Eau d'Hermès by Hermès (1951) +

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (1997) +

Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (2005)

with John Menchaca

5/3/24 S6E33

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Vent Vert by Balmain (1947) +

Leave Her to Heaven by Ben Ames Williams (1944) +

John M. Stahl's Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

with Kylie White

4/25/24 S6E32

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Oud Bouquet by Lancôme (2014) +

Taylor Swift (1989- )

with Kurt 

8/29/23 S5E60

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Virgin Island Bay Rum by Pinaud (19--?) +

The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer (1948) +

Raoul Walsh's The Naked and the Dead (1958)

with Andrew Miller, author of Namaste Mart Confidential 

4/18/24 S6E31

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"Each day is a little life. Every waking and rising, a little breath. Every fresh morning, a little youth. Every rest and sleep a little death; and the sands are running through the hourglass."

Chloé by Karl Lagerfeld (1974)/ Tuberosa 1974 by Chloé +

Ted and Betty Corday's Days of our Lives (1965- )

with Principessa

4/11/24 S6E30

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Synthetic Jungle by Frederic Malle (2021) +

Sonic Youth (1981-2011)

with Dakota Proctor

4/8/24 S6E29

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Vol de Nuit by Guerlain (1933) +

Sophie's Choice by William Styron (1979) +

Alan J. Pakula's Sophie's Choice (1982)

4/6/24 S6E28

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Elaborate by Boadicea the Victorious (2009) +

Chuck Jones's What's Opera, Doc? (1957) +

Richard Wagner's Parsifal (1882) +

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's Parsifal (1982) +

Parsifal: The Will and Redemption: Exploring Richard Wagner's Final Treatise by John L. Mastrogiovanni, D. Min. (2014)

with Veronica of The Temple of Friendship

3/28/24 S6E27

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Mitsouko by Guerlain (1919) +

The Guermantes Way (1920-21) and Sodom and Gomorrah (1921-22) by Marcel Proust +

 Percy Adlon's Céleste (1980)

with Ryan Simón of American Vulgaria

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Le Lion by Chanel (2020) +

Bare Essence by Meredith Rich (1980)

with Helen Ellis, author of Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge

3/20/24 S6E25

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Lapidus Pour Homme by Ted Lapidus (1987) +

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner (1991)

with Paul Suda

3/18/24 S6E24