Angela Flanders
British perfumer
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Angela Margaret Flanders (4 December 1927 – 27 April 2016) was an English artisan perfumer. She established the London based perfume brand Angela Flanders.
Biography
Flanders was born on 4 December 1927 in Buxton, Derbyshire.[1][2] She attended the Manchester School of Art, studied Interior Design at the Inchbald School of Design and the Hackney Building College, intending to work with furniture.[3]
In her early career, Flanders worked in theatre design, including at The Old Vic,[2] and as a costume designer for the BBC.[3] She also dealt in antiques at Camden Passage Market.[2] In 1985, Flanders opened her first shop, in a former shoe shop dating from around 1850, on Columbia Road Flower Market in Bethnal Green.[3][1][4]
In 1995, Flanders read a nineteenth-century perfume book, published by Mitchelle Beazley, and began producing artisanal perfumes.[5] Her brand included 16 signature scents for women and a range of colognes for men and women based on historic scents.[6]
In 2006, her scent Figre Noire was nominated for a Fragrance Foundation Award (FiFi Awards).[5] In 2012, her scent, Precious One, created for her daughter, won Best New Independent Fragrance at the FiFi Awards.[1] In 2010 her perfumery won The London Magazine‘s Great Little Shop Award.[5]
Personal life
In 1958, she married Michael Evans. They had a daughter, Kate Evans. The marriage was later dissolved.[1]
Death
Selected publications
- Aromatics (Mitchell Beazley, 1995)[4]