Essence Corp

In 1988, Jean-Jacques Bona and his wife Patricia founded Essence Corp. The Company, established in Miami Florida, distributes and represents prestige cosmetics, fragrances and luxury watches to the Caribbean, North American duty free markets and Latin America. Jean-Jacques and Patricia are second generation entrepreneurs with over 25 years of experience in the industry. They first operated from Paris following the steps of the family company Guillo & Bona S.A. They recognized the importance of being close to their markets and moved to Panama and later to Miami . Our clients are retailers in the Caribbean , duty free stores at international airports and seaports, as well as cruise ships, border and diplomatic shops. We service them from our in-bound warehouse located in Freeport , Bahamas . Selected distributors in Latin American domestic markets are supplied mainly from the factory.