Kavi Ahuja Moltz: D.S. & Durga Creative Director and CEO

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Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In 2007, Kavi Ahuja Moltz and her now husband David launched D.S. & Durga out of their apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Today, the brand’s beautiful perfumes, candles, and bodycare products can be found in their three (soon to be four!) brick-and-mortar stores as well as in retailers like Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, and direct-to-consumer. While David is the nose of the brand, crafting signature fragrances like Debaser, I Don’t Know What, and Rose Altantic, Kavi leads all design aspects as creative director and CEO. But it’s no surprise that Kavi has an incredible eye for design. In fact, she spent the early part of her career studying and working in architecture, and though she eventually realized the field wasn’t for her, she continues to use the skills she learned in her first career daily at D.S. & Durga.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief
0:09.0	contact officer of Who What Wear, and this is Second Life, a podcast
0:14.7	spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:18.6	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:22.5	aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:28.5	Today, I'm speaking with the creative director and CEO of DS and Durga,
0:34.2	Kavi Ahuja Moltz.
0:37.0	In 2007, Kavi and her now husband, David, launched their fragrance company DS and Durga out
0:43.7	of their apartment in Brooklyn.
0:45.6	Today, you can shop the brand's beautiful perfumes, candles, and body care products in one
0:51.3	of their gorgeously designed brick-and-mortars, in retailers like Berkdorf Goodman and Neumann
0:56.9	Marcus, and also on their website.
1:00.3	While David is the nose of the brand, creating signature fragrances like, I don't know what,
1:05.7	and Rose Atlantic, Kavi leads all design aspects of the company, and if you've seen the brand
1:12.2	in your favorite local boutique, you know just how impeccable the visuals are.
1:17.8	But it's no surprise that Kavi has an incredible eye for design, in fact.
1:22.4	She spent the early part of her career studying and working in architecture, and though she
1:27.2	eventually realized the field wasn't for her, she continues to use the skills she learned
1:32.2	in her first career, daily, at DS and Durga.
1:36.5	Kavi's story is such a testament to how the skills from our first lives can transfer
1:40.9	to our second lives, and I can't wait for you to hear from her today.
1:44.7	Now, on Second Life, it's Kavi Ahuja Moltz.
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