Friday, October 31, 2008

Making Scents

Have you ever wondered what makes a candle smell so good? Well a woman named Hannah Follis knows all about this. When she was younger she was one of the rare species of students who actually liked to go to Biology class. She was so interested in the science of living organisms. She fallowed her [passion to the University of Minnesota which prepared her for her future career. After college Follis found an ad on career builder.com when she thought about it making scented candles didn’t sound so bad. Before the candle even hits the shelves there are many different steps that have to be taken. First the company thinks about what products are needed. From there Follis will select many different scents one perfume can have as many as 100 different scents. When the formula is correct many different test are performed such as how well the candle performs under different types of lighting or at different temperatures. The next step is giving the candle to the retailers if they like it then it is sold if they don’t the company works with the scent so that its perfect and can be sold in stores across the country. Its amazing how many different scent combinations there are like coconut milk mango, sea lily, pineapple cilantro. It’s also funny how a scent that is absolutely terrible to one person is the sweetest smelling thing in the world.

1 comment:

baller 14 said...

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