About us

I've never thought of myself as a businesswoman.

In SS1, I begged my mum to let me sell Parago at school. She indulged her budding entrepreneur and bought me four packs. Did I have customers? Plenty. But I ate every single sweet myself.

I was my own best customer.

What I've always loved isn't selling. It's a problem worth solving: noticing something that isn't quite right, wondering what might make it better, then trying to make that thing.

The Notes began with something simpler: a love of fragrance.

In 2020, I made my first candle. I took one of the plain white candles we kept at home for the evenings when the light went off and we still had to read. I melted it down, added colour and perfume, and hoped for the best.

It did not work. Not even a little.

But the making stayed with me. I kept learning, through experiments and more mistakes than I can count. In 2023, I trained professionally in candle and diffuser making. People bought what I made, and they liked it.

And still, something was missing.

I didn't only want to make something that smelled beautiful. I wanted to make something that helped, and something you could experience, not just use.

Because wellness, to me, isn't always a spa day or a weekend away. Sometimes it's the mechanic at the end of a long, hot day who just needs a moment to breathe. It's the developer who has stared at a screen for hours and can't switch off. It's the busy mind that won't let you sleep.

So I turned to plants, and to the ways they can become part of how we rest, reset and care for ourselves. Behind every bottle are months of blending, adjusting, adjusting again, and a lot of "this isn't quite right yet." I didn't want a blend just because it smelled good. I wanted every Note to have a purpose, to belong to a moment, and to earn its place.

We pair each blend with music too, because wellness can be something you feel, not only something you apply.

Our first Notes are Stillness, Ease, Clarity and Rest. They won't be the last. There are heavy days and anxious ones, aching heads and foggy minds, and quieter, more personal moments too. We're creating for all of them.

A few drops. A familiar scent. A deep breath.

And then, you begin again.

Let's explore the possibilities of aromatherapy together, one Note at a time.

Let's begin. Find your Notes.

Grace AdunolaFounder, The Notes