As the primary contact for helping artists bring one-of-a-kind, extraordinary branded products to life, Karen serves as equal parts creative guru, sustainable scientist, and counselor to all Flowering Pharmacy product partners. 

Integrating her deep R&D background with a notable knack for discovering partners’ unique stories, Karen taps into each artist’s individual history, dreams, and product passions. This connection enables Karen to carefully package and brand one-of-a-kind, earth-friendly, fan-favorite premium products that directly reflect each artist’s authentic, one-of-a-kind story.

As green chemists and socially conscious members of our global community, Karen and her Flowering Pharmacy team place sustainability and green science at the heart of every endeavor. While Flowering Pharmacy’s bespoke bits-and-bobs may provide a luxe-like user experience, the ideology and production practices remain distinctly down-to-earth.

Karen’s background and experience have led her to discover distinct scents in unexpected places: junked bourbon, whiskey, and wine barrels; discarded fruit and vegetable parts from the food and beverage industry; pine, maple, and cedarwood oil from cast-off wood shavings; and post-event floral arrangements. Each of these items offers upcycled opportunities to transform into mysterious new perfume notes. (Karen calls these scents “curious accords” because they smell familiar, but you just can’t put your finger on exactly what they are.) 

The Flowering Pharmacy Perfume Design Team were recognized by the New Luxury Awards hosted by The International Perfume Foundation (IPF) in Paris, France as winners for their Best Brand 2022 category with SURINAM. Designed for MusiCares, the charitable arm of the Recording Academy, Surinam is a fragrant tribute to honor pioneer, naturalist, and artist Maria Sibylla Merian’s exploration to SURINAM in 1699. The quality of SURINAM ingredients is from the control of growing and distillation conditions and artisan scale production methods passed down from generations of French perfume makers.

U.K. Soil Association Organic Certification Consultant for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.’s Origins brand. During Karen’s board tenure at the Soil Association, its Royal Patron, was H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, now King Charles III.

Karen undertook a shared clinical trial study with UNILEVER U.K. testing and comparing hundreds of botanicals and their ability to control certain unwanted underarm bacteria. 

Sustainability Consultant for Walmart – an introduction made by celebrity board-certified neurologist and six-time New York Times bestselling author David Perlmutter, MD, FACN.

Designed The Spa Dr Skincare Collection by Dr. Trevor Cates, and multiple other doctor brands.

Skincare Consultant for XYMOGEN – an introduction made by celebrity board-certified neurologist and six-time New York Times bestselling author David Perlmutter, MD, FACN who helped develop and introduce the iNutritionals line of neurological formulas. The addition of BrainSustain™ and NeuroActives™ BrainSustain™ to the XYMOGEN line positioned them as a leader in the modulation of neurological disorders.

Skincare Consultant for Ortho Molecular – an introduction made by celebrity board-certified neurologist and six-time New York Times bestselling author David Perlmutter, MD, FACN.

Consultant for ASDA U.K. for a premium certified organic baby skin care and bathing collection.

Consultant for HUGGIES Natural Care Baby Wipes on their “Happy Baby, Happy Mom” connection promoting the importance of a daily healthy skin routine.

Karen is also a frequent contributor to books, trade publications, events, and broadcasts.

• Skinisms: The Stunning Truth, Power, and Science Behind Your Skin Microbiome, by ​​Karen Sinclair Drake and Brooke Bouis, M.S.
• Top Sante (French trade publication and website. Personal care and dermatology expert and monthly beauty contributing writer) 
• Grain Brain (first edition), by Dr. David Perlmutter (Skincare expert and contributing writer)
• Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Start Living, by Dr. Frank Lipman (Skincare expert and contributing writer)
• The Good Gut Guide by Liz Earle MBE (Skin microbiome expert and contributing writer)
• Global Cosmetic Industry – How to Measure “Clean vs Green Beauty” by Karen Sinclair Drake
• Cosmetics & Toiletries – Preserving Microbiome by Karen Sinclair Drake

• The Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
• The Green Beauty Buyers Conference with Estee Lauder
• The 22nd Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging speaker
•  U.K. Soil Association (U.S. Ambassador) Guest Speaker at multiple U.S. Personal Care Conferences.

Guest host on QVC U.K. and U.S.A.

Paul opened a direct supply chain to the U.K. National Health Service Hospitals (NHS) importing pediatric orthopedic soft goods when there was a gap for these much-needed devices in the NHS system. His efforts connected essential innovative orthopedic supplies, including adorable colorful casts, cast protectors, cast removal medical devices, and footwear across the U.K. and Scotland. His efforts didn’t go unnoticed; American military bases, private, teaching, and university hospitals also sought access to U.S. orthopedic innovation to help mobilize and substantially improve patient’s quality of life.

Paul researches industry trends, artists, and organizations, with a keen eye for those who may be a good fit for Flowering Pharmacy partnerships.

Working directly with artists or through their talent and business managers, Paul helps build bridges that connect fans with their favorite artists through branded products with a heavy philanthropic connection.

Paul’s personalized attention and direct dealings at every stage of product creation and production are essential to the formulation of all Flowering Pharmacy projects. His care and expertise provide artists with business input and guidance from initial concept discussions through final go-to-market strategies.

Past and present projects include collaborations with Walmart, doctor brands, and multi-level marketing companies.

Paul’s purview also includes close collaboration with talent management, agencies, and all Flowering Pharmacy celebrity partners.