Samsara by Guerlain (1989) +
Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia (1990)
with Alec Mouhibian of Filthy Armenian Adventures and Jake
12/29/23 S6E5
Samsara by Guerlain (1989) +
Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia (1990)
with Alec Mouhibian of Filthy Armenian Adventures and Jake
12/29/23 S6E5
"One Man's Family is dedicated to the Mothers and Fathers of the younger generation and to their bewildering offspring."
Nuit de Noel by Caron (1922) +
Carlton E. Morse's One Man's Family (1932-59)
12/28/23 S6E4
Rose de Nuit by Serge Lutens (1993) +
Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise's Beauty and the Beast (1991) +
Bill Condon's Beauty and the Beast (2017) +
Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (1947) with Nick from Tokyo
07/17/22 S4E35
Relique d'Amour by Oriza L. Legrand (2012) +
Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson (1740)
12/16/23 S6E3
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Imari by Avon (1985) +
Southern Living 2023 Christmas Cookbook +
The Evening Star by Larry McMurtry (1992) +
Robert Harling's The Evening Star (1996)
12/14/23 S6E2
Relique d'Amour by Oriza L. Legrand (2012) +
Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson (1740)
12/16/23 S6E3
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Merry Christmas
12/8/23 S6E1
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Jicky by Guerlain (1889) +
Swann's Way (1913) and Within a Budding Grove (1919) by Marcel Proust +
Volker Schlöndorff's Swann in Love (1984)
with Ryan Simón of American Vulgaria
12/8/23 S5E77
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Habanita by Molinard (1922) +
Q&A questions +
Michael Curtiz's Mildred Pierce (1945)
L'Aimant by Coty (1927) +
Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal (1968)
with Kyle Dobbs of Humble Superstar
11/16/23 S5E75
Dolce and Gabbana by Dolce and Gabbana (1992) +
Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria (1957) + La Dolce Vita (1960) + Fellini Satyricon (1969)
with Monica
S4E47 9/15/22
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Gold Rose Oudh by Tiziana Terenzi (2012) +
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1847)
with Monica
11/13/23 S5E74
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Habit Rouge by Guerlain (1965) +
The Beatles (1960-70)
with Glen Rockney and Crypto Psi of Rare Candy
11/7/23 S5E73
Ganymede by Jean-Marc Barrois (2019) +
Madeleine L'Engle's Kairos Novels:
A Wrinkle in Time (1963), A Wind in the Door (1973), A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978), Many Waters (1986), The Arm of the Starfish (1965), Dragons in the Waters (1976), A House Like a Lotus (1984), and An Acceptable Time (1989)
with Austin
10/30/23 S5E72
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Tommy Girl by Tommy Hilfiger (1996) +
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (1908)
with Joseph
10/22/23 S5E71
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Sparkling White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor (1999) +
Motomu Toriyama's Final Fantasy XIII (2009)
with Fella of The Third Place and Zach Langley Chi Chi of I'm So Popular
10/21/23 S5E70
Mike White returns to the continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist to discuss Leslie A. Fiedler's Love and Death in the American Novel (1960), Fiedler's essay "Come Back to the Raft Ag'in, Huck Honey!" (1948), and Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).
10/16/23 S5E69
Jacomo de Jacomo (1980) +
The Shining by Stephen King (1977), Stanley Kubrick (1980), and Mick Garris (1997) +
Mike Flanagan's Doctor Sleep (2019)
with LowRes Wünderbred of Movies
10/12/23 S5E68
Patchouly Indonesiano by Farmacia SS. Annunziata (2011) +
Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's The Blair Witch Project (1999)
with John Menchaca
10/10/23 S5E67
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Ysatis by Givenchy (1984) +
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1987) and Brian DePalma (1990)
10/7/23 S5E66
Y by Yves Saint Laurent (1964) +
Joan Didion's The White Album (1979) + Play It as It Lays (1970) +
Frank Perry's Play It as It Lays (1972)
with Filthy Armenian of Filthy Armenian Adventures and The Back Wall
11/4/22 S5E6
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273 Rodeo Drive for Women (1989) and Men (1990) by Fred Hayman +
Darren Star's Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000)
with Zach Brown
9/28/23 S5E65
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Black by Comme des Garçons (2013) +
Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's American Horror Story: Apocalypse (2018)
with Jocko Homo
9/12/23 S5E64
Uninhibited by Cher (1987) +
Eau de Couture by Cher (2019) +
Sonny & Cher (1964-77) +
Cher (1946- ) +
Alessio de Paola's Chastity (1969) +
Robert Altman's Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmie Dean, Jimmie Dean (1982) +
Peter Bogdanovich's Mask (1985)
with André
9/7/23 S5E62
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Old Spice by Shulton (1938) +
Larry McMurtry's All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers (1972) +
Bob Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces (1970)
with John
8/29/23 S5E61
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Diva by Ungaro (1983) +
David Jacobs's Knots Landing season 6 (1984-85) +
Iván Nagy's Intimate Encounters (1986)
with The Eternal Dillards
8/29/23 S5E56
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Dev #2: The Main Act by Olympic Orchids (2012) +
Joris-Karl Huysmans's Là-bas (1891)
with Stephen Adubato of Cracks in Pomo
8/29/23 S5E57
Vanderbilt by Gloria Vanderbilt (1982) +
Larry McMurtry's Terms of Endearment (1975) +
James L. Brooks's Terms of Endearment (1983)
8/29/23 S5E57
Perry Ellis by Perry Ellis (1985) +
Joseph Ruben's The Stepfather (1987) +
Jeff Burr's Stepfather II (1989) +
Guy Magar's Stepfather III (1992) +
Nelson McCormick's The Stepfather (2009)
with Red Pill Girlfriend
8/24/23 S5E56
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Cucumber Melon by Bath and Body Works (1998) +
Steven Soderbergh's Erin Brockovich (2000)
with Cara Cunningham
08/18/22 S4E43
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Devin by Aramis (1977) +
Jay Presson Allen's Family (1976-80)
with Eben
08/10/22 S4E42
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Ciara by Revlon (1973) +
A History of Violence (1973) (2022) by David Cotner
8/17/23 S5E55
Diorissimo by Dior (1956) +
David Bowie (1947-2016)
with Glen Rockney of Rare Candy and The Back Wall
and Cathy
8/10/23 S5E54
Sycomore by Chanel (2008) +
Judith Krantz's Princess Daisy (1980) +
Waris Hussein's Princess Daisy (1983)
with Helen Ellis, author of Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge
6/8/23 S5E43
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Lou Lou by Cacharel (1987) +
Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat (1972) +
Robert Zemeckis's Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
8/3/23 S5E53
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Neandertal Dark + Light (2018) +
Le Camp des Saints by Jean Raspail (1973) +
Soumission by Michel Houellebecq (2015) +
Brian Gilbert's Not Without My Daughter (1991)
with Bayou Cervidae
02/27/22 S4E7
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Lolita Lempicka by Lolita Lempicka (1997) +
Spice Girls (1994- ) +
Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)
with Vera
7/27/23 S5E52
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Vetiver by Guerlain (1959) +
William Wyler's The Children's Hour (1961) +
Robert Aldrich's The Killing of Sister George (1968)
with Vera
09/16/22 S4E48
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L'air du Désert Marocain by Andy Tauer (2005) +
Larry McMurtry's Moving On (1970) +
Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider (1969)
with John
7/20/23 S5E51
Polo by Ralph Lauren (1978) +
David Jacobs's Knots Landing season 5 (1983-84) +
John Flynn's Rolling Thunder (1977)
with The Eternal Dillards
7/13/23 S5E50
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Sun Moon Stars by Karl Lagerfeld (1994) +
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato's The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000) +
Michael Showalter's The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
with Nadine
7/6/23 S5E49
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Candy by Prada (2011) +
Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) +
Blake Edwards's Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) +
Courtney Love (1964- )
with Rena Distasio
7/1/23 S5E48
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Carolina Herrera by Carolina Herrera (1988) +
Pedro Almodóvar's Matador (1986), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), and Kika (1993)
with Martina Martinez
6/29/23 S5E47
Liz Claiborne by Liz Claiborne (1986) +
Darren Starr's Melrose Place (1992-99)
with Jacques Peterson of Unpopular
7/29/23 S5E46
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with Barret
Bal a Versailles by Jean Desprez (1962) +
Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) +
Michael Jackson's Dangerous (1991) +
Dan Reed's Leaving Neverland (2019)
4/16/22 S4E17
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Peau d'Espagne by Oriza L. Legrand (2022) +
East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood (1861)
with Mortal Trash and Obscure Hick
6/22/23 S5E45
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Santal de Mysore by Serge Lutens (1991) +
William Burroughs's Naked Lunch (1959) +
David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch (1991)
with Adam Lehrer
6/10/23 S5E44
Sycomore by Chanel (2008) +
Judith Krantz's Princess Daisy (1980) +
Waris Hussein's Princess Daisy (1983)
with Helen Ellis, author of Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge
6/8/23 S5E43
Youth-Dew by Estée Lauder (1953) +
Irna Phillips's The Guiding Light (1937-2009)
with PFG
6/1/23 S5E42
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Q&A answers +
Aliage by Estée Lauder (1972) +
The Mary Tyler Moore Show season two (1971-72) +
Mary Tyler Moore's Growing Up Again: Lifes, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes (2009)
5/26/23 S5E41
War and Peace by Areej Le Doré +
Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (1869) +
King Vidor's War and Peace (1956) +
Sergei Bondarchuk's War and Peace (1966-67)
with Matthew Fresta of Rango Tango
5/25/23 S5E40
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No. 88 by Czech and Speake (1981) +
Tony Iommi by Xerjoff (2021) +
Black Sabbath (1968-2006, 2011-2017) with Glen Rockney of Rare Candy and The Back Wall
6/29/22 S4E32
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Borneo 1834 by Serge Lutens (2005) +
S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders (1967) and Rumble Fish (1975) +
Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983)
with Scout Dixon of Low Pony
5/12/23 S5E38
Diorella by Christian Dior (1972) +
Todd Haynes's Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987), Poison (1991), Dottie Gets Spanked (1993), Velvet Goldmine (1998), and I'm Not There (2007)
with Matthew Sini of Getting Lit
5/5/23 S5E37
Timeless by Avon (1974) +
Ira Levin's The Stepford Wives (1972) +
Bryan Forbes's The Stepford Wives (1975) +
Frank Oz's The Stepford Wives (2004)
with Mike Cernovich
1/23/22 S4E2
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Figment Man by Amouage (2017) +
Wolfgang Petersen's The NeverEnding Story (1984) +
Ridley Scott's Legend (1985)
with Zane
4/28/23 S5E36
Hyrax by Zoologist (2018) +
Peter Jackson's Meet the Feebles (1989) and Heavenly Creatures (1994)
with Zach Langley Chi Chi of I'm So Popular
4/17/23 S5E35
3 by Comme des Garcons (2002) +
Yoko Ono (1933- )
with Brook Bowers
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4/7/23 S5E34
"I created The Guiding Light with one fundamental theme in mind: the brotherhood of man." -Irna Phillips, 1937
Silences Eau de Parfum Sublime by Jacomo (2012) +
1950
July 10, 1952
March 25, 1953
July 4, 1966
December 24, 1987
September 9, 2009
4/5/23 S5E33
Hugo Boss Number One (1985) +
Depeche Mode (1980- )
with Will Samson of Resident Life Enjoyers and System of Systems
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4/5/23 S5E32
Jean Naté by Revlon (1935) +
The Mary Tyler Moore Show season one (1970-71) +
Mary Tyler Moore's After All (1995)
3/27/23 S5E31
Estee Lauder's Luxury Fragrance Collection (2021) +
Walt Disney's Cinderella (1950) + Sleeping Beauty (1959) + The Little Mermaid (1989) + Aladdin (1992)
with Jack Thorpe Baker
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3/27/23 S5E29
My Sin (1924) and Arpege (1927) by Lanvin +
Lloyd C. Douglas's Magnificent Obsession (1929) +
Douglas Sirk's Magnificent Obsession (1954) + All That Heaven Allows (1955) +
Todd Haynes's Far From Heaven (2002)
with Kylie White
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3/27/23 S5E30
Balenciaga Pour Homme (1990) +
Whit Stillman's Metropolitan (1990) + Barcelona (1994) + The Last Days of Disco (1998)
with Aaron Fagan
3/27/23 S5E28
Love's Baby Soft by Dana (1974) +
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita (1955) +
Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962)
with Logo Daedalus
6/13/20 S2E26
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L'Ombre dans L'Eau by Diptyque (1983) +
Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon (1983) +
Moira Greyland's The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon (2018)
with Jo
3/23/23 S5E27
Xeryus by Givenchy (1986) +
Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged (1957)
with Alec Mouhibian of Filthy Armenian Adventures and The Back Wall
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3/17/23 S5E26
Death by Cold Cave x Blackbird (2019) +
George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) + Dawn of the Dead (1978) + Day of the Dead (1985) +
Tom Savini's Night of the Living Dead (1990)
with Zach Brown
3/10/23 S5E25
Patchouli by Bourbon French Parfums (?) +
Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left (1972) +
David DeFalco's Chaos (2005) +
Dennis Iliasis's The Last House on the Left (2009)
with Anthony Sisco of Drunk on Movies
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3/3/23 S5E24
Garage by Comme des Garcons (2004) +
Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad (2008-13) and Better Call Saul (2015-22)
with Adam Lehrer of System of Systems
2/24/23 S5E23
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Le Male by Jean Paul Gaultier (1995) +
Gregg Araki's The Living End (1992), Nowhere (1997), and Mysterious Skin (2004)
with Alex Kazemi
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2/17/23 S5E22
Patchouli 24 by Le Labo (2006) +
Michael Cuesta's L.I.E. (2001) +
Niz Pizzolatto's True Detective season one
with Anna Khachiyan of Red Scare
Song: "Davos Man" by Creutzfedlt Jakobs
2/10/23 S5E21
Tubereuse Criminelle by Serge Lutens (1999) +
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) +
Robert Clampett's Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) +
Walt Disney's Song of the South (1946) +
Ralph Bakshi's Heavy Traffic (1973)
with NeedsSalt
7/3/21 S3E24
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Exclamation by Coty (1988) +
Jason Reitman's Young Adult (2011)
with Alissa Bennett of The C Word
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1/27/22 S5E19
Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel (2001) +
Darren Star's Emily in Paris (2020- )
with Matthew DeNicola of The Saltbox
1/19/22 S5E18
Curve for Men by Liz Claiborne (1996) +
Eminem (1972- ) and Kid Rock (1971- )
with Kelby Losack and J David Osborne of Agitator
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1/13/22 S5E17
Eau de Campagne by Sisley (1976) +
Robert Wise's The Sound of Music (1965)
with Ava Pearlman
1/5/22 S5E16
Cool Water by Davidoff (1988) +
James Cameron's Titanic (1997)
with Thot Topics
5/11/21 S3E17
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