# @pimsnewyork8333 on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=rHEMCKpS7Ws
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66322094-pimsnewyork8333-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-28T22:44:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PIMS (@pimsnewyork) — https://gondola.cc/pimsnewyork

## Caption

Maria Karr says the unboxing experience is a story, not a box. After two decades in beauty across agency, in-house, bootstrap, and incubator seats, she walks Mike through what actually moves brands.

Maria joins Mike on Minutes with Mike for a candid conversation about why narrative and education matter more than the packaging itself, how "cheap, fast, or quality, pick two" still drives 99% of project decisions, why she vets creators by brand affinity before compensation enters the conversation, and how Maesa used AI to build immersive worlds around its fragrance brand Finery. She also walks through the vendor versus partner distinction she has kept since meeting PIMS' David more than a decade ago at her first agency role.


🔗 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Maesa: https://maesa.com
Finery: https://fineryperfumes.com
CreatorIQ: https://www.creatoriq.com
Rumore Beauty on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rumorebeauty/

Chapters
0:00 - Why Unboxing Is Storytelling
2:43 - From Russia to Beauty PR
4:21 - Amore Pacific and K-Beauty's Rise
7:37 - Launching Rumore Beauty
12:47 - Cheap, Fast, or Quality
15:11 - Where Analytics Meet Gut
19:00 - How to Pick the Right Creator
28:30 - AI Worlds for a Fragrance Launch
33:00 - Vendors vs Partners



ABOUT MARIA KARR
Maria Karr is an integrated marketing and communications leader with two decades in beauty. She most recently served as VP of Integrated Marketing at Maesa and previously led North American Integrated Marketing Communications in-house at Amore Pacific. She co-founded Rumore Beauty, the first US-based e-commerce store for Russian beauty brands, and founded the agency Hillcrest Communications.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-karr-05a80a31/ | https://www.instagram.com/rumorebeauty/

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/pimsmikeryan/
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minuteswithmike@pimsinc.com

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