About You
Inform us who you might be?
Ah, an existential query I’ve been asking myself for years. Professionally, I’m the perfumer/proprietor at Poesie, an indie fragrance model established in 2015. So far as the whole lot else goes, I’ve all the time vibed with what Bob Dylan mentioned: “I modify through the course of a day. I wake and I’m one individual, and after I fall asleep I do know for sure I’m someone else.”
How did you get into the fragrance business?
I’ve cherished fragrance since I used to be just a little woman admiring the gorgeous and mysterious bottles on my mother’s vainness, however I by no means dreamed it might turn out to be my profession. Then, a good friend gave me a DIY equipment with fragrance oils of various notes, and I used to be instantly obsessed. One may even say hyper-fixated (shoutout to my fellow ADHDers!). There have been hours studying, researching, and experimenting. I used to be working as the chief director of a nonprofit on the time, utterly burned out, and desperately in want of a artistic outlet. Working at a small nonprofit doesn’t depart one with plenty of disposable earnings for what’s, it seems, a really costly passion. In flip, Poesie began as a part-time technique to fund my habit to purchasing new aroma chemical compounds, and I spotted I wished to spend my time fascinated about fragrance, and never my “actual” job.
What was the primary fragrance you ever bought?
I’m fairly certain it was one thing pink with a fairy on the bottle, again after I was utilizing chalk as make-up as a result of I used to be six and didn’t have the true stuff to play with. My first actual fragrance was Acapella by Mary Kay, which I cherished and was a favourite of my very glamorous grandmother. We’re speaking skanky musk, aldehydes, spices and florals, simply what each sixth grade woman goals of. I nonetheless love that scent, and I’ve a classic bottle I put on on particular events.
What’s your favorite meal?
My mother’s pecan pie. I believe that qualifies if the slice is sufficiently big.
The place is your favorite place?
I’ve a classic blue velvet couch that I purchased from the property of a girl who was clearly dedicated to protecting the whole lot she owned within the most quantity of fringe and tassels. Give me a wet day, a e-book, a cup of tea, and that couch, and I’m in heaven.
Do you may have an fascinating social gathering trick or any hidden skills?
I all the time discover 4 leaf clovers. I’ve discovered so many I’ve misplaced depend.
Who would play you in a movie of your life?
Undoubtedly a chunk of clay. If the movie of my life just isn’t claymation, I’ll riot.
About Your Model
Describe your model in a single sentence.
Fragrance for girls and gentlethems who love books, tea, and nerdy stuff.
The place does the title of your model come from?
I believe it is very fascinating how scent is the one sense that bypasses the thalamus, which is the sensory gatekeeper of the mind. On this course of, scent goes straight to the olfactory cortex, which is the way it attaches to recollections and feelings in such a novel method. I really feel like poetry does the identical factor, in order that impressed the title )however in French for the aesthetic).
Who’re your perfumes for?
Anybody. It’s essential to me that each one of our prospects can discover themselves in our model, no matter their gender id, race, faith, the physique they reside in, age, and so forth.
Inform us about your newest fragrance.
The newest Poesie assortment is known as “We Coronary heart Cardamom” and is impressed by the love of cardamom throughout the Poesie workforce and our followers. I wished to discover totally different elements of cardamom: its citrusy freshness, its cozy heat, its woodiness. It’s such a magical ingredient.
If somebody wished to strive your fragrances, which one would you advocate they struggle first and why?
I don’t suppose you may go improper with Madar, which is our greatest vendor and for good motive. It’s impressed by Persian rice pudding, with notes of creamy rice pudding, orange flower water, saffron, cinnamon, cardamom, dried rose petals, and sugared pistachios. It’s sort of like a hug in a bottle.
What challenges do you wish to overcome on your model?
The largest problem Poesie faces proper now could be capability. How do you create a high quality, handmade product at an accessible worth level from an organization with nice customer support, a fast turnaround time, and preserve all of that up as you develop? (When you’re studying this and have the reply, please message me.)
What is exclusive about your model?
I created Poesie as a technique to appease my very own yearning for perfume adventures, and in a market full of so many decisions – even throughout the indie perfume world – Poesie continues to be distinctive in its soul and its literary roots. We now have additionally prioritized an ideal buyer expertise from the very starting and preserve that in focus whilst we proceed to develop.
Discover out more about Poesie here.