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22 | June 13, 2019 | Malibu surfside news life & arts malibusurfsidenews.com Author combines her passion for perfumes and activism Barbara Burke Freelance Reporter Sephora hosted a perfume-making event June 2, featuring Barbara Stegemann, the founder of the environmentally conscious fragrance brand, The Seven Virtues. Stegemann also signed her book, “The 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen: A Woman’s Guide to Living and Leading in an Illogical World” As attendees gathered for a fun afternoon of perfume making, Stegemann, a human rights activist and entrepreneur, explained that she first envisioned the concept for the perfume brand after vicariously living through a harrowing event. “My best friend was severely wounded serving in Afghanistan when he had entered a peaceful shura, a place where even enemies are to be protected and respected,” Stegemann said. “He was struck from behind by a Taliban ax as he talked to elders about bringing clean drinking water, education and health care to the women and children in the village, and after that happened, I promised him I would take on his mission of peace.” She decided to do that in an unexpected way: by creating a perfume company. Although at first blush one might think that perfumes and social activism are disjunct concepts, when Stegemann explains the premise, her entrepreneurial efforts make imminent sense. “The ingredients for The Seven Virtues perfumes include beautiful botanicals harvested from third world countries that are often war-torn and in poverty,” she explained. “I met a man named Abdoulah when I went to Afghanistan to see where my friend was attacked and he explained that if there was a market for selling legal orange blossoms and rose essential oils, the farmers in Afghanistan wouldn’t have to grow the illegal poppy crop that feeds 90 percent of the heroin drug trade.” Stegemann now purchases rose oil for her perfume line. “I pay $16,000 a liter for it,” she said. “That helps the farmers have both legal and peaceful enterprises.” The Patouchli Citrus Eau de Parfum contains ingredients from Rwanda and the purchases of those botanicals help victims of that country’s genocide, the Vetiver Amber scent for men is derived from Haiti, and the Vanilla Woods perfume contains fair trade, organic vanilla sourced from a sustainable cooperative in Madagascar that provides families with fair wages and supports education and healthcare efforts in one of the least developed countries in the world. “I went to Haiti after Hurricane Matthew and saw the devastation there and realized that buying their products helps support women-owned and small businesses,” Stegemann said. “The Orange Blossoms scent is from Afghanistan and at first, people sort of mocked me, saying things like, ‘Oh, it’s Barbara, the perfume messiah who thinks she will save Afghanistan with perfume,’ but it’s not like that – rather, it’s about a new way of communicating between people directly and avoiding the complications Guests get creative with fragrances during the perfumemaking event at Sephora on June 2. Stephanie Chaisson/ Surfside News of governments that tell us that various segments in society hate one another – maybe the common people just need to get louder with their love.” Stegemann’s entrepreneurial efforts spawned a documentary, “The Perfume War,” www.perfumewar.com, which garnered the Best Humanitarian Film at the Sedona Film Festival 2017 and the Audience Choice at the Sonoma Film Festival. Her efforts have garnered praise from many in the business world. The Grapefruit Lime scent hails from both the Sharon region of Israel, where the sweet grapefruit essence comes from, as well as from the Shiraz region of Pakistan, where the lime and basil come from, thus merging scents from regions that are usually at Going rate Malibu Sales and Leases | Week of May 31 - June 7 war and combining them in an aromatic scent. “I called my perfumes ambrosial because the word means scents, but it also means harmony of the gods and worthy of gold,” Stegemann said. “Both the word ambrosial and the essences I use in the perfumes embody all of those principles.” Attendees at the Malibu perfume making event were fascinated by both Stegemann’s story and the process of blending scents. “I’m combining two drops of rose amber, two drops of jasmine and two drops of vanilla,” said Stephanie Payne, as she used small pipettes to create her own unique scent. “I’m naming my creation A Walk in the Park because it makes me feel excited and lively.” The 7 Virtues Peace Perfumes are hypoallergenic scents that are free of phthalates, parabens, formaldehyde, UV inhibitors, and sulfates and the fragrances are vegan, cruelty-free and infused with organic sugar cane alcohol. “It’s no coincidence that 7 Virtues launched on March 8 as that just happens to be International Women’s Day and women is what Barb is all about,” said Terry David Mulligan, Canadian Broadcaster, as he introduced Stegemann at an event. “Actually, she’s about women and power, the loss of it and the regaining of personal and professional power and, if social thinkers are speaking and writing about a change in the power profile of women, you need look no further than The 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen for starting the ball rolling.” Malibuites can expect Stegemann to roll out a new enterprise soon as she’ll be offering a perfume pop-up truck that will allow people to try all the scents and make their own perfumes. 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malibusurfsidenews.com puzzles Malibu surfside news | June 13, 2019 | 23 Surfside puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku This is more than your average crossword. The Surfside Puzzler features clues pertaining to Malibu each week. Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur Across 1. Girl’s name 4. NCO below Sgt. 7. International Bollywood star (last name) 10. Curvy-nosed Muppet 13. State on Lake Erie 14. Empty 15. Gulf of Guinea port 16. Intuitive awareness 17. Car pioneer 18. Spanish princess 19. Ozone depleter, abbr. 20. Night hooter 21. Fast tempo 23. Take a wrong turn 25. USMC rank 28. Submissions to eds. 29. ___ Claire, WI 30. River between Ontario and Quebec 32. Mammals seen off the Malibu coast 35. Spoon measurement, abbr. 39. Word before “I told you so!” 40. Mice catchers 41. Actress turned princess 44. Lindy Hop move 45. Driver’s need, abbr. 47. Boar 50. Identify 51. Real estate ad abbr. 53. Like some breezes 55. Building add-on 57. Reporter’s question 59. State Beach you can fish from, goes with 60 across 60. See 59 across 62. Human parasite 63. Vaulted recesses 64. Actress Judith of “The Devil’s Advocate” 65. Oenologist’s interest 66. Explosive compound 67. Fortify 68. MS. vetters 69. Dict. listing Down 1. Shining 2. Handy-andies 3. Charlie’s heavenly girls 4. Emeril Lagasse, for example 5. Chessman 6. Internet laughter 7. Check on who’s here 8. Back 9. Checks for under 21’s 11. The Twilight ___ 12. A Kansas river 13. “Naturally!” 14. Pledge 20. Prefix with scope 22. Cleaning equipment 24. Use an oar 26. Has a remaining balance 27. ___ Cruces, N.M. 31. Shooter marble 33. Moray, e.g. 34. More lemony 35. Elder or alder 36. Freighter’s crew members 37. Biol. or chem. 38. Joplin album 41. Mountain pass 42. Airline to Amsterdam 43. Chinese principle 46. Political buff’s channel 47. Boosts 48. Crabby 49. Boards 52. Started back 54. Arizona tribe 56. Minstrel’s ballad 58. Andes tubers 60. Headlight setting 61. Charlottesville campus, for short 62. Drain cleaner ingredient How to play Sudoku Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. LEVEL: Medium answers Rosenthal Tasting Room (18741 pacific Coast Highway, Malibu; 310- 456-1392) ■6-9 ■ p.m. June 14; Friday Music Night with Erin McAndrew ■12-9 ■ p.m. June 15: live music with DJ Tonz of Fun, Heartbreak Over Petty; Azteca Food Truck ■12- ■ 9 p.m. May 26: live music with David Lear, 3 for Rent; Humble Crust Pizza Truck Malibu Wines (31740 Mulholland Highway, Malibu; 818- 865-0605) ■5-9 ■ p.m. Friday, June 14 :Two Doughs Pizza ■6-9 ■ p.m. Friday, June 14, live music with Sean Wiggins Duo ■12-9 ■ p.m. Saturday June 15, live music with Blue Motel Room and Brandon Reagan ■12-7 ■ p.m. Sunday, June 16, live music with Matt Bradford and Mike Bell The Sunset (6800 Westward Beach Road, Malibu; 310- 589- 1007) ■4 ■ p.m. Sunday, DJ Duke’s Malibu Restaurant (21150 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu; 310- 317-0777) ■4 ■ p.m.- close. June 14: Aloha Friday with Tahitian dancers, live music and $8 mai tai’s Moonshadows (20356 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu; 310- 456-3010) ■7 ■ p.m.- 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday; 3-9 p.m. Sunday: Live DJ To place an event in The Scene, email editor@malibusurfsidenews.com Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan Visit us online at MalibuSurfsideNews.com
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