Paperback Perfumes
Episodes
On The Scent
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“There is a type of person who starts to GLOW FROM WITHIN when talking about perfumery…” - Pia Long, Excerpt from ‘Demo Accords’, featured i...
Coffee and Conversation
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“If you could go back, who would you want to meet?”― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets ColdDelphine McPhilimey brings a quie...
A Beautiful Grimoire
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dor...
Gourmet
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there is,...
Enfleurage
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“For Man is held by everything he holds. Release your grip on things if you would not be in their grip.”― Mikhail Naimy, The Book of Mirdad: The...
Linked to the Land
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Remember. This is your story, no matter what history will claim or what songs people sing. And it’s no one’s place to stop you from telling it....
Wuthering Fights
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung me out int...
About Alice
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“All in the golden afternoonFull leisurely we glide;For both our oars, with little skill,By little arms are plied,While little hands make vain prete...
The Importance of Hygiene
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Because the middle classes and the nouveaux riches welcomed gas, water closets and piped-in water, the upper classes drew back. Many a denizen of a...
A Box of Spices
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Now, I see that every relic, however battered, every scratch on every knick-knack, is engraved with a timeless story of someone's life.” - Eve Ma...
Emblems
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Like a long lost cousin to the tarot, these rich images and symbolic stories could become a source for guidance, comfort, wisdom and beauty in your...
The Maker
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Bless the Maker and His water.Bless the coming and going of Him.May His passage cleanse the world.May He keep the world for His people. ” - Frank...
Characterisation
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Not here for likes, not here for followsChasing the sun, not shadows to followBuilt for love, she can’t help herselfNot trying to be anyone—just ...
The Hive
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Without a city there is a houseThat's made entirely of wood,Where live ten thousand daughtersThat work for a common good." - Kit williams, Untit...
Politics of Pleasure
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“And I will remember your small roomthe feel of youthe light in the windowyour recordsyour booksour morning coffee…”- Charles Bukowski, Raw with...
Sacred Scent
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“My purpose is to echo the ancient truth of culture in an expression deeply rooted in Aboriginal songlines and memory codes.” - Lee CouchIn this e...
Smell-O-Vision
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Sniff, Sniff, Sniff! Haddock and hay,Pizza and penguins, and farther awayThe smell of the thief, and - how very exciting -Thousands of pages all co...
Legends
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Perfume is substance and spirit. It must be a story, a myth, long before people wear it. ” - Michael Edwards, Perfume Legends In this episode, I’...
Demo Accords
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Once Upon a Time, at the beginning of Everything, there were two spirits with no names and no desires other than to observe. ” - Pia Long, Demo A...
Community of Sparkles
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Seek awe and nature daily... show kindness; practise grace; eschew vanity; be bold; embrace friends, family, faith and doubt, imperfection and mess...
More Than A Dandy
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.”― Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel In this episode I’m joined ...
The Barbershop
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“What you’re trying to say is that it’s easier for you to hide in your own darkness, than emerge cloaked in your own vulnerability. No better, b...
All Systems
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“And in their corner all they had was Murderbot, who just wanted everyone to shut up and leave it alone so it could watch the entertainment feed all...
Confessions
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"We don't just travel on roads and seas. We travel in stories and in dreams."― Joanne Harris, VianneThis episode’s guest is Sarah McCartney, owner...
Optimism
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“There was no stopping us now. We had running water, a heater, a cooker and a road. We were fast becoming slaves again to all the things we had come...
Aesthetics
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Absence is the figure of privation; simultaneously, I desire and I need. Desire is squashed against need: that is the obsessive phenomenon of all a...
Kings and Heroes
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“He looked at the walls, awed at the heights his people had achieved and for a moment -- just a moment -- all that lay behind him passed from view.”...
Smelling Trees
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Be it Pine, Juniper or Bay - Tanin, Resin, Leaf Litter, Wood Smoke or Quinine… This episode explores the rich, invisible world of smell — and I us...
Electric Sheep
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“An android,” he said, “doesn’t care what happens to another android. That’s one of the indications we look for."“Then,” Miss Luft said,...
Fairy Tales
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The first function of mythology is showing everything as a metaphor to transcendence”. - Joseph CampbellIn this episode, I sit down with Mic...
Two Different Types
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“How cyclical and bittersweet for a child to retrace the image of their mother. For a subject to turn back to document their archivist.”― Michel...
The Land of Flowers
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“People need things like perfume and poetry, music and art more than ever during times like this. People need to remember the simple joys in life. I...
Memoir
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Already your future has been planned out. There is not much choice about what to become in the small town where you live . . .”― Adelle Stripe,...
Story Keepers
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The time I think of you the most is when the sun comes up. The moment before, the minute or two, when night yawns for morning and the sea starts to...
Resilience
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Kya knew judgment had no place here. Evil was not in play, just life pulsing on, even at the expense of some of the players. Biology sees right and...
Science and Play
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Smells s enrich our life experiences like colours on a canvas. When asked to reflect on their sense of smell, people often have many a story to tell…...
Futurism
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Can you walk the road your dream goes?Sometimes. Sometimes I am afraid to.Who is not.” -Ursula K. Le GuinDr Caroline McMillan is a researcher, de...
Impermanence
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man's-land, t...
Revisited
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and ...
Second Chances
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Life choices can be reflected in the narratives we create, But we can change the narrative at any time.This conversation features Diane Risopoulos, a ...
Empathy
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stories and fragrance are portals into other worlds. There are opportunities for connection and understanding when we experience both. In this convers...
Mythology and Artistry
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"We are nothing but the stories we tell ourselves..."In this conversation, Purvi Joshi, the creative director of Peosym, shares her journey into the w...
Ornithology
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Illustrations of Science, Colonialism, Feminism and the natural beauty of birds.Experiences, science, observation, and the act of sharing stories are ...
Bookish
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Humans and Books are so delicately intertwined that you don’t know when one ends and the other begins.This episode’s guest is the remarkable ...
Lilac Dragons
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chose your own adventure. Take control of the narrative. Make the scent experiences you want to see in the world. We are playing in a slightly new and...
Poisons and Parties
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nature is not always good for you when power and politics are in play.This episode features Anh, the Fragrance Curator for Connection Parfumerie, a we...
Less is More
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The English language has few words to describe scents. Creating fragrances is an art form that tells intricate stories and forms deep and transformati...
Rage in the Paint
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Historically, the world has offered easy access to women feeling their power. But, find yourself your own island, depict your stories and make sure yo...
Acquisition & Possession
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The landscape of fragrance easily can fall into the realm of collection, be it materials or the search for the ultimate scent. But what if this proces...
Part 2: Meaning & Mystery
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you were to sum up the theme for episode four of the spooky season series, it would be this: Life can get pretty dark if you can’t take a joke…...
Part 1: Death & Rituals
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Onwards to episode three of the spooky season series where we talk about Death, rituals, the creation of meaning and mystery. Now with a dash of necro...
Must Love Cats and Darkness
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this second instalment of our Spooky Season series, we explore the theme of horror through anxiety—the unsettling sensation that something catast...
Haunted
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of our Spooky Season series - we talk about how we can ‘defang’ death, the loneliness of grief and different cultural perspectives on...
The Nature Of Animals
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our companions are not always human. The meaningful and grounding connections that we make can easily be with an animal or a tree…In this episode, w...
Inheritance
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are the stories about our culture and community what we make or what are given to us? Örök Fragrances is a freshly launched fragrance house that pas...
Joy
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joy is both a Noun and a Verb. It is a radical act in the face of shame and derision. You cannot have the light without the dark. Joy ultimately is a ...
Political Intrigue
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Political machinations are always interesting and show much safer when you are in the cheap seats of being a reader. Keeping your head above water in ...
Nightclubs and Mercenaries
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When was the last time you thought about how public spaces smell? Or what scent palate you are culturally comfortable with? What is the scent of work ...
Transitions
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes you need to pivot to find your joy. Sometimes you have to lose something important in order to gain so much more. However, change is always ...
Artistic Aliens
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Life is journey - you made find yourself on a bus in the middle of nowhere, or wind up making perfume.Corey Newcombe is perfumer and owner of Australi...
Beetles and Bants
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And just because alliteration is a beautiful thing- please also add Broadswords into the mix. Choose your weapon wisely. Fliss Walton is one quarter...
Pink
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When the world’s of DIY, identity and fragrance come together in a lovely mixtape of experiences Diffractive Studio is an independent fragrance hous...
Hinged
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How about a take two, where staying on track came a little more easily - and that’s healing. As we had barely touched on any of the extensive Filigr...
Unhinged
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When the guest warns you that they are unlikely to stay on topic, you should probably listen… Sometimes there are people that you really want to in...
Actualisation
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When making your way in life - what does it look like to be brave and go with your heart? Map of the Heart is an Australian fragrance brand founded by...
Defying Expectations
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marching to the beat of your own drum is so much harder when other have expectations about what you do and how you do it. It’s time to flip everythi...
Emotions and Spaces
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it’s more about how things make you feel than performing a function that meet societal expectations? What is the importance and impact of givin...
Mentoring
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we bring out the inherent and intrinsic qualities of each other. What Spaces can we make to come together and offer support to elevate from th...
Secundus: Grief, Love and Longing
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it takes two episodes to get to the heart of a topic. Sometimes people just really enjoy literary critique and fragrant tangents This is par...
Primer: Grief, Love and Longing
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The topic of grief is huge. As is love. Intertwining both is a sense of longing. Tackling these topics requires many experiences and expressions of se...
Intimacies
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the act of placing a perfume affords a little moment of intimacy with one’s self and celebration of memories.In talking with Sondrine Keho...
Innovative Classics
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2: when the pairing process is finally complete. Uncovering classic literature with a twist and thinking a little outside the box.Following on fr...
The House
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A deep dive into a single and singular novel. Float away on the tide of interpretations of scent and story.Trying to describe what it’s like to have...
Mountains, Moors and Mechanical Friends
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An episode that delves into robotic companions, empowering scents, comfort, inner diva connections, and romantic allure.There is a multitude of divers...
Film Adaptations
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Throwing fragrances into the mix whilst exploring that age old discussion about whether the book is indeed better than the filmThis episode delves int...
Individuals and Archetypes
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The processes of reconnecting with self, self-actualization through scent and archetypal tropes in textsIn this episode, we are joined by Pep, also kn...
Lumious Omissions
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shining Light in Dark Places: simplicity, pathways, healing and connectionIn this episode of Paperback Perfumes episode, Clare engages in a fascinatin...
Return of the Rivers
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The world of magic will ensure that your life is never the same again. Laura Bass, the Sales and Marketing Coordinator at Lore Perfumery, recently emb...
Elegant Vamps and Big Ships
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Where incense filled churches meets sapphic socialites with fortitude Dr. Tamsin Paige, a distinguished Senior Lecturer at Deakin Law School, is renow...
Deadly Creatures and Dames
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The world of femme fatales and murder: uniqueness, heroes and colloquialismsIn the debut episode of Paperback Perfumes, Clare and her guest, Elissa, a...
Paperback Perfumes
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Paperback Perfumes! Hosted by Clare Presser, a fragrance-loving librarian, this podcast explores the fascinating connection between scent a...