Being a mother has always been my greatest achievement in life, but being a grandmother, I feel, was my reward in doing something right. When I was younger, perfume was considered a luxury that most people couldn't afford. However, my father was able to save up each year enough money to get my mother one small bottle of perfume. She would dab a tiny amount on her wrists every morning and by the end of the night, she smelled of soft powder just before kissing me goodnight. Today, that perfume is no longer sold and I've tried countless times to find a fragrance that smelled just as beautiful on me as it did her.
Sealed With A Kiss is my first attempt in creating something unique and beautiful that reminds me of the sweetness of my mother when she wore her perfume and the slight boozy smell of my father when he grilled the fish we caught together. Although my memories are old, they are still most precious to me.

Angel by Mugler goes to show how a fragrance can withstand the changing times and still be loved nearly decades later. Launched in 1992, Angel was created by Olivier Cresp and Yves de Chirin and won the Fifi Award Hall of Fame 2007.

Whenever I have some free time, I love to go to the movies. Similar to perfume, movies help awaken feelings I sometimes forget existed.
There is nowhere I rather be than San Diego, CA, where the weather is in the 70s all year long.
If I could eat one thing for an entire year, it would be boba!
The fragrance I set out to make was for my daughter, Isabelle.

I’m a development professional with expertise in art, education and philanthropy. Currently, I’m an Associate Director of Development for the UC San Diego Rady School of Management focusing on several initiatives as part of UC San Diego’s $2 Billion Campaign supporting the enhancement and improvement of resources for students, faculty, and greater community. Sunkissed by Kate is a gift to myself and those who are busy career women, because every once in a while, it’s okay to take a moment to dig our toes in the sand and enjoy the lull of the tide.

I’m Charli Rose – a wife, mom, friend, geneticist and hopeful deliverer of happily-ever-after to readers in the near future. Writing is becoming a passion that I never even realized I carried within my heart. As an avid reader, I write stories that I like to read and hopefully others will as well. To me, happily-ever-after looks like the sparkle in a groom’s eyes when he sees his bride walking towards him. It sounds like that song that makes you turn up the radio and sing along without a care of who’s watching. It feels like a passionate kiss that gets your heart pounding. It tastes like that first bite of chocolate after months of dieting. And it smells like the sweet scent of HEA perfume.