MAKING SCENTS

HANNA FOLLIS WORKS AT A RESEARCH COMPANY AND DEVELOPMENT CHEMIST AT ILLUME [ A CANDLE MANUFACTURER IN BLOOMINGTON MINN]. SHE STARTED GETTING INTERESTED IN THIS FIELD IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN SHE ENJOYED GOING TO BIOLOGY. THEN IN COLLEGE SHE MAJORED IN THE CLASS THAT SHE THOUGHT WAS SO INTERESTING TO HER WHICH WAS BIOLOGY AND TOOK ALITTLE BIT OF CHEMISTRY. THESE CLASSSES PREPAIRED HER TO WORK IN THE FIELD WHICH SHE IS IN NOW WHICH IS CREATING SCENTS OR PERFUMES FOR CANDLES. SOMETIMES WHEN CREATING A SCENTS IT CAN TAKE ABOUT 100 SCENTS OR MORE TO GET THAT CERTAIN SCENTS THAT SHE IS LOOKING FOR. FOLLIS EXPLAINS “A MASTER PERFUMER NEEDS TO KNOW CHEMISTRY WELL AND NEEDS TO BE CREATIVE”. FOR HER FUTURE GOALS SHE WANTS TO HAVE THAT ONE SCENT THAT SHE CAN CALL HER OWN. FOR EXAMPLE LIKE CHANEL’S CHANCE OR DOLCE AND OTHER POPULAR SCENTS. SHE ALSO WANTS TO STUDY IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AS WELL. SHE SAYS “ I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND A CAREER THAT COMBINES SCINECE AND MY … INTEREST IN FRAGRANCE”. SHE ALSO ENCOURAGES THOSE WHO WANT TO PERSUE GOING TO COLLEGE AS WELL NO MATTER WHAT FIELD THEY ARE INTERESTED IN.