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 Australian artisanal fragrance house, Criminal Elements. The brand has bee making fragrance for around 10 years and we discuss how Criminal Elements came about, the training of your nose, what it takes to run a small business, being in community not competition and what it’s like to make a fragrance from a dream you had that one time…

Fragrances mentioned:

Wicked Mistress - Criminal Elements

Neon - Criminal Elements

Verge - Criminal Elements

Tobacco Jam - Criminal Elements

Books mentioned:

Space Opera - Catherynne M. Valente

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce

The Doll Factory - Elizabeth Macneal

Check Criminal Elements full website at criminalelements.net

Theme music for the show was created by Raul Sanchez I Jorge. Check out his solo work on Wild Animal Records

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