Ep. 43: The Scented Mr. Ripley ft. Carly Silverman
This week on Tasteland, Daisy and Francis are joined by comedy, culture, and perfume writer, Carly Silverman. Carly is also a TV and video producer, and host of the new podcast Smell That Movie .
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Carly
Links & References
- Dirt / Greta Rainbow: Where will the next literary movement come from?
- Cosmo / Carly Silverman: The PerfumeTok influencers have got it all wrong
- Substack / Kyla Scanlon: The most valuable commodity is friction
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Timestamps
00:00 Introducing Carly Silverman
00:56 The sign of a good party
03:35 Literary movement = scene + genre
07:09 We're back to selling out
11:41 Smell that movie
17:32 The Talented Mr. Zierer
22:07 Aesthetic perfumes go against the idea of humanity
27:19 Smell and friction
34:18 The great fragrance and culture writers
35:41 What does the internet smell like?
41:25 What book do you want to smell like?
45:44 Nostalgic summer camp smells
53:37 From letterboxd to podcast
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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
