Melodie Perfumes Modern Vintage-Nouveau Retro Perfumes, Body Niceties and Sundries. Perfume Oil Roll Ons, Elegant Indulgences.
(Mélodie refers to French art songs of the mid 19th century to the present)

E. Morrison designs both the Melodie Perfumes and Theme Fragrance line in New York. A professional photographer with a passion for fragrance and skincare, is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design. She began her inspirational and influential photo career as an assistant to legendary photographers Arthur Elgort and Irving Penn. Her pictures have been published editorially in magazines such as Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone and Paper Magazine and she has shot visionary portraits of personalities such as Madonna, Daniel Day Lewis, Debi Mazar, Natalie Merchant, Philip Glass, John Mellencamp. Self taught perfumer.
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Melodie Perfumes is the younger sister brand to Theme Fragrance, my first foray into the beauty world. I wanted to create a line of small batch, vintage inspired perfumes, cosmetics and soy wax candles that used modern techniques but had nostalgic evocations through the design aesthetics. Our products are both effective and redolent - hopefully provoking a childhood memory, a cherished moment in time, or a new musing through storytelling with scent. I wanted to think of this line as a community of creativity - my imaginations translated through my products and re-inspired by the user. As we all know, modern life is busy and hectic, so Melodie Perfumes was designed to bring back the feeling of more quiet times. Our products are affordable and combine the best of modern and old world formulation, and offer vegan options so that our line is accessible to everyone. Everything from the conception, formulation, photography, and shipment, is handmade by me.

I work in a white-washed loft that used to be a shoe factory in Dumbo, Brooklyn and I design in a grey-wood barn in Millbrook, New York. My studio is compact and vertical, and I am often seen on a ladder gathering supplies. My workspace is of minimal design, but I work under a large painting of trees and birds that brings the natural world into my New York City space.

I have been collecting handmade vintage items all my life - old ribbons, hand-written postcards, discarded paintings found on the street, dog-eared books, yellowed labels saved from old bottles - and these have all found their way into the designs of Melodie Perfumes. I am also an avid gardener and cook with a curious nose and mind - I love to learn about flowers, herbs and spices and use that knowledge to create special and distinct scent combinations. Wandering through the different neighborhoods in New York City and watching them navigate the different decades that I have lived here will always be inspirational as well

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