making scents

Hannah Follis, age 24 is a research and development chemist at a candle manufacture located in Bloomington, Minnesota called Illume. How Hannah got a job at the candle factory is well chemistry. She has always love candles, fragrances and perfume. Hannah was a biology and chemistry fanatic and kept the love of science all the way through college where she brought in her horizon.

After completing college she wanted to gain experience so she found so she found a job on careerbuilder.com that she thought it would be worth her while which was the research chemist position at Illume. I know your probably wondering when I’ll get to the candle making part so here it goes. The marketing and sale teams’ research also find out what type of candle is on demand.

The research and development department make the candle idea come true. Expert “perfumers” gather oils from fruits and all the good smelling items to mix it all together to get a particular fragrance. It takes an expert chemist to know what mixes and what doesn’t. After the testing and everything is done they are ready to be presented to the retailers, if they have any problems with it. The product goes back to the drawing board and the process has to be started over.