Marlene Stang is the Senior Perfumer at Creative Scentualization, Inc. in Agoura Hills, CA. She is a lifelong fragrance aficionado who has apprenticed with renowned Perfumer Sarah Horowitz-Thran, President and Founder of Creative Scentualization, for more than five years. As one who lives and breathes fragrance even in her free time, she intends to leave no stone unturned as she reviews the world’s fragrances for tbesti.com’s readership.

It was a seemingly unfortunate event in Stang’s life that led her to her current position at Creative Scentualization – a bout with breast cancer that necessitated she put her career as a publicist on hold. The pivotal seven months that she spent on disability while undergoing treatment provided her with a chance to identify her lifelong passion for scent as an indication of the path she needed to pursue. A subsequent and very fortuitous meeting between her and Horowitz-Thran led to the aforementioned apprenticeship, during which time Horowitz-Thran has imparted to Stang the skills she now employs as an artisan perfumer. Most notably, Stang is the only individual Horowitz-Thran has ever trained in the Fragrance Journey™, Horowitz-Thran’s trademarked and highly in-depth process for creating custom fragrances. Stang brings her own personal flair to the process and has established a sizable and loyal client base of her own. Currently, Stang has two apprentices that she trains in accordance with Horowitz-Thran’s time honored and industry-wide respected methods.

Stang was promoted to her position as Senior Perfumer at Creative Scentualization in the Summer of 2007 and now oversees the company’s private label fragrance division. Under this tier of the business, Horowitz-Thran has created numerous blockbuster fragrances for the indie market. She and Stang now serve as creative collaborators in this sphere, enjoying the fruits of a dynamic based upon their mutual appreciation of fragrance as both an art form and a vehicle for self-expression.

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