First revelation: becoming a perfumer
As the daughter and granddaughter of farmers, I grew up in the countryside, raised by caring parents and a loving grandmother, by the river and a spring. I remember my grandmother's garden: a garden of medicinal herbs and old roses.
Twenty meters from this garden, a marvelous fountain, with the strange name of Saint Genulphe, sheltered a pool of spring water known since the Celts. After school, near my grandmother and the spring, I rediscovered a loving energy that nourished me.
It was my first revelation: to be a perfumer in order to combine the energy and essence of plants, and to offer a little magic to the world.
"The robin watches over me as I write; I like to imagine it as my grandmother, always by my side."
This dream of becoming a perfumer led me to study chemistry, then cosmetics and perfumery in Versailles. Then began my years of learning the corporate world: ten years spent at a major luxury brand, Parfums Givenchy. There, I learned all the intricacies of the profession: the technical aspects, project management, and above all, the human relationships without which life would be meaningless. Wonderful people supported me in my personal and professional growth.
I was meeting the company's expectations: launching new products with a focus on cost-effectiveness and deadlines. Yet an inner voice questioned whether this path aligned with my original aspiration.
I had the joy of becoming a mother twice. This joy was somewhat marred by postpartum depression, a condition so little known to the general public. My only haven of peace was the plants and flowers in my garden.
To turn the page, we traded the tumult for nature: destination La Rochelle.
I joined a large organic cosmetics laboratory, Léa Nature, where meaning and ecological awareness guided our actions. 13 wonderful years with a very committed team.
Once again passionate about my work, I threw myself into it body and soul. My body failed me. This was followed by a long period of hospitalization during which I couldn't walk, read, or write... but with the return of my inner voice to remind me of my calling as a perfumer.
Upon my recovery, I brushed aside my apprehension about not having touched scented extracts since school. Message received. Message understood.
So I set up my perfume organ at home, in the attic, and began to spend my time with plants and their most concentrated essences: essential oils. I had lost the hearing in one ear, but my sense of smell had become tenfold. I remember how the arrival of each new sample brought me joy, how alive I felt in front of this makeshift organ.
It was the rose that taught me my first perfume; I imagined something soft, floral, powdery.
The first perfume range "Aimée's gardens" was launched in 2015, using organic alcohol and demineralized water.
Second and third revelations: the elements of water and energy
The second revelation came at the source in 2015: to incorporate the water from the spring into the perfumes.
I had to think outside the box and move beyond the classical corpuscular view of matter.
But where did this inspiring inner voice come from?
Accepting the principle of energy. The third revelation
After that, everything accelerated; I happened to meet a druid in the Carnac alignments in Brittany, who taught me how to use the pendulum.
I began to feel and accept the principle of energy.
Why some places tired me, others recharged me, and to understand the vibrational rate, the vital energy and the vibration of plants, vegetables, humans and water.
Another world came to me: the world of energy, of the invisible.
I was trained as a classical chemist; of course, I had heard of quantum physics and energy, but only in a very distant way. I was finally beginning to accept the existence of something else, invisible to the naked eye: the world of the invisible, of the energies of the Earth, the Sun, the Moon, of the elements of which we are all made.
The practice of yoga and meditation over all these years has supported me on this path. In addition, the practice of pendulum exercises allowed me to accept the principle of energy within my body .
Gradually, I learned to compose less with my head than with my heart: letting the plants reveal their specific energy and essence, which I faithfully transposed into the perfume I composed.
For example, Myrrh and Frankincense, two mythical substances that reveal the complexity and richness of our personality. It is the feminine and the masculine, the yin and the yang, at a very high vibrational rate that allows us to feel the subtle, to listen to our soul, to the divine within us.
Accepting this originality is the path to healing for me: the path of self-love.
We all have something unique to offer the world; our soul knows it. We often have this connection until we're seven years old, and then we forget it. For me, the path of metamorphosis toward self-love was long and difficult, but I traveled it to my destination. Thanks to the magic of an inner voice that revealed my olfactory qualities and my full human potential, which are the foundations of Aimée de Mars.
Water is also another vehicle, for purification and healing; I am very fortunate to live near the spring in which I sometimes bathe. It purifies me; I feel its energy: strength and gentleness, power and fluidity.