Lake & Skye - Fragrance as a Force for Wellness
The Story of a Brand Show
Ramon Vela
4.9 • 147 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Courtney says, “we're really intentional about everything we do. We don't just launch a product to launch a product. We do it with a lot of thought behind it. Lots of inspiration. We put a lot into our packaging and into our ingredients. I tried to do things from that mindset and intention before we launch things into the world. That’s what it means to me to be a modern and conscious brand.”
Today, we interview Courtney Somer, CEO & Founder of Lake & Skye. Lake & Skye is a modern and conscious beauty brand focused on long lasting, uplifting scents as wellness, made with transparent ingredients.
We discuss:
* What she’s grateful for
* Overview and origin of Lake & Skye
* Her health issues and journey as a seeker
* Why she considers the brand “intentional”
* Trends with scent, fragrance, and aroma
* How to choose the right scent
* Which form factor do people choose
* How they work with their fragrance house
* Most curious trend: People are making their own scent
* Advice for founders, including challenges
* Unforeseen challenges from getting into retailers, scheduling meetings, and legal issues
* Why she sees her biggest challenges as a course correction from the universe
* Why it’s the gift that people give themselves
* A review of products
* And more…
Join Ramon Vela and Courtney Somer as we break down the inside story of Lake & Skye on The Story of a Brand.
For more on Lake & Skye, visit: https://www.lakeandskye.com/
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| 0:00.0 | I think you have to be ready for challenges if you're going to start a business. |
| 0:02.9 | It's the nature of the journey. |
| 0:05.2 | You really have to be prepared to work hard. |
| 0:08.0 | And you really have to be, I think you have to have a strong intention of why you're doing it. |
| 0:12.7 | Because I think when things do get rough, you go back to kind of the why. |
| 0:16.6 | Not only for the business and what the brand is about, but also for yourself. |
| 0:20.1 | Why are you doing it? |
| 0:33.7 | This is the story of a brand, a podcast that helps people learn the story behind their favorite |
| 0:36.2 | consumer companies. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm Ramon Vela, and I believe that people want to know more about the brands and the products they purchase. So each week, I interview the founder of a consumer brand, unpack their story, their products, and their mission, |
| 0:48.3 | so you can decide which products are worth buying and which brands are worth supporting. |
| 0:53.3 | Courtney says products are worth buying and which brands are worth supporting. |
| 1:02.0 | Courtney says, we're really intentional about everything we do. We don't just launch a product to launch a product. |
| 1:04.5 | We do it with a lot of thought behind it, lots of inspiration. |
| 1:08.0 | We put a lot into our packaging and into our ingredients. And I try to do |
| 1:12.4 | things from that mindset and that intention before we launch things into the world. That's what it |
| 1:18.2 | means, at least for me, to be a modern and conscious brand. Today we interview Courtney Somer, |
| 1:25.1 | CEO and founder of Lake and Sky. Lake and Sky is a modern and conscious |
| 1:30.0 | beauty brand focused on long-lasting, uplifting scents as wellness, made with transparent |
| 1:36.5 | ingredients. We discussed so many things in this interview, everything from the origin and |
| 1:41.7 | overview of Lake and Sky, why she considers the brand intentional, |
| 1:46.4 | trends within the scent fragrance and aroma market, how people are choosing the right scent, |
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