Brooklyn Perfumer Casey Coyle of Forager Botanicals

Profile: I was born in Montana but grew up mostly in Northern California.  The outdoors and nature have always been important to me. I took for granted having access to beautiful hiking trails and lush vegetation right outside my Oakland hills home. I moved to New York in 2006 and now live in Brooklyn.

Courtesey of Casey Coyle

Although I love all of the culture, energy and creativity living in a big city offers, my husband, daughter and I spend many weekends out of the city, often times venturing to upstate New York, so that we can be closer to nature.

Casey Coyle with her daughter

I kind of happened into perfumery. When I was pregnant with my daughter I changed my beauty routine to all natural products. But I couldn't find a natural perfume that suited me so I decided to create what I was looking which was lightly scented perfumes using all natural ingredients. I started taking classes from other perfumers and really loved the process of coming up with an idea for a perfume and then working through the refining steps until I achieved what I was looking for.

Forager Botanicals all natural perfumes and body oils

One of my first sparks of interest in perfumery was when I visited an old mansion in upstate New York that had a standing chimney on the back acres of the property. When I asked the property owner about the chimney he told me the house used to belong to woman in the 1900’s and she had a small perfumery in the back where she made her own perfumes. The building had later burned down and only the chimney remained. I thought that was so cool and really changed my preconceptions that perfumes had to be made by large companies in factories. I loved the idea of this woman making scented perfumes and herbal remedies from her own back yard and years later went on to form my company Forager Botanicals so that I could do the same thing.

Photo: Casey Coyle Natural Essences

On American Perfumery: Being part of the independent movement of natural product enthusiast and entrepreneurs in the United States is so inspiring.  There is so much creativity coming out small local brands these days.

Mary Delany, Horse Chestnut, 1776.

Favorite American Artist: I attended art school and am a trained graphic designer and so I am a very visual person. I constantly inspired by all kinds of artists and designers. One designer I came across a couple of years ago that I found particularly inspiring was Mrs. Mary Delany. She was an American female artist in the 1700s, which was unusual who created beautiful collages out of hand drawn botanicals that she would cut out and glue onto black paper. I really love any art that is botanical and I love to go to museum exhibits for inspiration.

Casey Coyle draws and illustrates the packaging for Forager Perfumes

I draw and watercolor all of the illustrations on my packaging for Forager Botanicals. My mother in law Susan Lozoraitis, is also painter and does beautiful botanical paintings with bright rich colors, which I love and have several hanging in my home.

– Casey Coyle, Founder and Natural Perfumer for  Forager Botanicals

Thanks to Casey we have a draw for Forager Botanicals Limited Edition Natural Rollerball Collection, including 8ml each of Nectar, Bloom, Island Lei and Woodland, (her signature scents)

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100 percent botanical Forager Rose Oud Body Oil for one USA reader.

To be eligible please leave a comment on what you found fascinating about Casey Coyle’s profile and your choice of prize. Draw closes August 26, 2014.

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