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About Gillian:
Gillian joined Berjé in 2007 after completing an inter-
department training rotation and currently serve as Executive
Vice President at headquarters in Carteret, NJ as well as
President of their sister company, The Whole Herb Company,
based in Sonoma, CA.
What are you hopeful for in the
fragrance industry?
I hope that the consumer and perfumer’s appreciation for
natural products will continue to evolve while recognizing
the challenges involved to sustainably protect their use.
I aspire to learn every day by listening to industry veterans
and participating with distillers across the globe as they
incorporate the traditional craft of essential oil production
with increasingly modern technology. We are fortunate to
be part of a constantly evolving industry and bear the
responsibility of promoting the traditions that shape our
fragrances, while actively emb racing change.
Gillian Bleimann
Executive Vice President
Berjé Inc.
What inspires you about fragrance?
From both coasts, I am inspired by how our fragrance
industry represents and honors tradition in an increasingly
modern world. The flavor and fragrance industry spans
diverse cultures and embodies a delicate balance between
the new and the old. Our relationship with natural products
goes back to the origins of perfumery and is truly a passion
and constant thread for me at Berjé.
“The flavor and
fragrance industry
spans diverse cultures
and embodies a delicate
balance between the
new and the old.”
What does the future of fragrance
look like to you?
In 30 years from now, there is a good chance that we will be
arriving to work in self-driving cars, talking on the iPhone
38s, and drinking coffee served by robots; it is also truly
exciting to contemplate what fragrances we will be wearing!
As the third generation of Berjé, a global distributor of flavor
and fragrance materials, I take the future of our industry
to heart. Berjé continues to develop the next generation of
leaders through our management training programs and I
hope to do the same by serving on the Board of Directors of
the WFFC (Women in Flavor & Fragrance Commerce) and
participating with IFRANA’s motivating initiatives.
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