Angela Flanders
{{Short description|British perfumer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
Angela Margaret Flanders (4 December 1927 – 27 April 2016) was an English artisan perfumer. She established the London based perfume brand Angela Flanders.
Biography
Flanders was born on 4 December 1927 in Buxton, Derbyshire.{{cite journal|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/22/angela-flanders-perfumer--obituary/ |title=Angela Flanders: Perfumer who developed her rich floral scents in an exquisite potpourri parlour in Bethnal Green |journal=The Daily Telegraph |date=23 May 2016|page=25 |accessdate=3 December 2019}}{{Cite web |last=Spill |first=Taylor |date=2022-10-31 |title=Legacy of Leather and Roses |url=https://centmagazine.co.uk/legacy-of-leather-and-roses/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Cent Magazine |language=en-GB}} She attended the Manchester School of Art, studied Interior Design at the Inchbald School of Design and the Hackney Building College, intending to work with furniture.{{Cite web |last=Griffin |first=Kate |title=So Long, Angela Flanders |url=https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/06/so-long-angela-flanders/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Spitalfields Life |language=en}}
In her early career, Flanders worked in theatre design, including at The Old Vic, and as a costume designer for the BBC. She also dealt in antiques at Camden Passage Market. In 1985, Flanders opened her first shop, in a former shoe shop dating from around 1850, on Columbia Road Flower Market in Bethnal Green.{{cite web |url=http://www.angelaflanders-perfumer.com/about-angela-flanders/ |title=About Angela Flanders |website=Angelaflanders-perfumer.com |date= |accessdate=23 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607100217/http://www.angelaflanders-perfumer.com/about-angela-flanders/ |archive-date=7 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}
In 1995, Flanders read a nineteenth-century perfume book, published by Mitchelle Beazley, and began producing artisanal perfumes.{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Jo |date=2018-12-06 |title=Icon; In the Bottle |url=https://centmagazine.co.uk/angela/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Cent Magazine |language=en-GB}} Her brand included 16 signature scents for women and a range of colognes for men and women based on historic scents.{{Cite web |date=30 November 1999 |title=Angela Flanders |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/shopping/angela-flanders |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=Time Out}}
In 2006, her scent Figre Noire was nominated for a Fragrance Foundation Award (FiFi Awards). In 2012, her scent, Precious One, created for her daughter, won Best New Independent Fragrance at the FiFi Awards. In 2010 her perfumery won The London Magazine‘s Great Little Shop Award.
Personal life
Death
She died on 27 April 2016, aged 88. Her daughter Kate now runs the Angela Flanders perfume company.{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Alyson |date=2018-03-21 |title=Lawn: a fresh new perfume with a family history |url=https://thatsnotmyage.com/beauty-at-any-age/lawn-a-new-perfume-with-a-family-history/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=That’s Not My Age |language=en}}
Selected publications
References
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flanders, Angela}}
{{Authority control}}