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EP 02 - APRIL 29, 2026

THE DOCTOR AND THE ATOMIZER

How a Civil War veteran in Toledo accidentally invented the perfume atomizer

Dr. Allen DeVilbiss was sick of shoving goose grease down his patients' throats to treat infections. So he built the first atomizer in his Toledo shed from an oil can and a rubber ball. His son Thomas turned this medical device into Art Deco masterpieces that would change how America wore perfume.

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JT Siems

PERFUME HISTORIAN · EDUCATOR · WRITER

JT Siems is the founder of Immortal Perfumes, a Seattle-based literary micro-perfumery. Obsessed with history, she is a perfume historian, educator, writer, and international award-winning perfumer.

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STORICAL FOOTNOTES: ASSASSINS & STALKERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA

When you’re a person in power, a lot of people want you dead. Would-be assassins tried eight times to kill Queen Victoria, but luck was on her side. Far creepier were her obsessive stalkers. Today we’re looking at the men who tried to kill the Queen and the strange case of the Boy Jones who broke into the palace repeatedly…and stole her underwear.

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