“Winning this could be a pivotal moment for me,” said Jess Jacob, owner of Idalia bath + botanicals.
The entrepreneur and cancer survivor is referring to the four months of free rent she’s currently enjoying in Designworx, a multi-tenant establishment at 707 S. 16th St. in Wilmington’s Cargo District.
Designworx “seemed like a good space for my transitional sort of phase because it’s a studio and a little bit of retail,” Jacob said, adding that she has room to conduct workshops as well.
Through Idalia, another name for the love goddess Aphrodite, Jacob sells bath teas, which are herbal blends in linen bags that people can use to infuse their bathwater, and ritual candles, many of which she makes with seashells, shark’s teeth, crystals and herbs…