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Angela is an experienced speaker whose knowledge of the fragrance industry has led to her being in great demand as the foremost expert on perfume.

Her fascination with perfume developed as a beauty consultant for Coty, until finally taking her passion on the road she demonstrated a range of fragrances across the country infusing women with the same beliefs she had.

Her continued commitment and fervor lead her to become a perfumery buyer for Whitakers and then a counter manager for Estee Lauder at House of Fraser where she was responsible for the launch of all the major perfumes in store, including Chanel, Givenchy, Guerlain, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Nina Ricci, Hermes, Lancome, Paloma Picasso, Elizabeth Arden and Cartier.

The planning of these launches required meticulous detail as her team would not only have to dress all 7 floors of the store in preparation for the event they would also hold breakfast meetings for the press and customer fragrance competitions.

The launches were not always so difficult as a particularly memorable one involved a trip on the Orient Express on behalf of Coco for Chanel or when Elizabeth Arden insisted on a trip to the perfume factory Fragonard in Grasse.

Since then she has done a number of interviews on the BBC Radio World Service, Radio 2 with Chris Evans and has contributed to articles on fragrances. In her speech Angela covers topics such as how to wear perfume, the various beauty houses across the world, she talks about her customers good and bad and the most successful perfume in the world.

Chanel, Guerlain, Estee Lauder, Christian Dior and Cartier are just some of the fragrance houses discussed and Angela brings a selection of testers which she demonstrates and can be used by the audience.
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Angela Oldman
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