Perfume
Make the world a better-smelling place by making or selling perfume.
Startup Costs: $2,000 – $10,000
Home Based: Can be operated from home.
Part Time: Can be operated part-time.
Franchises Available? No
Online Operation? No
THE BRIEF:
Creating, packaging and distributing your own perfume line could lead to real profits. Developing your product will take careful planning and research, but that hard work can pay off if you can secure national accounts with well-recognized specialty retailers. In terms of the type of perfume your business develops, consider an all-natural approach to the ingredients, as many customers in this day and age prefer transparent ingredients. The perfume can be sold to retailers on a wholesale basis, directly to consumers via the internet or by establishing a perfume sales kiosk in high-traffic community gathering places.
ASK THE PROS:
How much money can you make?
As with a whole host of other entrepreneurial ventures, there isn鈥檛 much of a ceiling on your line鈥檚 potential success. It all depends on product quality, marketing and — most of all — popularity with your customer base.
What kind of experience do you need to have?
鈥淵ou never can get too comfortable鈥 I don鈥檛 care how famous you become, or successful; you think your last job may be your last job. And so you learn to live with that uncertainty鈥 Keep yourself busy.鈥 –Michelle Pfeiffer, Henry Rose Fragrances
What鈥檚 the most important thing to know about this business?
鈥淚s it challenging? Yes鈥 But I don鈥檛 see what I鈥檓 missing; I see what I have. If you start complaining, 鈥業 don鈥檛 have this鈥 or 鈥業 don鈥檛 have that,鈥 you鈥檙e shooting yourself in the foot at the beginning.鈥 –Pascal Gaurin, perfumer