Ana with rose farmer Monsieur Jean-Paul Joubert and Elisabeth Proal.
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Elisabeth Proal

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Ana is very fortunate to have Elisabeth Proal for her teacher. Elisabeth Proal is a “nose”, a perfumer with an exquisite poetic ability to create fragrances. She was discovered by Chanel when she was working at Givaudan Roure Centre de recherche in 1987 as a spectroscopist, and worked for Chanel for 25 years. She has vast experience in the perfume industry working at the highest levels of a famous perfume house.

Portrait of Elisabeth Proal
Elisabeth Proal, perfumer extraordinaire, and teacher at Grasse Institute of Perfumery.


“Realizing my dreams and helping others achieve theirs has always been a great source of motivation and pleasure in my life”

Elisabeth Proal

She is a chemist who studied at Montpellier University, one of the oldest universities in the world with such famous alumni as François Rabelais, Nostrodamus, Carolus Clusius, and Paul-Jacques Curie.

Elisabeth Proal discussing this year's rose harvest with rose farmer Monsieur Joubert
Elisabeth Proal discussing this year’s rose harvest with rose farmer Monsieur Jean-Paul Joubert

Perfumes are a family affair for Elisabeth. Her husband, Eric Proal, is Director of Payan Bertrand, an ancient perfume house that has been awarded the status of living heritage by the French government. They have been making aromatic compounds in Grasse since 1854.

Ana with Eric and Elisabeth Proal at Payan Bertrand.
Ana with Eric and Elisabeth Proal at Payan Bertrand.

Ana has reported a beautiful emotional connection with Elisabeth and everything published about her indicates that she is passionate about bringing to life the dreams of those who come to her to learn.

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My name is Ana Elena Sastrias. I lived most of my life in Mexico City, one of the most populated cities in the world. I studied Computer Engineering in 1982. In 1996 moved to Sydney, Australia with my husband and started a new life. I continued working in IT, but I always had a deep inclination to Visual Art since I was a child. After the passing of my husband in 2013, I continued collecting petals and using them as decoration until in 2016 I looked into all ways to use rose petals and got motivated to try the world of Perfumery since then.
In 2014, recently widowed, I decided again to take my artistic and cultural interest and focused on Business Administration and Arts Administration. Assisted in the administration of Cultural Community Events in my internship for the Local Government NSW at the Vivid Festival in 2014. It was a full on very interesting experience to see with so many interesting community projects submitted to Councils.
Since the end of 2016 until 2019 that I attended various Body Care and Perfumery courses at Heirloom Body Care, Penrith LGA. The level of these master courses was excellent with good resources.
In 2017, I decided to launch my Etsy shop ‘AESCreationNaturel’ that has been growing very gradually at a conservative but consistent pace.
My first Etsy shop has listed natural handcrafted perfumes with the flexibility of customisation and offering various presentations for the same perfume fragrance according to the client’s budget. This online shop has been operating since then, landing more than 180 online sales and 63 ‘5-stars’ reviews published on the shop with very positive comments. In the same year, I attended a seminar of Business in the Cosmetics Industry at New Directions.
In May 2019 I went to France and attended a Summer Course in Natural Perfumery and Natural Cosmetics at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery, AFSO, PRODAROM in Grasse, France. It was so wonderful and met very exciting women at the class and the teachers were very knowledgeable and I had a great experience.
It is until June 2021, that I am working solely in growing and scaling my business and joined the HERBusiness Network on the 27 August 2021.

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