photo by Zach Bergren

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Dec 7, 2021 · 1 hr 10 min
59: Smell Ya Later, Wrapped
End of year lists are here and we are no better than all the other self-appointed clout contenders out there in the mediasphere, so in the spirit of the end of 2021, your hosts are reviewing the past year in smells and giving you strictly anecdotal ranked and unranked recollections from memory: their top, most, and best smells and smell-makers of the year. [What we smell like today: Iman Love Memoir, Aedes De Venustas Copal Azur] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Dec 2, 2021 · 1 hr 8 min
58: Sup, King, You Smell Good
Pals in pod, Emilio Quezada & Evan Shinn, AKA Dewy Dudes join us for our first roundtable on the eau dude scent, king behavior, and the collective trauma of Axe body spray. What are the dudes spraying these days? What's the difference between a hot-boi and a fuck-boi? What's a pick-me scent? What do they call Axe in England? All these questions and more are addressed in this episode. [What we smell like today: Lush Cardamom Coffee, Nomenclature Psy_Cou] Follow us on Instagram: @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Nov 23, 2021 · 1 hr 27 min
57: Jackie Aina Is A FORVR Mood
Whoever said never meet your idols never told Tynan, who has manifested such a meeting with none other than mega influencer and scented candle queen, Jackie Aina. Excuse the jittery energy, as we get into it with our girl, who's had a prolific career, from dropping out of college, joining the army, dominating YouTube, interviewing the president of the United States (!!!) and of course, launching cheeky candle brand, FORVR MOOD. [What we smell like today: Idolette Venus, Lake & Sky Midnight 07] Follow us on Instagram: @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Nov 16, 2021 · 1 hr 17 min
56: Another Scent-sational Gift Guy: 2021 Edition
Supply chain who? We're coming at you with another holiday gift guide to charm and delight the olfactory receptors of all those within your blessed spending radius. We're coming at you this extended cut episode with a variety of home fragrance, fine fragrance, body products, scented activities, bougie smells, budget smells, a smelly fan, candles, fabric care — we have you and yours covered. Also in this episode: A hailstorm interrupts this podcast to spook the hosts, a fair-moderate amount of Byredo lip service, Tynan secretly worked on the Billie Eilish fragrance (!!!), the trick to getting boys to do skincare, a mid-episode gift-giving, some good body acne product reccs, eggs. [What we smell like this episode: Maison Crivelli Iris Malakhân, Eilish by Billie Eilish]\ Our gift guide reccs: Commodity Exploration Set All Saints Incense City Candle Girl New York Candle Fur Body Oil Wash Replica Mini Coffret Set Bathorium Hinoki Bath Flakes Chanel No.05 The Bath Soap Laundress Wool & Cashmere Kit Boy Smells Magnum Candle (any scent but highly recommend Hinoki Fantome) Byredo Scented Fan Bond No.9 Bejeweled Fragrance (or trio set) Aesop Reverence Handsoap and Hand Creme Duet Selfmade Body Scrub Glossier Bath Duo A custom/bespoke fragrance consultation Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Nov 9, 2021 · 1 hr 16 min
55: So You Want to Be a Perfumer...
What's it like to be a perfumer? Is it like going to Hogwarts School of Whiffcraft & Whiffery? In some ways, yes. And in some ways...not no. Luckily, we have perfumer Marissa Zappas on to tell us about her journey into the olfactory arts, what it's like going from the corporate world of fragrance to carving her own independent path in scent sorcery, and why it's better to study for a smell test when you're ovulating. Find out more about Marissa Zappas at her website and on Instagram at @marissazappas. [What we smell like today: Kayali Invite Only Amber, Commodity Velvet+] Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Nov 2, 2021 · 1 hr 3 min
54: One Planet's Air Is Another Person's Perfume
Carbon emissions = bad. Perfume = good. This is the basic math behind Air Company's second product ever: AIR EAU DE PARFUM, a fragrance made from CO2 emissions. How do you make perfume from [gestures all around] the air?? We have Greg Constantine, co-founder of Air Company on the pod to tell us about his humble operation that literally turns carbon emissions into useful things like vodka, perfume, and jet fuel — all essential items for our planet's uncertain future. [What we smell like today: Skylar Vanilla Sky, Air Company Air Eau De Parfum] Follow Smell Ya Later on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Oct 19, 2021 · 1 hr 2 min
53: DEATH (To All Of Them) [The Remix]
It's spooky season once again and we're bubbling up this very seasonal episode on THE SMELL OF DEATH from a year ago with neuroscientist and cadaver scholar, Mo Costandi. It's not just a copy/paste — that's not our style, no, what the hell. We, of course, include an all-new, updated, present-day, overwrought overture, as is our style indeed. Also, we have so many new smells to tell you about! So, even if you are familiar with the smell of death (our episode, not the actual smell), there are reasons to give it another listen. Find Mo Costandi on Twitter at @mocost and https://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/. Read more about what death smells like here: https://mosaicscience.com/story/smell-death/ [What we smell like today: Louis Vuitton Spell On You, The Nue Co. Mind Energy] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Oct 12, 2021 · 1 hr 8 min
52: We've Had Enough Of This Scent-less Violence
Added fragrance in beauty products gets a bad rep these days. But given the likelihood that most products "don't work" anyway, may we at least reap some sensorial joy out of greasing up our slowly deteriorating mortal vessels with our little creams and potions, please? If you can slather it, we've smelled it, and this episode contains our favorite non-fragrance fragranced products. What else: Tynan doesn't know how to do laundry Sable is the worst rock star I'm a little lad who loves Botox and cream The Ariana Grande Cloud Atlas Ultimate Sable was not a teenage klepto ;) Is there such a thing as a round fetish? No, I'm seriously asking The surprise best lip product for male-identifying makeup wearers [What we smell like today: Diptyque Kyoto, Dior Vanilla Diorama] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Oct 5, 2021 · 1 hr 27 min
51: The Extreme Intense Pleasure Paradox
We've been noticing a perfume pattern that suggests a move towards indulgence, intensity, and the extreme. What could it mean? Listen to us trying to figure it out for nearly the time commitment of a feature-length film. This episode has everything: A list of perfumes A list of their "extreme," "intense," and in some cases "Eau fraîche" flankers Things we like :) Things we do not like :( Sable reveals the worst fruit Tynan reveals what size his bed is The illusion of morality in beauty The paradox of pleasure and restraint Jokes! [What we smell like today: Etat Libre d'Orange She's an Anomaly, Parfums De Marly Oriana] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Sep 28, 2021 · 1 hr 4 min
50: Reinventing The Wheel With Cloud
You asked, and we deliver. Not that wouldn't have thought to do so of our own accord, but it just so happens all our interests and obsessions align with the release of Ariana Grande Cloud 2.0 Intense — the more dramatic newborn sibling to our beloved Cloud. In this episode, we review the new fragrance (obviously), we break down the nuanced differences between the Intense and the original, we disagree about the word "boyfriend," and also Dolly Parton's fragrance (sorry), we reinvent the fragrance wheel by inserting "cloud" as a scent profile category. Yes, we have it on good olfactive authority that Cloud is a unique and recognizable enough accord that its name deserves respect and promotion. Also because everyone seems to be clocking Cloud as a dupe for this or a "this is the only perfume people compliment on me" that. It's time. We graciously took it upon ourselves to name several contenders that illustrate exactly what we mean. [What we smell like today: Maison Margiela Replica Autumn Vibes, By Kilian Apple Brandy] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Sep 14, 2021 · 1 hr 32 min
49: The First Maybe Annual Smell Ya Later Awards
It's been one whole American year for Smell Ya Later. 49 episodes later, we've decided to celebrate and commemorate ourselves by foisting our opinions onto our listeners once more using the most official and indisputable format we know of: an awards show. We thoughtfully penned the categories and have selected the winners with the gravitas and focus of red-pill-blue-pill methodology. We would like to thank our listeners for tuning in weekly to this very important, innovative, and groundbreaking audio program. We could not do this without your enablement. [What We Smell Like Today: Abel Cobalt Amber, Le Labo Santal 33] The Awards: Most problematic fragrance The Frank Voekl award for best skin scent Best celebrity fragrance that isn’t Cloud Most triggering scent The Glow by J.Lo award form most nostalgic fragrance Best Fuckboy Scent Worst Brand The Sky Ferreira Award for most underrated fragrance or brand The Shit on Shit Award The award for best smelling product Best smelling man Best smelling men’s product Best fragrance product that’s not a fine fragrance Celebrity we wish would do a fragrance Best spiral Best cloud Biggest spray Smelliest Smell Rihanna Award For Most Hyped Smell Best Attempt Sexiest Armpit Britney Spears Award For Best Comeback Brand Yeezy Award For Sucking Up The Most Air In A Room Mariah Carey Award For Best Note The Honda award for best accord Most Influential Smell Best Feeling To Smell Things To Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Sep 7, 2021 · 1 hr 16 min
48: The Perfume Most Likely To Be Seen In A Wes Anderson Film
In this episode: Tynan's cloud kingdom is fully assembled and he still insists that Kim Kardashian would come on this podcast. Sable recounts the trauma of draining water bulges in her apartment walls post-hurricane and complains about social media. Both of your hosts promise to stop co-opting the intros of these episodes to spiral about personal struggles and instead wax conspiratorial about toxic influencing. And then we talk to Sweden's newest hot boi of scent, Jan Vilhelm Ahlgren, and how he captures complex fantastical imaginings of parallel universes and figures in scent form for his very luxuriously anachronistic fragrance collection, Vilhelm Parfumerie. [What we smell like today: KKW Beauty Nude Soleil, Marc Jacobs Daisy, and a lil bit of Etat Libre d'Orange Secretions Magnifique] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Aug 31, 2021 · 1 hr 19 min
47: Smell This Simulation
What happens when virtual reality co-ops scent for immersive experiences in intentionally manipulative ways to help people become more capable, more at peace, and better equipped to navigate real life? As a tech podcast, which we are now, we are investigating how the power of scent is used in virtual reality applications for good and for evil (maybe?). We have CEO Aaron Wisniewski of OVR Technology on to talk about how they're incorporating scent into virtual reality for all sorts of applications, such as but not limited to: healthcare, mental health, therapy, education, military, and civil service training. [What we smell like: Crabtree & Evelyn Raw Instinct, YSL Black Opium Extreme] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Aug 17, 2021 · 56 min
46: I Think I Smell A (Shower) Rat
Why are the richest and famous-est simply not bathing? And why are they running their mouths about it when they should be running their faucets? Your hosts investigate, disagree (about Jake Jellyhall), sort of agree (about our collective disconnect between the theater of hygiene vs actual cleanliness), and wax chaotic about bathtub time sucks, sedentary lifestyles, and certain words that are not for the straights. [What we smell like today: Aesop Erémia, Bel Rebel Peach Me] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Aug 10, 2021 · 59 min
45: Fenty Fumes, Gasoline Meatballs, & Toxic Girlfriend Tips
There have been some events happening in the world that can be smelled and then thought about: The Fenty ParFUM: What it smells like. What it's made of. What's the deal with that logo. Also, Rihanna's government name is Robyn?? (It is.) Also, all these scented stunt products from IKEA and Ford. Plus, some very fascinating and confusing scientific discoveries in a bug's nose about how olfactory receptors work -- that while being very exciting, we are not entirely sure what it means? But we're trying. And that's what matters. Sort of. New science about how olfactory receptors works: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03794-8 That Ford Mach-Eau gasoline(a) perfume that NO ONE CAN BUY: https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/feu/en/news/2021/07/14/ford-mach-eau.html [What we smell like today: Ex Nihilo The Hedonist, Burberry Her] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Aug 3, 2021 · 1 hr 14 min
44: Confessions From Behind The Fragrance Counter
We all remember navigating the mall through the huge beauty floors (because you always had to enter the mall through a department store for some reason) where your friendly fragrance sales associates would be demo-ing the latest, pungiest (you know what I mean), designer-iest fragrances. Well, we have always wondered what it's like to have one of the most glamorous jobs at the mall: perfume girl. So we decided to talk to one former fragrance demo (and current illustrator and artist extraordinaire), Lauren Tamaki, who has over 10 years of behind-the-counter experience shilling scents to the world (well the part of the world that visited Canadian department stores). Selling fragrance is not unlike speed dating — you're getting to know someone's desires and aspirations and what makes them cringe or go weak in the knees — all in just one sense. It is also not unlike a well-heeled territorial game of survival of the spritziest, as Ms. Tamaki tells us from her time on the sales floor. Check out Lauren Tamaki's work: http://laurentamaki.com/ [What we smell like today: Victoria's Secret Tease Crème Cloud, Burberry Hero] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Jul 20, 2021 · 1 hr 6 min
43: I Smell Sex And [Redacted]
The smell of love is not quite the same thing as the scent of lust. The latter is more... slutty for lack of a more polite word. But along all the lines of all things amorous and sessual, the scents we associate with attraction, sex, and love are often not quite the odors present in either context. And sometimes they are. So that's what we're talking about in this definitely not PG episode. [What we smell like: Floraiku One Umbrella For Two, Byredo X Oliver Peoples] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Jul 13, 2021 · 1 hr 15 min
42: Scent Sells: How To Sniff Targeted Ads
So you thought targeted ads would stop at just your eyes and your ears? No, they're coming for your nose as well — in fact, they've been there and you may or may not have even been aware of it. Some such companies like our guests for this episode, Air Aroma, are responsible for curating the olfactive vibes in any kind of space, from hotel lobbies to fancy stores, homes of the rich and famous, car dealerships, cruise ships, airline lounges, and even medical offices. In this episode, we discuss scent marketing and just how effective an odor can be for experiential value, emotional manipulation (in a good way), as well as capitalist agendas. [What we smell like: Vilhelm Parfumerie Moon Carnival, Juliette Has A Gun Not A Perfume] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Jun 29, 2021 · 1 hr 15 min
41: Big News, Gay Rights, and a Bi-Annual Q&A
Another bi-annual round of AMA Q&As submitted by our dear and loyal SYL listeners. We cover all sorts of topics, including career stuff, beauty products that are just OK, Tynan's eternal scourge with Santal 33, things to buy, things not to buy, the capitalist success paradigm, and other things of absolutely no libelous nature whatsoever. Get to know a bit more about the SYL hosts... six months after they did one of these interrogation episodes previously. [Fragrances mentioned: By Kilian Rolling In Love, Atelier Cologne Musc Imperial] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3
Jun 22, 2021 · 1 hr 9 min
40: The Many Layers of Kayali
If you've watched any beauty YouTube (or Instagram) in the past decade you're likely well aware of Huda Beauty. But the brand's co-founder Mona Kattan also has an extremely high-profile (perhaps the highest) side hustle with KAYALI, a very fancy fragrance brand. Perhaps you've heard about it from Tynan absolutely losing it over Sweet Diamond Pink Pepper in previous episodes, or more likely from Mona herself because she is much more influential than we, and also she runs the brand, obviously. Well, lucky for us, Mona has a new scent that's perfect for now (summer) and also forever! Utopia Vanilla Coco 21 (which Sable will undoubtedly refer to as UVC21), is Kayali's seventh fragrance and the antidote to a year+ long lockdown. She talks about bringing the scent to life and how Kayali got its start from her passion for scent and perfume, the immersive culture of fragrance in Dubai, and what it's like running a few of the world's most beloved beauty brands. [What we smell like today: Lisse Bo, By Kilian Good Girl Gone Bad] Find more info, episodes, and merch at Smellyalater.live Leave us a voice message on the SYL Hotline at Speakpipe.com/smellyalater and we may respond on a future episode. Follow us on Instagram @smellyalater.mp3 Leave a (nice) comment & (5-star) review wherever you stream, and if you feel so inclined, respond to our Spotify episode prompts please!😇 As always, thank you for listening <3

Smell Ya Later

59: Smell Ya Later, Wrapped

58: Sup, King, You Smell Good

57: Jackie Aina Is A FORVR Mood

56: Another Scent-sational Gift Guy: 2021 Edition

55: So You Want to Be a Perfumer...

54: One Planet's Air Is Another Person's Perfume

53: DEATH (To All Of Them) [The Remix]

52: We've Had Enough Of This Scent-less Violence

51: The Extreme Intense Pleasure Paradox

50: Reinventing The Wheel With Cloud

49: The First Maybe Annual Smell Ya Later Awards

48: The Perfume Most Likely To Be Seen In A Wes Anderson Film

47: Smell This Simulation

46: I Think I Smell A (Shower) Rat

45: Fenty Fumes, Gasoline Meatballs, & Toxic Girlfriend Tips

44: Confessions From Behind The Fragrance Counter

43: I Smell Sex And [Redacted]

42: Scent Sells: How To Sniff Targeted Ads

41: Big News, Gay Rights, and a Bi-Annual Q&A

40: The Many Layers of Kayali