I landed in New York City as a wide-eyed twenty-year-old from Toronto. I had been excelling as a biochemistry major, on route to medical school and a secure future when the acting bug bit me. Now I was an aspiring actress/dancer determined to pursue my dreams. 

 

Alone in the city, I spent hours pounding the pavement absorbing my new surroundings. And looking for assurance that I was exactly where I was supposed to be. Filled with inspiration and on the road to self-discovery, I longed for ways to express myself, wanting to make my mark, yet stay grounded and true to myself. 

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Experimenting with oils was the perfect marriage between creativity and science, an intuitive science! I learned about top notes, middles notes, bottom notes, and accords. I discovered what would become my personal scent, my signature.

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The West Village began to change. With that change, the Parisian blending bar closed up. I became determined to reinvent the precious combination of oils that made up my perfume blends, but life got in the way of chasing the memory of a fragrance! I had an acting career, a husband, and a daughter, along with two step-children!

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My love for oil blending was reawakened after the passing of my father several years ago. Always an entrepreneur, he had been working with a local winery to create his own special red wine blend.  My sister and I continued to bottle his delicious blend labels and all! 

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Although I have experienced much growth and change over the years, the essence of myself that I discovered in New York is still the heartbeat of my expression... 

"Still the Same, Honest to a fault".