David Seth Moltz's guest appearances

David Seth Moltz

Life in Scents

Somerset House Podcast

Glow Journal

Killian Wells

Mark Buxton

Lyn Harris

Andy Tauer

Daniela Andrier

Bertrand Duchaufour

Antoine Lie

Jules Von Hep

Anastasia Soare

Elle Ferguson

Marianna Hewitt

Amanda Chantal Bacon

Nicola Kilner

Zanna Roberts Rassi

Miranda Kerr

OwlTail

Kavi Ahuja

In episode forty five of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts sits down, remotely, with the founders of D.S. &amp; Durga, Kavi Ahuja and David Seth Moltz.Working in beauty affords me the great privilege of trialling brands, both local and international, as they become available in Australia. Often a product lands on my desk that piques my interest beyond my already vested interest in beauty, and as I start to research the names behind it, it becomes apparent that this particular brand is quietly redefining the category in which it sits.One such brand is D.S. &amp; Durga, a fragrance house I first came into contact with in 2017 upon its launch into Australia. Founded in Brooklyn by husband and wife David Seth Moltz and Kavi Ahuja, D.S. &amp; Durga came to be in 2007 when David, the brand’s now-perfumer, began developing fragrances for friends and family and Kavi, an artist, designer and architect by trade, suggested they turn their creations into a business. What D.S. &amp; Durga are doing is so different to other fragrances houses, and I’m so grateful that I was able to listen to them explain the freedom that comes with being a niche brand who can create whatever they want to create, and how they balance that with quite an intuitive understanding of what is commercially palatable.Being based in Brooklyn, D.S. &amp; Durga is a self-described “quintessentially American” fragrance house in a market historically dominated by French sensibilities- not that there is a single thing wrong with that, however the perfume industry is saturated with brands intent on including French ingredients in their fragrances or French elements in their branding, even if that alignment isn’t necessarily authentic. As Kavi told me in our conversation, “Everything behind a brand matters so much more now than it ever has,” which presents a really powerful opportunity for niche brands to become their own storytellers as consumers want to know precisely who and what they’re aligning themselves with.This episode was recorded remotely, myself in Australia and Kavi and David in the US, so if you would prefer to read the interview you can find the complete transcript on glowjournal.com.In this conversation, Kavi and David discuss the malleability of creative disciplines, the art of collaboration and the significance of the scents of both burnt tyres and boat gas. You can read this interview now at: glowjournal.com/interview-ds-durga-founders-kavi-ahuja-david-moltzFollow D.S. &amp; Durga on Instagram at @dsanddurgaStay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at @gemkwatts and @glow.journal, or get in touch at hello@gemkwatts.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode forty five of the Glow Journal podcast, host Gemma Watts sits down, remotely, with the founders of D.S. &amp; Durga, Kavi Ahuja and David Seth Moltz.Working in beauty affords me the great privilege of trialling brands, both local and international, as they become available in Australia. Often a product lands on my desk that piques my interest beyond my already vested interest in beauty, and as I start to research the names behind it, it becomes apparent that this particular brand is quietly redefining the category in which it sits.One such brand is D.S. &amp; Durga, a fragrance house I first came into contact with in 2017 upon its launch into Australia. Founded in Brooklyn by husband and wife David Seth Moltz and Kavi Ahuja, D.S. &amp; Durga came to be in 2007 when David, the brand’s now-perfumer, began developing fragrances for friends and family and Kavi, an artist, designer and architect by trade, suggested they turn their creations into a business. What D.S. &amp; Durga are doing is so different to other fragrances houses, and I’m so grateful that I was able to listen to them explain the freedom that comes with being a niche brand who can create whatever they want to create, and how they balance that with quite an intuitive understanding of what is commercially palatable.Being based in Brooklyn, D.S. &amp; Durga is a self-described “quintessentially American” fragrance house in a market historically dominated by French sensibilities- not that there is a single thing wrong with that, however the perfume industry is saturated with brands intent on including French ingredients in their fragrances or French elements in their branding, even if that alignment isn’t necessarily authentic. As Kavi told me in our conversation, “Everything behind a brand matters so much more now than it ever has,” which presents a really powerful opportunity for niche brands to become their own storytellers as consumers want to know precisely who and what they’re aligning themselves with.This episode was recorded remotely, myself in Australia and Kavi and David in the US, so if you would prefer to read the interview you can find the complete transcript on <a href="http://glowjournal.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">glowjournal.com</a>.In this conversation, Kavi and David discuss the malleability of creative disciplines, the art of collaboration and the significance of the scents of both burnt tyres and boat gas. You can read this interview now at: <a href="http://glowjournal.com/interview-ds-durga-founders-kavi-ahuja-david-moltz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">glowjournal.com/interview-ds-durga-founders-kavi-ahuja-david-moltz</a>Follow D.S. &amp; Durga on Instagram at @dsanddurgaStay up to date with Gemma on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gemkwatts/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@gemkwatts</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/glow.journal/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@glow.journal</a>, or get in touch at <a href="mailto:hello@gemkwatts.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">hello@gemkwatts.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Kavi Ahuja and David Seth Moltz | Founders of D.S. & Durga

Free from European perfumery heritage, musician and self-taught perfumer David Seth Moltz is at the vanguard of a thrilling and unorthodox scent movement. His Brooklyn based house D.S. &amp; Durga, co-founded in 2008 with his wife Kavi Durga, uses perfume to tell stories of offbeat landscapes and folk histories capturing places in time and space. David shares his story behind El Cosmico, the perfume created for the eponymous trailer and teepee campsite in the city of Marfa, in the remote high desert of West Texas.Perfume: A Sensory Journey Through Contemporary Scent continues until 23 Sept. #perfumepioneersPodcast produced by Jo Barratt, commissioned by Somerset House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Free from European perfumery heritage, musician and self-taught perfumer David Seth Moltz is at the vanguard of a thrilling and unorthodox scent movement. His Brooklyn based house D.S. &amp; Durga, co-founded in 2008 with his wife Kavi Durga, uses perfume to tell stories of offbeat landscapes and folk histories capturing places in time and space. David shares his story behind El Cosmico, the perfume created for the eponymous trailer and teepee campsite in the city of Marfa, in the remote high desert of West Texas.Perfume: A Sensory Journey Through Contemporary Scent continues until 23 Sept. #perfumepioneersPodcast produced by Jo Barratt, commissioned by Somerset House. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Perfume Pioneers: David Seth Moltz

Free from European perfumery heritage, musician and self-taught perfumer David Seth Moltz is at the vanguard of a thrilling and unorthodox scent movement. His Brooklyn based house D.S. &amp; Durga, co-founded in 2008 with his wife Kavi Durga, uses perfume to tell stories of offbeat landscapes and folk histories capturing places in time and space. David shares his story behind El Cosmico, the perfume created for the eponymous trailer and teepee campsite in the city of Marfa, in the remote high desert of West Texas. Perfume: A Sensory Journey Through Contemporary Scent continues until 23 Sept. #perfumepioneers Podcast produced by Jo Barratt, commissioned by Somerset House. #dsdurga #davidsethmoltz #newyork #brooklyn #perfume

Free from European perfumery heritage, musician and self-taught perfumer David Seth Moltz is at the vanguard of a thrilling and unorthodox scent movement. His Brooklyn based house D.S. &amp; Durga, co-founded in 2008 with his wife Kavi Durga, uses perfume to tell stories of offbeat landscapes and folk histories capturing places in time and space. David shares his story behind El Cosmico, the perfume created for the eponymous trailer and teepee campsite in the city of Marfa, in the remote high desert of West Texas. Perfume: A Sensory Journey Through Contemporary Scent continues until 23 Sept. #perfumepioneers Podcast produced by Jo Barratt, commissioned by Somerset House. #dsdurga #davidsethmoltz #newyork #brooklyn #perfume

S1 Ep6: Perfume Pioneers: David Seth Moltz