PERFUMER MICHAL GILBERT LACH
I am a versatile person and have a long development path in influencing the external appearance of a person, hence my background in make-up artistry and styling. In 2012 I decided to fulfill a childhood dream in creating a niche perfume and composed VANILLA • BLACK PEPPER. This year, my dream became a reality when my perfumes were featured at 10 Corso Como, where the original inspiration was conceived.
Tell us about your greatest inspirations or influences.
Anything that surrounds me can be an inspiration – people, emotions, events. Most of all, I am inspired by my life and the moments that helped me grow and changed my point of view or way of thinking. The older I get the more I have realized the importance of relying on my gut and trusting my own instincts.
The more you listen to your instinct and the more you believe in it, the more it strengthens and delivers us to the right path.
We’d love to hear more about your creative process.
The journey from vision to product is long, non-obvious and often unspecified in time. It begins with an idea, which I carefully write down. The vision matures over time, takes on color and begins to be ready to be shared with the world. I create graphic materials, maps of emotions, moments and experiences and send them to perfume houses. There, experts recreate my feelings and translate them into perfume compositions.
Then comes the testing phase, which has many stages and can take a long time - I check whether the final compositions reflect my feelings, emotions, and energy, whether they carry the vibrations that I want to convey to the world and whether I want to change anything in them. Then comes the phase of submitting comments and modifications. What I love about this industry and its creative process is that no one limits me in time. I can work out this composition to perfection before it sees the light of day.
Someone asked me once how long the creative process takes - I am not able to answer this question. Some compositions took me a year, others I worked on for five years ... The fragrance is like a split second that defines it. It cannot be put into words, it just feels - like a smell.
Tell us about your journey in the perfume world? How did you get into it, and how did you begin BOHOBOCO • PERFUME?
My journey in perfumery began at a young age, I told my family about it and I was almost sent to a psychologist but then I realized this is what I wanted to do with my life. That dream took shape again after a visit to 10 Corso Como. Eventually a contact took great interest in distributing VANILLA • BLACK PEPPER and from there I knew I could and would conquer the world with my perfumes hence I created BOHOBOCO • PERFUME.
How do you describe BOHOBOCO • PERFUME and do you have a favorite fragrance?
My brand is best described by a quote that is our slogan: BOHOBOCO • PERFUME is an extension of my soul. This perfume is a beautiful story of freedom in which gender, orientation, skin color, faith or interests do not matter. The smell does not impose any rules, it allows you to enter your inner temple and discover your life path, enabling you to live in harmony with yourself. Each bottle is a different story, inspiration, amazing experience, a great way to communicate with the world. Perfumes allow for a complete narrative of the whole self, for dialogue on a non-verbal level.
Do I have a favorite fragrance ...? Of course, I do, but that may change with the new compositions I'm working on. It is also important to remember that all my perfumes are like my children, and which parent would like to favor one among all?
What does wellbeing mean to you?
I believe in reincarnation and soul development. I focus on my personal growth – physically and spiritually. Self-awareness is something that allows your soul to develop and influence our entire environment. One of these paths is exercise, which was tiring at first but I love the feeling I get after working out. .Meditation and yoga are both important for me personally and for my work. Also my Spirit Advisors are very important to me.
Is there anything else you’d like to share?
There is one such thought to always trust your senses, exceed the limits of your imagination, and believe that life can be magic.. This magic wand that can do spells is kept only by us and no one will make this life magic for us, only we can create it as our soul desires.
