Michelle K. Gagnon is a bio alchemist, natural perfumer, distiller, aromatic designer, and the founder of Bio Alchemy Olfactive. She works exclusively and extensively with wildcrafted/organic materials, natural pigments, and essential oils sourced from farms and artisanal distilleries around the world. With the belief that plants are master communicators and repositories of culture, Michelle continuously explores and learns from the botanical and natural materials she works with, conceptualizing her formulations to help share the stories of their cultivators and processors. She has worked on a wide variety of olfactory and scent design projects, creating custom scents, events, and amenities for celebrities like J. Balvin, luxury consumer brands such as Bulthaup and B&B Italia, and several premier hospitality/spa groups: GoldenEye, the Langham NYC, Auberge Resports, the Well, Remedy Place, and a new boutique hotel in Santa Monica, CA called the Sandbourne. She has scented. Sony Hall in New York City. As part of her mission to foster reverence for richness and multiple offerings of the earth, Michelle is committed to practicing ecological responsibility in everything that she and her partners do. When sourcing products and botanicals from around the world, Bio Alchemy Olfactive priorities ethical fair trade and an equitable exchange with indigenous communities who create and steward such natural treasures