We are two sisters creating stories in a bottle, with our perfume blends from our imaginations to your pulse points!
These perfumes are derived from nature, stimulated by experience, professional knowledge and training and created from the heart. Without gender bias we design our blends for everyone.
We formed the acronym VYV from both our names: Viv and Yve and as point of interest vif in French means lively, radiant, dynamic with vive meaning ‘long live’.
Our ethos at VYV is to maintain as clean a profile as possible, sourcing suppliers who also have ethical and environmental appreciation and responsibility.
We handcraft small batch fragrances to delight, question and educate the olfactory system and the ingredients used are accessed from the highest quality producers and suppliers.
Before lockdown, our full-time professions were as a professional holistic aromatherapist and a professional reflexologist, respectively. When the opportunity arose to create our planet-based, nature-inspired perfume company, we embraced it wholeheartedly.
Life has carried us across various corners of the globe over the past four decades, gifting us with a rich tapestry of transformative and affirming experiences, along with their share of challenges. We have spent countless joyful hours immersed in the art of designing, creating and refining our natural perfume blends – each one inspired by the memories and moments that have shaped us, both individually and together. Every VYVfragrance perfume tells it’s own exclusive story, crafted by us with intuitive blends that defy formulaic boundaries.
I followed my heart from Scotland to Toulouse, France and spent 11 years in total there, absorbing the culture that included the odours and fragrance nuances of the city – Gitanes, garlic and mimosa.
Escaping often to the countryside where the southern French heat threw up warm smells of glorious vegetation.
On returning to Scotland, I began a 2-year aromatherapy course. Since 1996 blending essential oils has been my stock in trade and that has fuelled my lifelong fascination for fragrance.
In 2018 I completed a perfumery course in Grasse, France – the world centre of perfumery, giving me the impetus to move organically into creating natural perfumes and this is where the story of VYV began.
I started blending essential oils for perfume as soon as I discovered Health Food Shops over 38 years ago, when I first moved from Scotland to London.
As a vegan I have always used pure plant products and have created beautiful and interesting blends throughout my adult life. Living in Southeast Asia in my 30’s enlivened my spirit and inspired me further in my journey in olfactory and taste senses.
On arriving back from the East, I studied in Healing Arts for 10 years and worked intensively in Reflexology with people with Learning Disabilities for 25 years.
However, due to Covid, I lost my job temporarily and started my lifelong passion to start full time blending with my sister. It has been a joyous and satisfying experience…A simple story full of passion and intention.