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Angela Margaret Flanders (4 December 1927 – 27 April 2016) was an English artisan perfumer. She established the London based perfume brand Angela Flanders.
Biography
[edit]Flanders was born on 4 December 1927 in Buxton, Derbyshire.[1][2] She attended the Manchester School of Art, studied Interior Design at the Inchbald School of Design and the Hackney Building College, intending to work with furniture.[3]
In her early career, Flanders worked in theatre design, including at The Old Vic,[2] and as a costume designer for the BBC.[3] She also dealt in antiques at Camden Passage Market.[2] In 1985, Flanders opened her first shop, in a former shoe shop dating from around 1850, on Columbia Road Flower Market in Bethnal Green.[3][1][4]
In 1995, Flanders read a nineteenth-century perfume book, published by Mitchelle Beazley, and began producing artisanal perfumes.[5] Her brand included 16 signature scents for women and a range of colognes for men and women based on historic scents.[6]
In 2006, her scent Figre Noire was nominated for a Fragrance Foundation Award (FiFi Awards).[5] In 2012, her scent, Precious One, created for her daughter, won Best New Independent Fragrance at the FiFi Awards.[1] In 2010 her perfumery won The London Magazine‘s Great Little Shop Award.[5]
Personal life
[edit]In 1958, she married Michael Evans. They had a daughter, Kate Evans. The marriage was later dissolved.[1]
Death
[edit]She died on 27 April 2016,[2] aged 88.[1] Her daughter Kate now runs the Angela Flanders perfume company.[5][7]
Selected publications
[edit]- Aromatics (Mitchell Beazley, 1995)[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Angela Flanders: Perfumer who developed her rich floral scents in an exquisite potpourri parlour in Bethnal Green". The Daily Telegraph: 25. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 Spill, Taylor (31 October 2022). "Legacy of Leather and Roses". Cent Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- 1 2 3 Griffin, Kate. "So Long, Angela Flanders". Spitalfields Life. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- 1 2 "About Angela Flanders". Angelaflanders-perfumer.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Phillips, Jo (6 December 2018). "Icon; In the Bottle". Cent Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ↑ "Angela Flanders". Time Out. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ↑ Walsh, Alyson (21 March 2018). "Lawn: a fresh new perfume with a family history". That’s Not My Age. Retrieved 15 April 2025.