50. When Fragrance Creates Community (w/ BROWN GIRL Jane Co-Founders Malaika Jones and Tai Beauchamp)
Perfume Room
Emma Vernon
4.9 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Today I am joined by BROWN GIRL Jane Co-Founders Malaika Jones and Tai Beauchamp. BROWN GIRL Jane is Black women-owned, plant-based wellness line with everything from CBD gelees and serums to you guessed it… fragrance! What all of their products have in common is the they were specifically designed with the needs and wants of BIPOC women in mind. In this episode we discuss the inspiration behind the brand, the kismet story behind its founding, and of course… the most recent expansion into fragrance!
FRAGS MENTIONED
Grace de Monaco Promenade Sur le Rocher, BROWN GIRL Jane: Lamu, Casablanca; Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady, Byredo Oud Accord, BROWN GIRL Jane Baha’i, Creed, Bond No. 9, Issey Miyake, Dior Poison, Oil of Olay, VS Pear Glace, DKNY Cashmere Mist, By Kilian Love Don’t Be Shy, B&BW, Jean Paul Gaultier, Miss Dior, Chanel Chance
FOLLOW: @itsbrowngirljane @taibeau @browngirlmalaika
SHOP: www.browngirljane.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the perfume room. |
| 0:12.2 | My scent of the day today is also my top sniff of the week. |
| 0:15.4 | It was a fragrance that was sent to me just the other day, and it is called Promenade |
| 0:19.8 | So the Roche by Grace de Monaco, created by |
| 0:23.5 | none other than perfume room veteran Olivier Crespe. And this fragrance is just like, |
| 0:30.3 | ugh, it is just the opulent, warm, elegant white floral that I have been searching for. It opens |
| 0:36.8 | sort of like traditional, like a fresh white |
| 0:38.9 | floral. It's a familiar smell. Like I feel like I've had a fragrance in my collection in the past that |
| 0:44.5 | kind of reminds me of it. Definitely a beautiful Jasmine note. But then as the heart develops, |
| 0:50.7 | you get this beautiful rose and a lang-a-lang combo that just gives it this mature, |
| 0:57.9 | sexy, slightly dirty depth to it. And so naturally, after I sprayed it, I put it on today, |
| 1:04.4 | I'm editing the episode. And I was like, you know what, I'm going to spritz Casablanca by |
| 1:08.4 | Brown Girl Jane on top. You will hear all about this in the episode. |
| 1:11.7 | And I have to be honest, I'm obsessed with Casablanca on its own. Okay? It's this amazing, |
| 1:17.2 | warm, soft, enveloping, spicy sweet gourmand. It's like a spicy marshmallow. And I love |
| 1:22.8 | promenade so the roche on its own. I didn't love the layering combo. So, you know, I might go back |
| 1:29.4 | to the drawing board with that one. I do like wearing them separately, didn't love it together. |
| 1:34.3 | I'm also very excited to let you know that last night I went rogue and ordered 40, yes, 40 |
| 1:39.7 | samples from perfume court. So I have lots of exciting new reviews coming for you very soon. |
| 1:47.4 | Today I am joined by two of the three co-founders of Brown Girl Jane, which is a thoughtfully |
| 1:53.0 | and painstakingly designed plant-based product line, inclusive of products ranging from serums |
| 1:59.0 | to tinctures, to body oils body oils to creams and you know it fragrance |
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