Brown Sugar Babe Founder Turns $300 Into $21M Fragrance Business
by Sidnee Michelle September 29, 2026 Maekaeda Gibbons launched Brown Sugar Babe in 2018. Maekaeda Gibbons turned a $300 investment into Brown Sugar Babe, a self-funded fragrance company that generated $21 million in gross revenue in 2025 without outside investors, Business Insider reports. Gibbons launched Brown Sugar Babe in 2018













