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Our lives are full of amazing scents – not just the ones manufactured for perfumes and products. In our MagnifiScent posts, we focus on the beauty of scent in our everyday lives.

Coffee & Conversation - Facebook Live chats highlighting women and their achievements. Join us Tuesday, May 23 at 9:30am PST for artist April Howland.

Our lives are full of amazing scents – not just the ones manufactured for perfumes and products. In our MagnifiScent posts, we focus on the beauty of scent in our everyday lives.

Coffee & Conversation: Facebook Live chats highlighting women and their achievements. April 18, 2017: BoogieBulb creator and entrepreneur Linda Foss. Ever wanted to know about inventing a product and taking it to market? BoogieBulb creator Linda Foss inspires us with her journey in the latest Ilsa Fragrances Coffee & Conversation.

I was introduced to the world of fragrance when I fell into a job at the largest fragrance and flavor manufacturing company in the world. As I learned my role, I learned the intricate and beautiful part fragrance plays in our lives. At the same time, I fell more and more in love with scent as a creative and artistic outlet, and thus began to develop my nose to understand scent’s complex layers. I had simple fragrance training – smelling fruit (lemon vs. orange), herbs (fresh basil vs. fresh thyme); learning the difference between spearmint (think gum) and peppermint (think candy cane)… And more intricate training – using smelling strips and raw materials to understand the subtle difference between scents,...