Chris Yu & Laurent Delafon - Co-founders of niche fragrance house Ostens

Man In The Mirror

Hi, and welcome along to episode 5 of Man in the Mirror, season 2. I recently spent some time chatting to Laurent Delafon & Chris Yu, the co-founders of niche fragrance house Ostens. They have both worked in the fragrance industry for over 20 years and decided to launch their own brand a few years ago.

Ostens is a celebration of the finest raw materials and they work with some of the best perfumers in the world. Each fragrance contains ingredients in their purest form and is a combination of provenance and beauty. They also happen to make one of my all time favourite fragrances, Cedarwood Heart. I hope you enjoy the episode!

Laurent & Chris also talked me through their bathroom essentials:

Chris:

Paula’s Choice - Salicylic Acid 2% liquid

https://www.paulaschoice.co.uk/skin-perfecting-bha-liquid-exfoliant/m2010.html

Electric shaver

Ostens - Cashmeran Velvet Preparation Oil (as sold with the Eau de Parfum Cashmeran Velvet)

https://ostens.com/products/cashmeran-velvet-impression

Then a lot of fragrance layering (!)

Laurent:

Aesop - Purifying facial exfoliant paste

https://www.aesop.com/uk/p/skin/combination-skin-type/purifying-facial-exfoliant-paste/

Face wash (whatever is in the bathroom!)

Roger & Gallet - Shower Gel

https://www.escentual.com/roger-and-gallet/bois-dorange/rg_boisorange008/

Beard trimmer

Ostens - Cedarwood Heart (Eau de Parfum)

https://ostens.com/products/cedarwood-heart-impression

Ostens Website and store:

https://ostens.com

You can find Ostens on Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/ostens_official/

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Special thanks to: Anders Sundberg for sound mixing and production, Andy Goff @goff_andy for the artwork and Andy Gilbert (ATRX) @andygilbert_atrx for the theme music.

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