NY NOW Summer Market 2023 at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC

NY NOW presents its twice-a-year Winter and Summer Markets in February and August, held at the Javits Center showcasing brands and designers with the press and qualified buyers to connect and discover a world of inspiration. The show unofficially referred to as The New York Gift + Home Show was held on August 13-16th, 2023. The Summer Market featured Beauty+Wellness, Home Design+Tabletop, Baby+Child, Gift+Stationary, Luxury Lifestyle, Accessories, Accent on Design, and Accessories.

 

NY NOW Summer Market 2023 ÇaFleureBon Press Badge – Hernando Courtright

The takeaway for me was the continuing presence of impressively high-quality passionate Female-Owned brands with many focusing specifically on Women’s Wellness, Divinities, Healing and Spirituality. CBD has ceased to be a trend.

The Harper Group with over 20 years of experience distributing significant lifestyle brands, including home fragrances and perfume to discerning retailers always has a large presence, Notable brands showing for the Summer Market were Antica Farmacista, LAFCO, Apotheke, SAINT Candles, Sacred + Divine Candles, and Margot Elena’ Lollia to mention a few.

John Bressler of LAFCO NY

John Bressler, Founder of LAFCO New York, the luxury fragrance and skincare brand introduced me to his latest collection, a series of room mists designed around a patented odor-targeting technology. The active component is a biodegradable fragrance additive that is not designed to mask malodor, but to cancel it out. The active component is partnered with scents of Chamomile Lavender, Fresh Cut Gardenia, Champagne, and more. He developed each scent profile and then reconfigured them molecularly, with support from a proprietary AI, so that positive scents weren’t also canceled out by the technology. John Bressler, always on the cutting edge!

Antica Farmacista

Antica Farmacista‘s Liana Robertshaw, Director of Sales, presented me with the new Kitchen Collection featuring four culinary-based fragrances, Lemon, Verbena & Cedar, Grapefruit, Tomato Vine, and Fig Leaf. Scented Candles, Diffusers, Hand and Body Wash, Room Spray, and Body Wash are options available. The Seattle-based women-owned brand was founded by Susanne Pruitt and Shelley Callaghan in 2003.

SACRED + DIVINE

SACRED + DIVINE‘s Sailor Brinkley-Cook is a model, photographer, and candle lover, with an astute eye for art and a passion for the spiritual world. The brand reflects Sailor’s visions and passions of nature, art, and alchemy. The ANGEL NUMBER COLLECTION Candles are made from food-grade wax with a soy-coconut blend. Through traditional extraction methods, like distillation, expression, and extraction, they obtain essential oils, isolates, absolutes, and resins from plants and flowers that we then blend into our fragrances at high concentrations to bring you a sacred aromatherapeutic experience. In numerology, angel numbers are a repetitive sequence of digits that manifest to convey a divine message.

SIX SAINT Candles

SAINT Candles was launched in 2018 by Ira DeWitt, a music executive with a Ph.D. in education. SAINT Candles – Modern Prayer Candles for a Cause benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The candle collection has grown to encompass more than twenty-five candles each named after a patron saint associated with a specific aspect of human life. Each candle comes with a prayer to the patron saint, holy oil as part of the wax, and a prayer coin embedded into the candle. Before the first lighting, read out loud the prayer to the patron saint, then light the candle. Once the wax has burned all the way down, remove the coin at the bottom as a keepsake or bury it as a way of blessing the entire household. The SAINT collection also features fine fragrances, apparel, and fine jewelry.

 Margot Elena Lollia

Margot Ellena‘s Lollia line offers lightly scented shower gels, triple-milled soaps, indulgent creams, and romantic Eau de Parfum. Featured on Oprah’s Favorite Things, Lollia’s bubble bath offers a relaxing retreat infused with fruit oils. The lovingly developed collection of luxury bath and beauty products is beautifully balanced in design, fragrance, and formulation. Lollia is feminine, through and through.

 Roger & Gallet at the NY NOW 2023 Summer Market 

Founded in 1862, French perfume house Roger & Gallet (L’Oreal) made a name for itself with its luxurious bath soaps. Recognized for their signature round shape, with the crinkled silk paper and seal which are still in use today. The company upholds its tradition of fragrances based on rare plants and essential oils, in chic and distinctive packaging that recalls the Art Deco era. They also offer a line of perfumes, scented body products, and candles. The fragrances are penned by some of the respected perfumers.

UK-based OLOR was conceived in 2019 when Co-Founder Louise Rogers and her partner visited Barcelona, Spain. All around them was a beautiful aroma. Scent was the inspiration to create OLOR. They studied perfumery to understand how to build and create a scent. Moving on to candle making they trained with award-winning candle makers. Finally, after over a year of experimenting, they have created the perfect scented candle. The line now includes Luxury Reed Diffuser, Fragrance Oils, and Wax Melts.

Cayla Gray Luxury Perfumes and Candles 

Cayla Gray Luxury Perfumes and Candles Founder, Kelly Kussman suffered from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, almost losing her life as well as her first baby started her on a journey of self-discovery that led to the creation of Cayla Gray. Cayla Gray was going to be the name of her first baby. Cayla Gray exists to remind women of the slow intentional journey of a self-care ritual. The brand connected her deep love for the nostalgia of scent but also honored the heartbreak she experienced through the pregnancy losses. also was helping other women move through life’s transitions. Candles, Perfume Rollerball Everything Spray Body cream, oils, and bath salts, complete the line-up.

Winged Wellness Mariah Alvira and Kloee Openshaw

Jessica Mulligan, Founder of Winged Women’s Wellness is on a mission to find solutions to help women overcome stress. Research shows that statistically women suffer from anxiety, depression, and insomnia at about twice the rate of men. The idea came after plant medicine saved her from a dark place when battling crippling anxiety after a series of major life changes. The Austin, TX-based brand specializes in supplements to help women with specific needs like Sleep, Mood, Skin, Energy+Stress. Combining specific herbs, cannabinoids, and adaptogens helps achieve the desired outcome and helps with hormonal balancing. Winged has 5 supplements that incorporate CBD in the formulas and 5 that don’t use CBD.

Blass Beauty is a first-of-its-kind dark spot treatment stick with a chemical-free formula that safely reduces hyperpigmentation and scars from the most delicate areas. This game-changing beauty product was developed by Michelle Pooch, who is passionate about helping people feel confident in their skin from head to toe—and in between.

Alevan Botanica Alexa Hoffman Founder and CEO at NY NOW 2023 Summer Market 

Illinois-based ALEVAN BOTANICA was started with the vision of a holistic lifestyle and natural wellness product brand that is hand-crafted and rooted in Ayurvedic wisdom. Founder, Alexa Hoffman, is an Ayurvedic Health Coach, Aromatherapist, and Yoga teacher. She also studied at the New York Institute of Aromatic Studies. Spreading the word through workshops, education, individualized health coaching, and the creation of holistic products she believes a shorter ingredient list and a shorter shelf life are key to better health.

K Sahai – The Florida-based brand’s founder, K. Sahai hit a wall being unfulfilled and anxious so she quit her investment banking job. She got certified in aromatherapy, Ayurveda, and yoga, and with inspiration from a natural products expert, she made her custom oils a reality. Her mission is to share the mind, body, and soul approach of self-care through products that give you the confidence to glow inside and out. Sahai: (Sanskrit) helper, companion, protector; (Swahili) sun goddess.

TRĪDEVĪ Geeta Khanna‘s travels of nomadic quests began a journey of connecting with artisans through her small family-run Brooklyn businesses. The name TrīDevī flows with the essence of the 3 primordial Hindu goddesses, Kali, Lakshmi, and Saraswati. Artisanal brands are sourced from India (incense, perfume oil) to Mexico (body oil). Through the grace and flow of the divine feminine, she is on a journey of building a community based on support, connection, and purpose. Victory to the Divine Mother!

Maison Palo Santo Co-Founder Mimi Daraa

Maison Palo Santo was founded in 2016 by the husband-and-wife team, Red and Mimi Daraa. They live and work between Ecuador and New York City. The brand was inspired by their personal transformation when working with Palo Santo in Ecuador. A passion for yoga, meditation, aromatherapy, handcrafted quality goods, and social responsibility had them formulate a line of products that use pure essential oils as the main ingredient and organic materials, infused with intentional energy to ensure the ultimate healing experience.

Clean Mundi Mundi Gattis Founder and Jonathan Gattis

Clean Mundi was created by Mundi Gattis for melanated women. In 2020 she was diagnosed with HER 2 positive stage 2 breast cancer.  As a breast cancer survivor and mom of three children, and two bring girls, it’s her mission and purpose to help women find their own route in this beauty industry by creating paths that lead us to good health and healthier lifestyles. She curated bath and body beauty for the melanated woman to be acknowledged, heard, and feel beautiful. The ultra-rich moisturizing body care products are formulated with plant butter, oils, botanicals, and extracts that will soothe and hydrate normal to extremely dry skin.

 Sunniemade Sarah Spliethoff Founder & owner

Chicago, IL. Sunniemade is independently owned by Founder and owner Sarah Spliethoff. Started in 2022 with a simple idea: it should be easy and fun to make sustainability a habit. The last time the FDA passed regulations for the ingredients used in personal care products was in 1938. So they are setting our own standard. To combat plastic pollution in personal care after learning that 95% of all plastic made is never recycled, and most shampoo, conditioner, and body wash are up to 90% water the brand prevents plastic from ever entering our waste system and cuts the emissions caused by shipping heavy plastic bottles.

Literie Candles Founder Erica Schwartz Werber, who spent some of her childhood in New York started the company two years ago, at the height of the pandemic. Bottling the scents of the best parts of New York City from the Great Lawn of Central Park to Midtown’s ubiquitous roasted nut carts to the 28th Street flower markets has grown to include scents from Miami, the U.S. Open, and even unforgettable scenes from Bravo’s The Real Housewives. An Olfactory Postcard From New York City.

Puff Herbals Lian Bruno Founder & Herbalist

Puff Herbals was launched by Lian Bruno Founder & herbalist. With a bachelor’s in anthropology from Ithaca College and a master’s in museum studies from the Harvard Extension School, Lian was able to hold 5 roles over 8 years across different Harvard museums, including the university herbarium. While completing a 3-year clinical herbalism apprenticeship in 2016 at CommonWealth Holistic Herbalism led her to try all the herbal preparations. Founded on the belief that working with herbs through smoke can be a vital and legitimate part of a holistic wellness practice. In 2020, she was honored to receive the Cosmic Sister Emerging Voices Award.

Dominican-American NY native Mariel Mejia launched PINK ROOT due to her first-hand struggle of having damaged hair from years of using relaxers and heat. Her transformative formulas are derived from plants, seeds, and nuts, their products are suitable for all coily, wavy, and curly hair types and textures.

 

 Blissful Collections by Victoria Founder Victoria Garofalo and Nikki Jackson

The New Jersey-based Blissful Collections by Victoria founded by Victoria Garofalo is the ONLY candle that combines specific crystals, aromas, garnishes, energies, and intentions working together to maximize the effect. The hand-crafted collections are made with all-natural soy wax & pure cotton wicks for a clean burn. ZODIAC CANDLE COLLECTION, MOON CANDLE COLLECTION, PRAYER CANDLE COLLECTION, AFFIRMATIONS CANDLE COLLECTION, SEASONAL SCENT COLLECTION.

Damegirls LLC Tasha Williams Owner

Damegirls LLC is a women-focused company that offers a range of self-love products, including journals, affirmation cards, vegan candles, and more. Owner Tasha Williams understands the impact of trauma and the need for self-care, which is why she created a journal line to inspire and empower women. A portion of our proceeds goes towards supporting The Hope & Faith Foundation for childhood cancer.

 July of St Barth Juliette Espinasse Dubois, Fashion Designer, Perfumer and Stylist Journalist

Juliette Espinasse Dubois founded July of St. Barth in 1989 as a symbol of French elegance. The design house line-up includes hats, bags, jewelry, perfumes, accessories, and cosmetics. She has been a Decorated Ambassador of Arts and Culture at the Four Seasons Hotel George V (Paris) since 2019. The Juliette Dubois Parfums and Couture house has over 20 perfumes that are Made in Grasse.

The Winter Market will be held on February 4-7, 2024, at Javits Center NYC.

–Hernando Courtright, Senior Event Contributor, and  New York Brand Ambassador.

 

ÇaFleureBon Best of Show Award NY NOW 2023 Summer Market

All photos of NY NOW 2023 Summer Market by Hernando Courtright© for ÇaFleureBon unless otherwise credited.

NY NOW 2023 Retail SUMMER 2023 Gift Bag

Thanks to the generosity of LAFCO NEW YORK who is offering a champagne scented or any diffuser of your choice, Clean Mundi, Cayla Gray, Winged Woman’s Wellness, Maison Palo Santo, and TRĪDEVĪ for contributing to our NY NOW Summer 2023 Gift Bag. The giveaway is open for one registered reader in the CON USA. Be sure to register or your comment will not count. To be eligible please let us know what appeals to you about Hernando’s NY Now Summer 2023 Market Event Report. What products or trends sparked your interest? Draw closes on 8/30/2023.

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