May’s Spilled Perfume -The Winners

perfumers portraits

Top row: Calice Becker, Yann Vasnier and Ineke Ruhland

Middle Row: Rodrigo Flores Roux and Geza Schoen

Bottom Row: Yosh Han, Charna Ethier and Ralf Schwieger

Have you ever wondered what your favorite perfumers did BEFORE they were….your favorite perfumers? We asked eight of some of the most renowned olfactory artists what their first job was.

1. Charna Ethier– Natural Perfumer and owner of Providence Perfume Co. Was an Assistant Editor at an educational publishing company

2. Calice Becker– Master Perfumer Givaudan Interned at an Engineering Company that specialized in computer assisted design

3. Geza Schoen – Independent Perfumer and Founder of Escentric Molecules  Worked on an assembly line for an automobile company

4. Ineke Ruhland – Independent Perfumer and Founder of INeKE Perfumes Sold ice cream thoughout the neighborhood

5. Ralf Schwieger– Master Perfumer Mane Was a Window and Display Decorator for Perfumeries

6. Rodrigo Flores-Roux– Sr. Perfumer Givaudan Taught a science class for kids as part of a project for a children's science magazine

7. Yann Vasnier– Sr. Perfumer Givaudan Worked on tests for a space engineering company

8. Yosh Han– Yosh Olfactory Sense Worked as a Drive-through fast food order taker

No one guessed the first jobs of these famous  perfumers correctly, so the draw is now random.

Winners:

Sample set of seven scents from United Scents of America Marcopietro

50ml of Ao from MIKMOI San Francisco Lumpkin luv

8ml of 333 by Tallulah Jane Natural Perfumes Dubaiscents

Rose en Bos 10 ml of all natural Imithi perfume Monica H

30mL bottle of April Aromatics Unter den Linden  Dana

sample set of all four DSH PERFUMES New Kingdom perfumes Iridum, Keni, Antiu & Megaleion USA ONLY- Brooke

15mL Parfums LaLun Jalousie USA ONLY Lean S

5ml Smellbent Sweet Tyranny with limited edition comic book USA Only Steve T

30 ml spray EDP Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes California Chocolate USA ONLY   Francesca

If you are one of the nine winners, please follow these instructions exactly, email michelyn at cafleurebon dot com with the exact name of your prize for example 15mL Parfums LaLun Jalousie  with your name, complete mailing address and phone number if you are an international winner by June 9, 2013 12:30 PM EST with the prize you won as the subject . This is a deadline and there are no exceptions. CaFleureBon and our sponsors cannot be responsible for lost or confiscated perfume.

Thank you to these great perfumers for joining in this fun game.

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