What my clients say
CUSTOM FRAGRANCE
“I spent 3 hours with Pusa being exposed to the world of perfume. Sniffing scents of cedar and moss, lots of fruits, and a multitude of other trees, I never thought that the world of perfume could be so interesting. Pusa put me at ease, and explained every scent to me with knowledge that went as deep as I could question. After 56 scents, we found 7 or 8 that were winners for me, and then she put together two John, (I love calling them that) perfumes. Her approach made the whole process fun and enjoyable, filled with lots of laughter. And the two scents are exquisite.”
John Gerencser
E N T R E P R E N E U R
CUSTOM FRAGRANCE
Memory encodes our encounters with the world – shapes and colors of things, sounds and smells and tastes. I have a poor visual memory. When I meet people for the first time, I have to make a conscious effort to memorize their faces, otherwise I may not recognize them when we meet again. The opposite is true about my sense of smell: I have an excellent olfactive memory, which can be disturbing. Imagine that you encounter a scent that you smelled only once, years ago, and you don’t know what it is. You have a good nose but not enough olfactive concepts – the gods have created a world of smells but fell short of naming it. While trying to identify and label smells I fell in love with fragrances. But I needed guidance, and I found it with Mirabilis.
When I went there, I wanted to learn to identify ingredients and to find a scent that I could call my own. But I knew nothing about the world of natural perfumes. A whole new world opened up to me when dr. Pusa started to perform her magic. It is not an exaggeration – seeing her in action is like witnessing a magician’s act. She makes a bold claim; she sets the stage; she performs; she demonstrates. At the end, the audience – whether it’s one person or several – is enchanted and transformed.
Mirabilis offered me instruction and entertainment of the highest quality. I could take courses: cultural anthropology, intellectual history, and everything else about fragrances and ideals of beauty changing across centuries. I had workshops, where I learned what natural essences actually smell like, what they can do and how to mix them. And, most importantly, I had what I can only call exercises in self discovery. I learned that certain ideas I had about myself were wrong – I had thought I liked certain things and I was proven mistaken. I found the scent I was looking for and it was not what I had expected. And I learned patience: natural elixirs need to be gently nourished and given enough time to express themselves fully.
With Dr. Pusa I didn’t just learn about natural fragrances – I understood them. They are living entities: they are born in the natural world (some in the most extraordinary circumstances), evolve in it, and die. They have healing properties, they can kill, they are attracted to / reject one other according to certain principles and laws. Some combinations lead to amazing transmutations. And so I started to understand human kind’s centuries-long love affair with alchemy and I wanted to discover my own philosopher’s stone, which would not bestow eternal life upon me, but a lifetime of amazement and delight. This has been my first journey in the land of Mirabilis. There will be others, I am sure!