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Speaker 2: Hi, Cheekey's.
Speaker 3: Thank you for taking a call from me in the past.
Speaker 3: Or you answered questions about your interior dialogue being Spanish
Speaker 3: or English, and your thoughts on Mariposa about you, and
Speaker 3: I'm hoping you take this call today to take me
Speaker 3: on a deep dive about perfume. I'm a collector and
Speaker 3: a lover. I have several bottles of Reina and I've
Speaker 3: been collecting your mom's perfumes as well. Now, of course
Speaker 3: i've heard you talk about how you helped develop per perfume,
Speaker 3: went to China. All of that tell us about it.
Speaker 3: Go on a deep dive. I have been collecting the
Speaker 3: four women's perfumes that I've seen. There's Forever, There's Jenny,
Speaker 3: they have the same bottle design. There is Jr. And
Speaker 3: Mariposa they have a different but similar bottle design. And
Speaker 3: tell me about it. Were those all ones that you did?
Speaker 3: Were they ones that your mom had any input on?
Speaker 3: And also, as a lover of perfumes, tell me a
Speaker 3: little bit more about what's coming next for you as
Speaker 3: a maker. I actually have created my own the Amnthe
Speaker 3: and Jenay perfumes. I would love to share them with
Speaker 3: you someday. You let me know, let your people reach
Speaker 3: out to my people and I'll get you some sample's girlfriend.
Speaker 3: But yeah, tell us all about it. What was the
Speaker 3: process like, was your mom really involved in all of these?
Speaker 3: What was even the order of the release? All these
Speaker 3: information details I'm dying to know. Let's get into it.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Alyssa, your voice, it's so like beautiful.
Speaker 1: You should have your own podcast or like do like
Speaker 1: meditation guides or something. You have a beautiful voice. And
Speaker 1: thank you so much. I'm so glad that I was
Speaker 1: able to answer your question before and I gladly will
Speaker 1: answer your question now. Thank you for the support that
Speaker 1: you've given my perfume and my mom's as well. And
Speaker 1: yes I have Reina, and just let me get into
Speaker 1: it really quick. But I do have a working on
Speaker 1: a new fragrance right now. It's going to be a
Speaker 1: unisex and it's going to be called Actually I probably
Speaker 1: shouldn't say the name yet, but it is a unisex
Speaker 1: and it smells divine. It's so beautiful and I cannot
Speaker 1: wait to smell what you came up with the month.
Speaker 1: I love that. That's actually a great name. So yes,
Speaker 1: we will figure it out to see how I can
Speaker 1: get a sample of it. But yes, so I started
Speaker 1: the perfume. My mom would just have these ideas like
Speaker 1: I want a makeup and skincare line, and we found
Speaker 1: the right person and I, you know, did all the
Speaker 1: footwork and handled all the day to day stuff and
Speaker 1: just made it happen for her. And one day she
Speaker 1: said I want a gene line, and I helped her
Speaker 1: with that too. I would find the manufacturers. And when
Speaker 1: she told me that she wanted to perfume a fragrance
Speaker 1: because she loved fragrances, she would always wear tressoor that
Speaker 1: was like her go to and she wanted to come
Speaker 1: out with her own because people would always tell her
Speaker 1: you smell so good. And she's like, you know what,
Speaker 1: there's something here. I want my own fragrance. And she
Speaker 1: gave me a budget, very small budget. She says, I want,
Speaker 1: you know, here, sixty thousand dollars. Figure out how you're
Speaker 1: going to do it, but I want my own perfume.
Speaker 1: And I looked and I looked, and it was just
Speaker 1: very expensive to make it here in the States. So
Speaker 1: I said, Mom, I'm gonna have to go overseas. I
Speaker 1: need to go to China. And what I'll do is
Speaker 1: have them make it there and then maybe we can,
Speaker 1: you know, replicate it here in the States or whatnot.
Speaker 1: So that's what I did. I was around twenty three
Speaker 1: years old, and I found someone that could help me
Speaker 1: out there. I'm found a manufacturer, and I flew out
Speaker 1: there by myself and it was a very nice experience.
Speaker 1: But the day that I left to China, my mom
Speaker 1: and I were fighting. We got an argument because I
Speaker 1: don't know what, so we weren't talking and I was
Speaker 1: just like, but it gave me that fire within to say,
Speaker 1: you know what, I need to show my mom that
Speaker 1: I can do this, and it just I don't know.
Speaker 1: I freaking killed it in three weeks. I had a
Speaker 1: whole thing. I knew what my mom liked already. I
Speaker 1: knew her very well, so like the scent and everything.
Speaker 1: I mean, because there was no time, obviously, I was
Speaker 1: all the way in China, in Guanzhou to send her
Speaker 1: samples or anything. So I just did it myself. And
Speaker 1: I was like, I know she's gonna be happy. I
Speaker 1: know my mother, and thank goodness I did because she
Speaker 1: loved everything. And that was how the Perfume JR. Was born,
Speaker 1: because we didn't really name it anything. It was just JR,
Speaker 1: her logo, her initials, and that's I think, to this day,
Speaker 1: our top seller. And with the other fragrances that you
Speaker 1: have that are also amazing, I did not. I just
Speaker 1: helped with, you know, choosing the set and saying I
Speaker 1: like it, or maybe we should add a little bit
Speaker 1: of this or whatnot. But everything else the old administration
Speaker 1: handled and my siblings. But yeah, I mean, I love fragrances.
Speaker 1: I always have. I want to smell good, So I'm
Speaker 1: so glad that you're enjoying them, and yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: I totally get into it a lot more because there's
Speaker 1: so much of that story, but obviously we're on Dear
Speaker 1: Cheeky so we can't. But maybe one day I can
Speaker 1: do a Cheeki's and Chill episode to talk about that experience,
Speaker 1: because it was definitely a good one. Thank you so much,
Speaker 1: Melyssa for your question, and I look forward to hearing
Speaker 1: from you again. Okay, guys, next question comes from Joscelyn
Speaker 1: Hi Tiggie's.
Speaker 4: I'm a very big supporter of yours and recently met
Speaker 4: you for the first time doing really the amount of store.
Speaker 4: I've always felt that you were such an inspiring and
Speaker 4: comforting person who I admire very much, which is why
Speaker 4: I wanted your advice on this topic. I'm currently a
Speaker 4: senior in high school preparing to go off to college
Speaker 4: later on this year. My question for you is, do
Speaker 4: you have any advice you could give me, as I've
Speaker 4: never really been away from home or my parents, any
Speaker 4: advice that you'd give on how to navigate through a
Speaker 4: completely new chapter while we're taking on that role of
Speaker 4: complete independence. Thank you for being who you are and
Speaker 4: I love and miss you very much and hope to
Speaker 4: see you again soon.
Speaker 1: Oh, Jocelyn, thank you so much.
Speaker 5: You're so sweet.
Speaker 1: Well, so, I know it is a little scary. It's
Speaker 1: a scary thought because you're stepping into the unknown, you know,
Speaker 1: moving out. It's something new, and you feel that you
Speaker 1: know your parents protect you and you feel safe, and
Speaker 1: I get that.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: It took me a while to move out. My circumstances
Speaker 1: were a little different, but when I did, that's when
Speaker 1: I really like stepped into my own and it just
Speaker 1: helps you appreciate the value, the real value of money
Speaker 1: and budgeting and stuff like that. So I think my
Speaker 1: advice to you would be, make sure you have a
Speaker 1: job first of all before you move out, because you're
Speaker 1: going to need means to pay for your rent and
Speaker 1: feed yourself and stuff and budgeting yourself and knowing you
Speaker 1: know exactly how much your rent will be, or are
Speaker 1: you going to roommate and we're going to go grocery shopping,
Speaker 1: because all of that stuff matters. So definitely a job
Speaker 1: is number one. And just knowing that you will have
Speaker 1: some bumps in the road that is normal, and don't
Speaker 1: get discouraged. It's part of adulting, and adulting is uncomfortable.
Speaker 1: But with that comes you becoming your best self, you know,
Speaker 1: and stepping into your own strength and your own courage
Speaker 1: and your wisdom. And that's going to take time, so
Speaker 1: be patient and compassionate. But that is I think the
Speaker 1: number one thing. Definitely getting a job and hopefully finding
Speaker 1: a roommate because carrying that whole weight on your own
Speaker 1: could be a lot, especially if you're moving out for
Speaker 1: the first time on your own. So those are the
Speaker 1: things that I would definitely do. But I think it's
Speaker 1: great that you are willing to do this and start
Speaker 1: your life. I feel like the sooner, the better kind
Speaker 1: of ish and the Latin family, It's like the longer
Speaker 1: you stay at home, the better. Don't leave until you
Speaker 1: get married. But if you are feeling this in your heart,
Speaker 1: then I think that you should try. It's my advice.
Speaker 1: So thank you so much, Justlyn. Okay, guys, next question
Speaker 1: comes from Valerie hi Chieky's.
Speaker 5: I just wanted to stop by and tell you that
Speaker 5: I love your podcast and I love every topic you
Speaker 5: speak about on the podcast. So I have a very
Speaker 5: sensitive topic to speak about, which would be a miscarriage.
Speaker 5: I myself had a miscarriage October twenty twenty four. I
Speaker 5: also struggle with infertility for two years, and I'm finding
Speaker 5: myself struggling and dealing with the miscarriage grief. How did
Speaker 5: you deal with miscarriage grief? And I know this pain
Speaker 5: never ends, but how are you dealing with the miscarriage grief?
Speaker 5: I would love for you to respond back and give
Speaker 5: me some tips of how you're dealing with your miscarriage grief.
Speaker 1: Thank you, oh Valerie, thank you so much. Thank you
Speaker 1: first and foremost for supporting being a listener and loving
Speaker 1: my podcast. It means a lot to me. Love the feedback.
Speaker 1: And yes, so miscarriage, Yeah, that was That was a
Speaker 1: tough one.
Speaker 2: It was.
Speaker 1: It was hard. I think what helped me was definitely
Speaker 1: like my faith in God and just knowing and I
Speaker 1: know it sounds cliche and stuff, but like knowing that
Speaker 1: everything does happen for a reason. Also, when I spoke
Speaker 1: to my doctor and my doctor said that most likely
Speaker 1: it wasn't a healthy egg, that also made me feel
Speaker 1: a little bit better. You know, I'm like, Okay, well
Speaker 1: maybe that's just God, you know, helping me make the
Speaker 1: decision for me so I don't have to make the
Speaker 1: decision later. Kind of that also helped me, gave me
Speaker 1: more peace and just you know, leaning on God is
Speaker 1: what really helped me, you know, and and my partner
Speaker 1: and having his support too and medios. But I prayed
Speaker 1: myself through it and I was like, you know, God,
Speaker 1: if this is your will, then helped me accept it,
Speaker 1: heal my heart. And when I think about it is
Speaker 1: something that kind of just tugs at my at the
Speaker 1: strings of my heart a little bit. But I know
Speaker 1: that I have a little angel in you know, in
Speaker 1: heaven and is you know, there to give me love from.
Speaker 1: It's just I know it's just so hard. I get it,
Speaker 1: but it's just going to take time. It happened in October,
Speaker 1: mine happened in June, so so just know it's going
Speaker 1: to take a little bit of time and time heals.
Speaker 1: And just know that God knows what he's doing. God
Speaker 1: knows when, why, and how, so you'll have your rainbow baby.
Speaker 1: Have faith that you'll have a rainbow baby. I didn't
Speaker 1: know what a rainbow baby was until I had my miscarriage.
Speaker 1: So I will be praying for both of our uteruses
Speaker 1: and praying for God's will to be done. But I'm
Speaker 1: sending you a big hug valery because I know there's
Speaker 1: I'm even like it's tough. I feel like with situations
Speaker 1: like this, there's really nothing that anyone can tell you
Speaker 1: to make you feel better. But all I could say
Speaker 1: is that the faith I had in God and I
Speaker 1: haven't God, should I say it really helped me through.
Speaker 1: So sending you a big hug. K Okay, guys, So
Speaker 1: next question comes. The last question actually comes from Emily.
Speaker 2: Hey, Cheeky, how are you. I hope you're doing well.
Speaker 2: And my question to you is what is the most
Speaker 2: valuable thing to you? And I'm just curious to know.
Speaker 2: I love you and I watch all your podcasts all
Speaker 2: the time, like I always look forward to them, and yeah,
Speaker 2: and I always tell my friends family about it. And
Speaker 2: I really love the advice you give on the podcast.
Speaker 2: I appreciate your honest opinions. And yeah, I love your
Speaker 2: Cheeky's hope you have a wonderful day. Bye.
Speaker 1: Oh I love this. I love when people tell me
Speaker 1: they love my podcast. Thank you guys so much for listening,
Speaker 1: for taking the time and coming back and you know,
Speaker 1: feeding your soul with positive things. So thank you so much.
Speaker 1: And Emily in regards to your question. That's a good question.
Speaker 1: It's so crazy because I'm like, I feel like I
Speaker 1: can give advice all day long, but then you ask
Speaker 1: me a question and I'm like, oh, wait, what is
Speaker 1: the most valuable thing to me or what's valuable to
Speaker 1: me more than like a materialistic thing. Emily, I'd have
Speaker 1: to say, I think honesty is very valuable to me
Speaker 1: because with honesty comes integrity, and comes trust and so
Speaker 1: many other things. I think when you are able to
Speaker 1: be honest with yourself and with the world, I think
Speaker 1: that definitely gives you a lot of power within yourself.
Speaker 1: So I feel like that's very, very valuable to me,
Speaker 1: is honesty, Honesty with myself, honesty with others, people being
Speaker 1: honest with me. So that's the first thing that popped
Speaker 1: into my head when you were asking the question. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure there's other things that are very
Speaker 1: valuable to me, but that's the first thing that came up.
Speaker 1: And actually, Emily talking about a materialistic thing, because maybe
Speaker 1: if you asked me this question when I was younger,
Speaker 1: I'd think like, oh my gosh, like a purse or
Speaker 1: some shoes or something. I don't know, But now I
Speaker 1: think if I had to choose something that was materialistic,
Speaker 1: I guess something you know, physical. I would probably for
Speaker 1: sure take my ring, my wedding ring. It's very important
Speaker 1: to me. That's definitely valuable for so many reasons, not
Speaker 1: just because you know, I media gave it to me
Speaker 1: and it's a beautiful ring. I love it, but also
Speaker 1: because what it stands for, what it means, what it represents.
Speaker 1: My dogs are very valuable, you know. Other than that,
Speaker 1: I think that's it. Like even my mom's stuff, for instance,
Speaker 1: that for so long I held onto because they gave
Speaker 1: me comfort. I had a dress, I had some of
Speaker 1: her hair before, and those things I think were keeping
Speaker 1: me from completely healing. So I let them go and
Speaker 1: you guys will probably see those things in my mom's
Speaker 1: museum coming very soon, hopefully. But I even had to
Speaker 1: feel like I had to. Like my mom, I felt
Speaker 1: like was telling me for so long, like you can't
Speaker 1: hold on to that, You got to kind of let
Speaker 1: it go, you know, And when I did, I felt
Speaker 1: a little bit better. So I feel like my mom
Speaker 1: is in my heart and in my mind, and that's
Speaker 1: where I keeper, you know, because I was holding onto
Speaker 1: those things with dear life and I think it was
Speaker 1: affecting me more than helping me. So I feel like
Speaker 1: like material things I try not to like don't hold
Speaker 1: that much value for me as much as other things. Anyways,
Speaker 1: I really appreciate your question. I like that so you guys,
Speaker 1: You guys can ask me anything, so you know, it
Speaker 1: could be deeper questions about relationships, about love, about even businesses.
Speaker 1: If you are wanting to start your own business, I
Speaker 1: can definitely give you advice. I mean, you know, all
Speaker 1: the advice that I give you, guys comes from my
Speaker 1: own personal experiences, and you know I'm not always right
Speaker 1: and I'm not a professional. Let me remind you, guys,
Speaker 1: but I definitely will give you the best advice that
Speaker 1: I possibly can. I have your best interests at heart,
Speaker 1: for sure. So if you have a question, you can
Speaker 1: leave it at speakpipe dot com, slash Cheekys and Chill
Speaker 1: Podcast And thank you guys. Thank you Alyssa, Jocelyn, Valerie
Speaker 1: and Emily for your questions. Mosquio mucho. See you here
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