Smell Ya Later
United States
Listeners wanting a wider-lens, culturally minded take on scent that goes beyond fine fragrance into candles, detergent and everyday smells
Smell Ya Later is hosted by beauty writers Tynan Sinks and Sable Yong, both with backgrounds in mainstream beauty media. The show's angle is broader than most fragrance podcasts in this directory: rather than treating scent purely as fine fragrance to review, it treats smell as a cultural and memory-linked phenomenon, ranging across perfume, candles, home fragrance, and the smells tied to specific places or eras.
The show has been running since 2020, has passed 238 episodes and keeps to a weekly rhythm, including a yearly tradition of 'Official Scent Predictions' for the year ahead. The hosts have also run in-person meetups, including a scent-swap event that drew around 115 attendees.
This is a US show through and through - hosts, guests, retailers and cultural references are American - so UK readers should read it for its cultural-commentary angle on scent rather than as a source of UK-relevant buying advice.
Highlights
- Weekly cadence with a long track record - running since 2020, past 238 episodes
- Distinctive wider-lens format covering scent culture and memory, not just fine-fragrance reviews
- Real in-person community extension, including a scent-swap event of around 115 attendees
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