Hello,
I’m Magaly, a floral designer for the past five years and the founder of Empreinte N°8.
Before flowers, I worked in a profession rooted in precision and rigor, but above all, in listening: I was a pharmacist. It taught me a sharp eye for detail, patience, and that thing
you can’t really learn from a textbook: how to care. To reassure, to support, to be there.
And then, one day, this profession so close to people, and yet already connected to the plant
world, botany, medicinal herbs, and remedies, was no longer enough. I was missing something more intimate: a direct, deep, living connection with nature… and an artistic
space, too.
My teenage dream could have led me into landscape design. But nearly twenty years later, it was the flower that chose me. Because it is fragile and powerful at the same time. Because
it has its own language. Because it allows me to express a sensitivity I came to understand, over time, was intuitive. Flowers taught me to listen differently. To see differently. To
compose the way you tell a story: through nuance, breath, and silence.
Since I began to tame this craft, it has opened unexpected doors. My eye keeps sharpening, my sensitivity keeps evolving, and I carry this constant desire to learn, to explore, to open
myself up. Believe it or not: I started classical ballet last year… yes, yes, at 40. Well, a tear put an end to what was shaping up to be a very promising career. And this year, I’m looking forward to discovering the piano. I’m also drawn to photography, watercolor, and drawing. But more than anything, I want to go beyond borders: to discover other cultures,
other floral languages, other ways of giving voice to the living. That chapter with
@aullingatelier allowed me to begin this journey.
That is, perhaps, what Empreinte N°8 is at its core: a soft yet grounded poetry, a sensitive elegance, a search for balance between precision and emotion.
What I do, in essence, hasn’t really changed: I care. Simply, today, I do it with flowers, light, and atmospheres.
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