Episodes

  • 6 months in
    Oct 11 2023

    Today marks six months since we launched ‘i’, and we decided to sit down and talk about where we’re at, where we’ve been, and where we’re going. We cover a lot of ground. Big love to those continuing to support the growth. Much more to come.


    Timestamps:

    00:00 - 01:14 Setting intentions

    01:14 - 03:33 Trackside Buddleia (Scent Trunk)

    3:33 - 10:13 Riley’s entry into fragrance

    10:13 - 14:26 Ezra’s entry into fragrance

    14:26 - 19:58 The social dimensions of fragrance; Samuel Ross; “Capital-P Perfumer”

    19:58 - 31:36 The development of ‘i’ and its real-world reception; Julianknxx; Diasporic perfumery, ancestral materials and “inner knowing”; Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

    31:36 - 43:11 The beginning of deya; finding place and holding space within ‘the industry’; fragrance in Jamaica

    43:11 - 50:28 Design process and principles; resisting the “tempting template” of the status quo

    50:28 - 53:26 Uncle in Duncans Town; what fragrance is “for”

    53:26 - 1:00:57 April-October 2023: Jumbi, Speakers Corner Quartet, Ash Walker, Top Boy, education workshops, Carl Freedman Gallery

    1:00:57 - 1:07:35 Proudest moments; resilience; living by our principles

    1:07:35 - 1:24:43 ‘Kava’: Bookends; the characteristics and politics of oud and cypriol; using oud water; black grape in the canon of perfumery

    1:24:43 - 1:39:52 Key reference points across design, branding and business: Barbara Hepworth, Richard Rogers, Benjamin Edgar, Stòffa, R.I.P. Germain, Anthea Hamilton, Ellsworth Kelly, Donald Judd, Tekla, John Pawson, Cole Buxton, Abaga Velli, Sage Nation

    1:40:00 - 1:50:27 Our personal growth thanks to building deya

    1:50:27 - 1:54:57 Perfumery and design as a vessel; embodying openness and generosity

    1:54:57 - 2:04:36 ‘The Responsibility of Intimacy’, with Ronan Mckenzie’s SELASI

    2:04:36 - 2:12:18 How we’re working and operating at this point in time

    2:12:18 - 2:20:01 Words of encouragement: Get specific; presence is more powerful than coherence; seek levity

    2:20:01 - 2:21:16 Give thanks


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