Frances Franya Zibrosky
Perfumer, fragrance expert
Born Brooklyn (NY). U.S.; daughter of Franciszek Ziobrowski and Maria (Teleban).
Education: journalism courses, New York University (NYU), New York City, 1976-90.
Career: senior perfumer, Jersey City (NJ), 1952-62, senior research associate, manager, Piscataway (NJ), 1980-85, Perfume Department, Colgate - Palmolive Company; senior perfumer, technological representative, Ungerer & Company, New York City, 1963-68; senior vive president, Perfumery Associate's, Inc., New York City, 1968-80; fragrance consultant, Creative Energetics, Inc., New York City, 1986 -.
Author: World Fragrance Preferences (study) and Major Scale Use of Synthetic Aromatics (project), 1958-60; Essential Oils: Spices & Herbs (study), 1974; various articles in Fragrance Forecasts / Trends.
Member of: American Society of Perfumers; Society of Cosmetic Chemistry; Cosmetic Executive Women; volunteer, Covenant House, New York City, 1978-82, and St. Bartholomew's Church, New York City; Guiliani Campaign Team, New York City, 1989; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: First Perfumer Representative for Europe, Colgate - Palmolive Company, 1957; Fragrance Workshop award, Fragrance Foundation, 1974; Fragrance Expert, 1978, Woman of the Industry, 1980, Product Manufacturing.
Languages: English, French.
Hobbies: art, writers workshop, political campaigns.
Home: 320 Central Park West, New York, NY 10025.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.