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((Short description|American model and businesswoman (born 1956)))
((for|other people with the same name|Susan Owens (disambiguation)))
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'''Susie Diane Owens''' (born May 28, 1956) is an American model and businesswoman. She was featured as ''Playboy''(('s)) [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate]] of the Month for March 1988. From 1988 to 2016, she worked in the perfume business, creating the fragrances Child for women and Heir for men.

==Early life and education==
Owens was born on May 28, 1956, in [[Arkansas City, Kansas]],<ref>((cite web |title=Susie Owens |url=https://www.playboy.com/susie-owens|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217055849/https://www.playboy.com/susie-owens |website=Playboy |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=February 17, 2015))</ref> and raised in [[Oklahoma]].<ref name="Dallas News">((cite news |title=Dallas perfumer, a former Playboy centerfold, finds her calling in handcrafted scent |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/2013/10/12/dallas-perfumer-a-former-playboy-centerfold-finds-her-calling-in-handcrafted-scent/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=[[Dallas News]] |date=October 12, 2013 |language=en))</ref> She obtained a nursing degree and worked in [[Dallas]] as a model and stripper.<ref name="Dallas News"/>

==Career==
===Model and actress===
In 1983 Owens appeared in her first ''[[Playboy]]'' pictorial.<ref name="Dallas News"/> She was featured as ''Playboy''(('s)) [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate]] of the Month for March 1988, when she was 31.<ref name="Dallas News"/><ref name="Figueiredo"/> Afterwards, she moved to Los Angeles, living in the [[Playboy Mansion]]. She dated rock star [[Bret Michaels]] and worked as a [[B-movie]] actress.<ref name="Dallas News"/><ref name="Figueiredo">((cite magazine |last1=Figueiredo |first1=Tiffany |title=The Rise Of A Cult-Fave Perfume |url=http://digital.360westmagazine.com/publication/?i=18420&article_id=176433&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5#{%22issue_id%22:18420,%22view%22:%22articleBrowser%22,%22article_id%22:%22176433%22} |access-date=November 10, 2019 |magazine=360 West |date=July 2009 |pages=46–47))</ref><ref name="McNally">((cite magazine |last1=Brendan |first1=McNally |title=Q&A With Susan D. Owens |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2010/january/q-and-a-with-susan-d-owens/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |magazine=D Magazine |date=January 2010 |language=en))</ref>

Owens also worked as a mascot for the [[Golden Apple Comics]] stores, playing Flaxen, a blonde nurse who becomes a superhero and fights crime.<ref>((cite AV media|work=[[CNN]]|title='Flaxen' Comic Book Character Mirrors Creator's Life|last=Hilliard|first=Gloria|date=April 23, 1993|via=[[LexisNexis]]|url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/deeea450-2de1-4df6-a8e2-dab40fc5252f/))</ref><ref>((cite news |last1=Bibisi |first1=Suzan |title=Frumpy Nurse Now Superhero – A living wonder woman and Playboy pinup |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/0EB4F4FFDED9748B&f=basic |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=April 14, 1993|via=NewsBank))</ref> Her portrayal of Flaxen served as the basis for the 1992 comic book of the same name,<ref>((cite news |last1=Herrick |first1=Lynn |title=Comic books discover the real super woman|url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/0477c23f-913b-4ca3-8a88-f274c18abbb8/|access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Orange County Register |date=November 22, 1994|via=[[LexisNexis]]))</ref> The 1992 Comics was written by [[Mark Evanier]] and drawn by [[Richard Howell (comics)|Richard Howell]] with ink by [[Tim Burgard]] and [[Jim Mooney]], the cover is a painting by [[Steve Rude]] and published by 'Golden Apple Comics' Distributed by [[Dark Horse Comics]] A second comic book, Flaxen: Alter-Ego was produced in 1995 and was written by [[James Hudnall]], pencilled by [[Brian Michael Bendis]], and inked by [[David W. Mack]] it was Published [[Caliber Press]],<ref>((cite web |last1=Kreiner |first1=Rich |title=5,137 Pages of Brian Michael Bendis |url=http://archives.tcj.com/271/r_bendis.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323193657/http://archives.tcj.com/271/r_bendis.html |archive-date=March 23, 2012|website=The Comics Journal |access-date=November 10, 2019 |date=March 23, 2012))</ref> as well as the 1995 sequel ''Flaxen: Alter Ego''.<ref name="Dallas News"/><ref>((cite web |last1=Hudnall |first1=James |title=Bibliography |url=http://jameshudnall.com/about-2/bibliography/ |website=jameshudnall.com |date=January 31, 2010))</ref>

===Perfume business===
In 1988, Owens experimented with perfume supplies, creating the fragrance she would later call "Child". She began to wear it herself, and then to bottle small batches for sale in [[Fred Segal]]'s Apothia and other boutiques.<ref name="Dallas News"/><ref name="Mitchell">((cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Keri |title=Susan Owens Q&A |url=https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/2006/09/01/susan-owens-qa-2/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Advocate: Lakewood/East Dallas |date=September 1, 2006))</ref> Following the [[1994 Northridge earthquake]] and the death of her father, Owens decided to give up her career at Playboy and return to Dallas.<ref name="Dallas News"/> She worked as a nurse in a plastic surgery practice, while continuing to sell perfume on the side under the name '''Susan D. Owens'''.<ref name="Dallas News"/><ref name="Mitchell"/>

In 2000, the actress [[Jennie Garth]] told ''[[InStyle]]'' magazine that Child "drives men wild", causing a sharp increase in demand.<ref name="Dallas News"/><ref name="Figueiredo"/> Owens left her nursing job and began making fragrances full-time. In addition to Child, she developed the men's scent Heir.<ref>((cite news |last1=Walter |first1=Sarah |title=Not a Perfume Person? Try Fragrance Oils |url=https://www.instyle.com/news/not-perfume-person-try-fragrance-oils |work=[[InStyle]] |access-date=November 10, 2019 |language=en |date=December 20, 2014))</ref> She blended and bottled the products by hand in her garage;<ref name="Dallas News"/><ref name="Figueiredo"/> by 2006, she was producing 50,000 bottles of Child perfume and lotion per year.<ref name="Mitchell"/> Child acquired a cult following, with celebrities such as [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Jennifer Aniston]] reportedly using it.<ref name="Figueiredo"/> A reporter for the lifestyle magazine ''360 West'' characterised Child as "a heady white jasmine-based fragrance".<ref name="Figueiredo"/> In 2013, a 1-ounce bottle cost almost ((US$|100)).<ref name="Dallas News"/> Owens sold the business in 2016 to the cosmetics retailer Beautyhabit.<ref>((cite news |last1=Osinski |first1=Nichole |title=Child perfume owner sells business |url=https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/2016/11/11/child-perfume-owner-sells-business/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Advocate: Lakewood/East Dallas |date=November 11, 2016))</ref>

==Personal life==
Owens is divorced and has one daughter.<ref name="Dallas News"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* ((playmate|susie-owens|Susie Owens))
* ((IMDb name|0654466|Susie Owens))

((Playmates of 1988))

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