Making Scents

Making Scents in about Hannah Follis who is a research and development chemist at Illume in Bloomington, Minnesota. Illume is a candle company that makes scented candles. She has always loved candles, fragrance, and perfume. She is always trying new products at home. In high school she was the always interested in biology while others were sleeping. She went to the University of Minnesota where she majored in biology and minored in chemistry. After she graduated she got a job at Illume

When she makes a candle she first must make a scent. After that the product is shown to retailers. Follis does more test trying to make it perfect. Follies has worked on hundreds, if not thousand of scented candles. With many combinations are possible it interests her. She enjoys work on scents and how the customer is happy with her work. She dreams of becoming a master perfumer someday. She plans to go graduate school and continuing researching. But for now she is happy creating scents for candles. Anybody interested in a career in science she says “just go for it. She says classes are hard but its rewarding in the end.