Anat Fritz was never content to follow the crowd. As a child, she felt and looked different from other kids—making her own clothes, cutting her own hair, and wearing perfume typically worn by much older women. It wasn't until she was an adult that suddenly, her unique artistic sense became a cause for celebration.
When Sabine Poncet Hernandez was growing up in France, she had two dreams: to make perfume and to live in the United States. Today, in Chicago, she does both. And it's a good thing for those of us who are wild her autumnal wonder Pleasant Promenade.
Landscapes are a frequent theme in perfume, as perfumers strive to recreate the essence of a place that moved them deeply. But how can a piece of land be so sacred? How can a bit of earth draw us back again and again? We explore these questions in our Landscapes collection.