I think it's every girl's dream to have a signature scent. You know, that perfume that is your go-to every time. Throughout the years, I have found several scents that I liked but weren't exactly what I was looking for. I had some favorites along the way like 'ol school Cool Water for Women and Banana Republic's Classic, but I outgrew them. I was looking for something else; something sweet like cotton candy. When I fast forward to the year 2019, I discovered Gilded Olive Apothecary. My sister found Val (Valerie DeVito) first, but I soon thereafter began buying her products, loving the soaps and creams that she had to offer because they were absolute perfection! When I noticed she also made candles, she had a scent that I was drawn to called Coney Island. I thought it sounded fun, and the description was alluring. She describes the scent as, "The nostalgic aroma begins with top notes of sweet cotton candy, with mid-notes of tart lemon and juicy raspberry, grounded by a deep caramel musk. It'll pull your heart strings and make you wish for a long stroll on the boardwalk and short ride on the Wonder Wheel." When my house smelled like this, I was immediately hooked. I would order two candles at a time because it smelled so familiar, and it made me feel like a kid in a candy store beaming with pure happiness. It was the scent I had been looking for all my life.
When I asked Val if she was willing to create a custom order for me of soaps and oil perfume in the Coney Island scent, and she agreed, I was absolutely thrilled. So, in 2020, it was the transition from not only my house smelling like cotton candy, but myself smelling like cotton candy. I was truly happy. Beyond happy. I was a kid again.
Scents and odors take a direct route to areas of your brain that are related to emotion and memory. So, I am taken to my childhood memories of the Shrine circus, which were some of the happiest times in any young person's life.
Fast forward to 2025, and the collaboration of a lifetime, for me, has manifested into offering this exact fragrance to the world. I am so grateful for the gift of beautiful collaboration! When Val was open to the idea of creating this fragrance on a much larger scale, I was and am so excited that it could be for Flairware.
Now introducing, Flairware's signature scent, Gilded Olive Apothecary's Coney Island Perfume Oil! The oil comes in a beautiful 10ml cylinder translucent glass rollerball perfume bottle with a golden cap. Specially labeled, it is adorned with pink clouds reminiscent to cotton candy with a pink font of the perfume name.
Coney Island will transport you to the happiest time of your life! I assure you that this scent will make you smile! You'll even inhale slowly to take it all in because it's just so good!
Get to know Val of Gilded Olive Apothecary!
Hi, I’m Valerie - soap maker, candle-pourer, and unabashed lover of all things beautifully
scented. My obsession with silky skin and vintage charm started early, thanks to my grandmother’s enchanting stash of fancy soaps and perfumes.
In 2011, while working as a Licensed Massage Therapist (and touching a lot of dry skin),
I started making soap to help my clients, and they couldn’t get enough! What began as
a side passion quickly spiraled into a full-blown love affair with creating the most
nourishing, skin-conditioning bars I could dream up.
These days, I handcraft small batches of soap, candles, and body care products that
blend skin-loving plant oils, vintage-inspired flair, and a little everyday magic.
Gilded Olive Apothecary brings it all together, an ode to the cheeky Flapper Girls of the
1920s. With their colorful dresses and rebellious spirits, they were the essence of their
time, and my favorite style era. Each soap is lovingly named after one of these bold
women, who bucked social norms and embraced the newly found independence of the
age. It was the dawn of modern independence for women- a legacy that lingers like a
heady perfume, woven through each creation.