The Scent Archive
JT Siems of Immortal Perfumes
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The Scent Archive is a perfume history podcast from Immortal Perfumes. Each episode is a deep dive into the history behind a fragrance, a flower, a bottle — the histories that explain why we reach for the things we wear. Hosted by perfume historian and award winning perfumer, JT Siems
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S1E2 The Doctor and the Atomizer: The Country Doctor Behind Perfume’s Most Beautiful Bottles
In a quiet Toledo shed in the late 1880s, country doctor Allen DeVilbiss tinkered with a problem: how to spray treatments into his patients’ throats without cotton swabs. The device he built would…
S1E1 Pikake and the Princess
On March 6, 1899, a flock of peacocks on a Waikīkī estate began to wail so loudly that people across the island heard them and knew. Their keeper had just died. She was twenty-three years old, and…
S1E1 STORICAL IS NOW THE SCENT ARCHIVE
Storical is becoming something new.Same voice. Same obsession with the past. But from here on, every story runs through scent — because scent is the detail historians keep leaving out, and it changes…
S4E72 STORICAL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: THEDA BARA, VAMPIRE
Theda Bara was the most famous movie star you’ve probably never heard of. One of the first movie stars, America’s first goth, and Hollywood’s first sex symbol, Theda Bara was the epitome of Madame…
S4E71 STRANGE STORIES IN PERFUME HISTORY
In a first for Storical Podcast, here is a live episode! I recently gave a lecture sharing some of the most interesting stories in perfume history. Listen to hear about perfume and poison such as…
S3E70 STORICAL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: MERCY BROWN AND THE NEW ENGLAND VAMPIRE PANIC
We all know about Eastern European vampires but did you know that right here in America we had our own vampire panic? Yup. It turns out New England was kind of a scary place the first 200 years of…
S3E69 THE GILDED AGE: ASTORS VS VANDERBILTS PT. 2
Gilded Age New York was all about flaunting your money. And no one did it better than the first families of excess, the Astors and the Vanderbilts. Part two is all about multi-hyphenate Alva…
S3E68 THE GILDED AGE: ASTORS VS VANDERBILTS PT. 1
Gilded Age New York was all about flaunting your money. And no one did it better than the first families of excess, the Astors and the Vanderbilts. Part one of a multi part series, today we’re…
S3E67 STORICAL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: LIZZIE BORDEN TOOK AN AXE
This is the Storical Halloween Special. The veil is thin and the dead walk among us. Before you indulge in some tricks or treats, enjoy this episode and decide whether Lizzie Borden really took an ax…
S3E66 MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS: THE CAPTIVE QUEEN</a#x3E;
Storical is back with an all new episode about the messy life of Mary Queen of Scots. There is murder, treason, Medicis, and Tudors… you won’t want to miss it! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes,…
S3E65 EDMONIA LEWIS: SCULPTING AN IDENTITY IN MARBLE</a#x3E;
Storical is back for an all new season starting with a special episode for Black History Month. This week, we’re talking about Edmonia Lewis, the first American artist of color to achieve…
S2E64 A VERY VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS</a#x3E;
The festivities that grew into modern day Christmas have spanned millennia. But most of the traditions we recognize today began under the reign of Queen Victoria. Take a listen for the history of…
S2E63 FAN FAV: THE PAGANS, OLIVER CROMWELL, & CHARLES DICKENS</a#x3E;
Pssst…it turns out Christmas is a super pagan holiday. On today’s episode we’re doing a brief overview of the origins of Christmas and how Charles Dickens brought the holiday back after Oliver…
S2E62 SARAH WINNEMUCCA: NATIVE ACTIVIST & AUTHOR</a#x3E;
It’s Native American Heritage Day! For today’s episode, I’ll be shining a light on an important Native woman in Nevada history: Sarah Winnemucca. She was the first Native woman to write an…
S2E61 STORICAL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL</a#x3E;
Edgar Allan Poe had a mind for the macabre. But as it turns out, some of his most famous works were based on true tales of horror. Listen to the episode for the origin stories of 5 of Poe’s spookiest…
S2E60 LITERARY ROAD TRIP WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE</a#x3E;
Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849, but there are still places standing that housed the author. This week, we’re traveling from Richmond to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston for a look at some…
S2E59 STORICAL FOOTNOTES: THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF EDGAR ALLAN POE</a#x3E;
Edgar Allan Poe died as he lived…mysteriously. It’s been more than 200 years and we still don’t know what killed Poe but there are theories. Today, we’re taking a look at the leading theories as to…
S2E58 CHARLES DICKENS, EDGAR ALLAN POE, & GRIP THE RAVEN</a#x3E;
Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece, The Raven, was inspired not by any ordinary raven, not by a harbinger of doom, it was a talking pet raven named Grip owned by none other than Charles Dickens. Tune in…
S2E57 EDGAR ALLAN POE: ATMOSPHERE OF SORROW</a#x3E;
October is spOoOoky month and OF COURSE Edgar Allan Poe died in October. This month on Storical, tune in every week for a new episode on the life and writings of Poe. Today, we’re going over his full…
S2E56 MARIE LAVEAU: WITCH OR SAINT?</a#x3E;
Marie Laveau was THE Voodoo Queen in a city overrun with purported doctors and queens. Today we’re separating fact from fiction about both Marie and voodoo. Was she a witch or a saint? When you…
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