About Us

Our Founder

A journalist for 30 years, Kathleen Baird-Murray has authored three books, and written for publications like British Vogue, the Financial Times, The Times, The Telegraph, Porter (Net-A-Porter), Tatler and Marie Claire (Australia), mostly about beauty. Her podcast Keeping Face features interviews with beauty industry founders and professionals, talking about their moments of vulnerability.

Our Perfumer

Frank Voelkl is a Principal Perfumer at dsm-firmenich. Growing up in Germany, he moved as a teenager to Paris where he fell in love with perfume. He trained as a perfumer, and later met his wife who hails from Tahiti. Through her he discovered the allure of white flowers, a signature in much of his work. He lives and works in New York.