Entrepreneur Ineke Ruhland is a classically-trained perfumer creating original fragrances in her independent studio in San Francisco. Born and educated in Canada, she moved to Europe in 1988 for a career in the fragrance industry. After working in the Netherlands, England and France, she found herself passionately drawn to the creative role of the professional “nose”. So in 1996, Ineke began her formal perfumery studies at ISIPCA in Versailles, France, the only university-level perfumery school in the world. She consolidated her study of traditional techniques with sojourns to Grasse, the Provencal city that spawned perfumery in France. Following three years of apprenticeships at a fragrance house in Paris, Ineke moved to San Francisco to blend her perfumery skills with her love of design, literature and the arts in the creation of her perfume “stories”.
Ineke Perfumer has been a member of the PCV Business Advising program since 2011, working with expert advisors to grow their already-successful artisan perfume business. The entrepreneurs brought some samples of their beautiful products to the Strategy Roundtable session, and all of us in the PCV office are enjoying testing different scents. My personal favorite is Sweet William – check out the rest of the line at www.ineke.com.
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Ineke Perfumer Strategy Roundtable crew in action!
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