Katie (Scentzilla!)

I’ve loved perfume ever since age 5, when I was forced to go work in the perfume mines of eastern South Dakota. I was raised by two perfectly respectable people who taught me about goodwill, kindness, and the beauty of fried foods smothered in cheese.

My mother had a small collection of Avon bottles with which I was fascinated. Some looked like little animals, little toys, and some I thought to be impossibly beautiful and grown-up. I longed for the day when my mom would say I was “old enough” and consent to let me wear them. But by the time I was old enough, I had fallen deeply under the spell of Magie Noire, a fragrance I’ve yet to recover from.

My family eventually moved from Midwest to the Pacific Northwest, where I learned the difference between neo-hippies and actual hippies, discovering that while the latter are affable, the former are regrettable. As an adult, my background is not in perfumery at all, but rather in picture framing: I stretched canvases, mounted tapestry, prints, and photos, built frames, and learned to loathe other peoples’ taste in art because I had to stare at the same things over and over all too frequently.

I am married to a man I secretly suspect to be insane, which is okay since I am also secretly insane. Currently I am raising our two very sweet twins. They seem to tolerate their parents well enough.

Blogging is a terribly fun, albeit self-indulgent, exercise in writing for me. I began my perfume blog, Scentzilla, after realizing that I was gaining a whole lot of “information,” but I had nothing I was doing with it. I figured it’d be more fun to share my impressions of what I smelled with others, and indeed, it IS fun.

I am so excited to be part of the Made by Blog project. It seems almost too good to be true. I really cannot believe my good luck. My own fragrance. Wow. My mind? Is effectively blown. It will be so interesting to discover how this process works, and what the inner workings of perfume creation look like closer up. I cannot wait to find out what the perfumer, Laurent, has in store!

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