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Christina Pang

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
61 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

And because fragrance

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

He also had multiple food allergies.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

From that journey, we had discovered, hey, if you exclude what he's allergic to, you know, we're still able to make great food.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

So it's kind of a similar concept we were applying to fragrance, skincare, beauty.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

Yeah, it's really, really challenging.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

And that's also why it hasn't really been done because you're effectively going from thousands of fragrance ingredients, limiting that palette to maybe a couple hundred if you're lucky.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

It's also something you can't necessarily do at home yourself in your own kitchen.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

You know, you do need to partner with a specialized fragrance lab because they use these techniques to kind of separate the compounds that are allergenic from those that aren't.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

So I started the business August of 2024.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

After I left my corporate job, we were already kind of working on candles and things.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

And then we started working on the beauty and personal care.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

After that, we launched our first product last summer in July.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

Okay.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

We ended the year a little bit over $100,000.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

This year to date, we're on track to maybe get to $250,000, $300,000.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

But we do have a stretch goal for ourselves of $400,000.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

We initially launched on direct-to-consumer.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

We also have wholesale accounts with several luxury resorts and spas.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

And just last month, we launched nationwide at Anthropologie.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns

Yeah.