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Recently Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. celebrated Founders Day on January 13, and Alaina Hoskins<\/strong> embodies what it means to live the sorority\u2019s commitment to service, scholarship, and sisterhood at every stage of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 At 56, Hoskins is a mother, a college senior at the University of the District of Columbia, author, mentor, and founder of a luxury fragrance house. Her story is not one of overnight success, but of divine timing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI realized early on that everything I was doing was about making women feel better,\u201d Hoskins shared. \u201cWhether it was hair, clothes, or just listening, this has always been the call on my life.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Before becoming an entrepreneur, she spent more than 25 years mentoring at-risk women and girls, often from behind a salon chair. Those years, combined with deep personal trauma and spiritual wounding, eventually led her to write Behind Church Doors: Overcoming Church Hurt, a raw account of surviving abuse in ministry and reclaiming her voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had to stop asking, \u2018How did I get here?\u2019 and start asking, \u2018What am I supposed to learn here?\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t built to quit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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That same resilience now defines her brand, The Strongest Fragrance Bar, luxury fragrances designed as affirmations in a bottle. Each scent, Fearless, Compassion, and Empowered, is meant to shift mindset as much as mood. \u201cEven if I didn\u2019t have food, I had my oils,\u201d Hoskins said. \u201cSmelling good helped me show up when everything else was falling apart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her newest launch, The Divine 9 Collection, is where legacy meets luxury. The debut fragrance, Crimson, honors Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the organization Hoskins pledged to at age 55. Ten dollars from every bottle funds scholarships for HBCU students and single mothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was the oldest on my line,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I\u2019d been doing the work long before I wore the letters. This was my way of giving back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoskins also credits her years working as an image consultant for Gloria James as a turning point. \u201cShe didn\u2019t need me, but she chose me,\u201d Hoskins said. \u201cShe held my ladder and fixed my crown.\u201d As she prepares to graduate and expand her fragrance line, Hoskins is clear: purpose doesn\u2019t have an age limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m still redefining,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I finally understand, I went through all of that so I could help someone else survive it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does being a Delta mean to you?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cService is not something I do, it\u2019s who I am. Delta just gave language to the work I\u2019d already been called to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why fragrance?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cScent shifts atmosphere. What you wear can speak life over you before you say a word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What would you tell women starting over after 50?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not late. You\u2019re right on time, and everything you\u2019ve lived through counts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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