The Story of Szent & Company
Ah...the journey...describing our love of fragrances should be enough of an explanation as to why we
established Szent & Company in 2007. However, since everyone loves a good story, here goes.
Having grown up with a dad in the fragrance (flavors, essential oils, aromatics) industry, I, B. True was
raised around scents and grew to understand that a scent can not only change the way you 'look' but
also the way you feel and undoubtedly, the way others judge you. What started as a background to my
childhood, developed into a hobby that soon bordered on obsession - collecting multitudes of
fragrances that would cater to my mood, to the colors that I wore, to the season or to the day of the
week, time of the day! I couldn't help it - I was born into it! A wife, mother of three children, and
devoted dog lover whose children were old enough to share their mom, the time was right for me to
take what I love, empower myself and become what others refer to as a "mompreneur. "Enter J.Rob, a
fellow lover of fragrances and a true (and self-confessed) product junkie. Also a mother of three, dog
lover and wife, she had a successful floral arranging business in her home but wanted to have a store
where people could gather and share a love of beautiful and fragrant things. Flowers and fragrances
have a naturally symbiotic relationship and our personal backgrounds and interests melded so well that
we began dreaming of Szent & Company. After months of smelling and testing products, we took that
wonderfully bold step and made our dreams a reality and Szent & Company was born on March 4th,
2008.The story and success of Szent, the fragrance bar continued for the next three years. We built a
customer base of over 2,000 oil lovers and was rewarded each and every day with a smile when the
perfect and unique blend was created. Then in March of 2011, the time had come to move on and out
of the brick and mortar store and on to the web! So, continue to smell great, feel great, all day, every
day and......stay tuned!!!
Barbara
Ah...the journey...describing our love of fragrances should be enough of an explanation as to why we
established Szent & Company in 2007. However, since everyone loves a good story, here goes.
Having grown up with a dad in the fragrance (flavors, essential oils, aromatics) industry, I, B. True was
raised around scents and grew to understand that a scent can not only change the way you 'look' but
also the way you feel and undoubtedly, the way others judge you. What started as a background to my
childhood, developed into a hobby that soon bordered on obsession - collecting multitudes of
fragrances that would cater to my mood, to the colors that I wore, to the season or to the day of the
week, time of the day! I couldn't help it - I was born into it! A wife, mother of three children, and
devoted dog lover whose children were old enough to share their mom, the time was right for me to
take what I love, empower myself and become what others refer to as a "mompreneur. "Enter J.Rob, a
fellow lover of fragrances and a true (and self-confessed) product junkie. Also a mother of three, dog
lover and wife, she had a successful floral arranging business in her home but wanted to have a store
where people could gather and share a love of beautiful and fragrant things. Flowers and fragrances
have a naturally symbiotic relationship and our personal backgrounds and interests melded so well that
we began dreaming of Szent & Company. After months of smelling and testing products, we took that
wonderfully bold step and made our dreams a reality and Szent & Company was born on March 4th,
2008.The story and success of Szent, the fragrance bar continued for the next three years. We built a
customer base of over 2,000 oil lovers and was rewarded each and every day with a smile when the
perfect and unique blend was created. Then in March of 2011, the time had come to move on and out
of the brick and mortar store and on to the web! So, continue to smell great, feel great, all day, every
day and......stay tuned!!!
Barbara