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“You don’t have to be Paris Hilton, Britney
Spears, Puff Daddy or Jennifer Lopez to put up your own perfume
line,” says Joe Mari Quibilan who founded Scents and Blends almost
10 years ago.
Armed with a degree in chemistry
from the De La Salle University, Quibilan had a brief stint as a
teacher and a laboratory worker before starting Scents and Blends, a
business he believes, befits his education perfectly. Indeed,
Quibilan’s training as a chemist came in handy while doing
research on perfume formulas. Despite initial obstacles, he
installed his first kiosk at Festival Mall in Alabang in October
1999. “We wanted to give everyone comparably cheap perfumes that
are highly affordable without sacrificing the quality,” he points
out.
The company now has a wide array
of product lines encompassing 120 fragrances and is actively
developing new scents for infants, kids, teenagers, and adults.
“We dreamed of becoming a total
fragrance company,” the young entrepreneur happily announces.
Scents and Blends products are available at all leading Department
Stores nationwide.
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