Take Kontrol is my offering of products to kindred spirits who yearn for natural beauty and happiness-- things that are safe and beautiful.

Making natural perfume started as a hobby and ultimately cracked open my creative potential. Now I practice it as an art form. There is deep introspection in the artistic process; the perfumer uses their memories, feelings, dreams, and wishes as the inspiration for working with the materials in a particular way.

Many times I would think, “physician, heal thyself.” Making perfume is my practice of self-healing and restoration. Science has been my life-path since I was 11 years old, I was born a nerd. My formal education started with an undergrad degree in applied physics and I earned my M.D. in 1994. The scientist in me watched this transformation into perfume artist with great interest! 

While blending perfume, hours can pass by when I’m completely lost in the work. This experience is most similar to deep meditative states, lucid dreaming, and other science-of-mind practices I have done over the past 25 years, where there is no sense of self, no sense of time, and there’s an experience of meaningful pleasure. 

Recently I learned that some deeply satisfying experiences are called Flow State. The science of Flow is not new, unique, or mysterious. There is solid evidence that flow increases sense of well-being, maybe even causes that elusive feeling called happiness. And everyone experiences flow! We should all be experiencing flow a LOT MORE! Whether you love natural perfume or you want to develop flow state, I hope you'll find a way to Take Kontrol of what you really want out of life.