Indie Fragrance Model Highlight: Poesie
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 every little thing else goes, I’ve all the time vibed with what Bob Dylan mentioned: “I alter in the course of the course of a day. I wake and I’m one particular person, and after I fall asleep I do know for sure I’m anyone else.”
How did you get into the fragrance business?
I’ve beloved fragrance since I used to be slightly lady admiring the attractive and mysterious bottles on my mother’s self-importance, however I by no means dreamed it will change into 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 manager director of a nonprofit on the time, utterly burned out, and desperately in want of a inventive outlet. Working at a small nonprofit doesn’t depart one with numerous disposable revenue for what’s, it seems, a really costly interest. In flip, Poesie began as a part-time technique to fund my habit to purchasing new aroma chemical substances, and I spotted I needed 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 actual stuff to play with. My first actual fragrance was Acapella by Mary Kay, which I beloved and was a favourite of my very glamorous grandmother. We’re speaking skanky musk, aldehydes, spices and florals, simply what each sixth grade lady 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 feel that qualifies if the slice is large enough.
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 overlaying every little thing 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 might have an fascinating celebration trick or any hidden skills?
I all the time discover 4 leaf clovers. I’ve discovered so many I’ve misplaced rely.
Who would play you in a movie of your life?
Positively a bit of clay. If the movie of my life will not be claymation, I’ll riot.
About Your Model
Describe your model in a single sentence.
Fragrance for women and gentlethems who love books, tea, and nerdy stuff.
The place does the identify of your model come from?
I feel it’s extremely 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 reminiscences and feelings in such a singular method. I really feel like poetry does the identical factor, in order that impressed the identify )however in French for the aesthetic).
Who’re your perfumes for?
Anybody. It’s crucial to me that every one of our prospects can discover themselves in our model, no matter their gender identification, race, faith, the physique they dwell 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 inside the Poesie group and our followers. I needed to discover totally different points of cardamom: its citrusy freshness, its cozy heat, its woodiness. It’s such a magical ingredient.
If somebody needed to attempt 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 type of like a hug in a bottle.
What challenges do you need to overcome on your model?
The largest problem Poesie faces proper now could be capability. How do you create a top quality, handmade product at an accessible value level from an organization with nice customer support, a fast turnaround time, and maintain all of that up as you develop? (For those who’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 longing for perfume adventures, and in a market crammed with so many decisions – even inside the indie perfume world – Poesie continues to be distinctive in its soul and its literary roots. We have now additionally prioritized an ideal buyer expertise from the very starting and maintain that in focus whilst we proceed to develop.
Discover out more about Poesie here.
