Abayomi Lambo is the son of late famous Nigerian Professor of Psychiatry and Deputy Director-General, World Health Organisation, WHO, Thomas Adeoye Lambo. Despite his qualification as a Medical Physiologist, Abayomi is making impact in an entirely different field- perfumery. In this interview, he shares his obsession with fragrance from childhood and how he turned the obsession into a successful company.I was brought up largely within an academic environment.
I realized we have a lot of untapped natural resources in this country for use in fragrances, yet we were importing a lot of perfumes. I started to think that if one could use these abundant resources, it would mean good quality products at cheaper prices. I reasoned that establishing a company that harnesses these resouces will provide jobs for a lot of people and even high-quality exports for the country. I thought to myself ‘we can do this!’ and here I am doing it.