Kavi Ahuja's guest appearances

Kavi Ahuja

A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica

Glow Journal

Scents of Self

Vilhelm Parfumerie

Tata Harper

Barbara Sturm

Nancy Twine

Christophe Robin

Christine Chang

Jules Von Hep

Anastasia Soare

Elle Ferguson

Marianna Hewitt

Amanda Chantal Bacon

Nicola Kilner

Zanna Roberts Rassi

Miranda Kerr

Indie Lee

OwlTail

It’s Guest Thingies Day! We’re so excited to chat with Kavi Ahuja Moltz, the CEO of the exceptional scent co. D.S. &amp; DURGA and the sort of person who knows cool stuff, always.   But first: potty-training and a related story from  Romper about camping with kids.    Our favorite D.S. &amp; DURGA perfumes include Italian Citrus, Coriander, and Rose Atlantic…and don’t sleep on the candles and  genius auto fragrances, either. Ooh, also:  This one-minute quiz is surprisingly delightful.   Kavi’s Thingies include traveling with playing cards, Fenty Beauty Cheeks Out Cream Blush in Daiquiri Dip, looong walks, and potato chips (Charles Chips in the tin especially—and shout-out to  this Eater story about why we don’t have masala chips at our grocers). She also loves fun socks! Her faves are from  Simone Rocha and  Tabio (see also: Darner and Hysteria), and her standard go-tos are Adidas black with white stripes.     Do you have tips for how to make walking meetings work? Please share them with us at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, or @athingortwohq. And for more recommendations, try out a Secret Menu membership.   Get professional counseling with  BetterHelp and take 10% off your first month with our link. Check out Allstate Identity Protection (and see if your employer offers it, too). Use our link for a 30-day free trial. Sip on De Soi and get 15% off when you use the code ATHINGORTWO. Vacation with BÉIS and snag 15% off your first purchase with our link. Book that doctor’s appointment: Download the free Zocdoc app. YAY.   Produced by Dear MediaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s Guest Thingies Day! We’re so excited to chat with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kaviahujamoltz/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kavi Ahuja Moltz</a>, the CEO of the exceptional scent co. <a href="https://www.dsanddurga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">D.S. &amp; DURGA</a> and the sort of person who knows cool stuff, always. But first: potty-training and a related story from <a href="https://www.romper.com/life/tips-camping-with-kids-2022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Romper about camping with kids</a>.  Our favorite <a href="https://www.dsanddurga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">D.S. &amp; DURGA</a> perfumes include <a href="https://www.dsanddurga.com/products/italian-citrus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Italian Citrus</a>, <a href="https://www.dsanddurga.com/products/coriander" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coriander</a>, and <a href="https://www.dsanddurga.com/products/rose-atlantic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rose Atlantic</a>…and don’t sleep on <a href="https://www.dsanddurga.com/collections/candles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the candles</a> and <a href="https://www.dsanddurga.com/collections/auto-fragrance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> genius auto fragrances</a>, either. Ooh, also: <a href="https://www.dsanddurga.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwi8iXBhBeEiwAKbUofRltU231wMWwDRisbZq1A1CHuxel6yWZ-BHrtqGiqndrLHfD1DIzwBoCbREQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> This one-minute quiz</a> is surprisingly delightful. Kavi’s Thingies include traveling with playing cards, <a href="https://rstyle.me/+M6LQerpMpV-nskXeuuI5_A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fenty Beauty Cheeks Out Cream Blush in Daiquiri Dip</a>, looong walks, and potato chips (<a href="https://charleschips.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Chips</a> in the tin especially—and shout-out to <a href="https://www.eater.com/23053238/potato-chip-flavors-america-international" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> this Eater story</a> about why we don’t have masala chips at our grocers). She also loves fun socks! Her faves are from <a href="https://shop-us.simonerocha.com/search?q=socks&amp;type=product&amp;options%5Bunavailable_products%5D=hide&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Simone Rocha</a> and <a href="https://tabiousa.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxb2XBhDBARIsAOjDZ35ddcw8M-GBoqhZaszEJpwQ_O5mthooy9nyGbKfPqyXQVu63hvaGS0aAkPkEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tabio</a> (see also: <a href="https://darnersocks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Darner</a> and <a href="https://rstyle.me/+zJMovS5W6hWskdkxB4oeTQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hysteria</a>), and her standard go-tos are <a href="https://shopstyle.it/l/bKf7C" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adidas</a> black with white stripes.   Do you have tips for how to make walking meetings work? Please share them with us at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/athingortwohq/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@athingortwohq</a>. And for more recommendations, try out <a href="https://www.athingortwohq.com/secret-menu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a Secret Menu membership</a>. Get professional counseling with <a href="http://betterhelp.com/athingortwo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> BetterHelp</a> and take 10% off your first month with our link. Check out <a href="http://aip.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Allstate Identity Protection</a> (and see if your employer offers it, too). Use our link for a 30-day free trial. Sip on <a href="http://drinkdesoi.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">De Soi</a> and get 15% off when you use the code ATHINGORTWO. Vacation with <a href="http://beistravel.com/ATHINGORTWO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BÉIS</a> and snag 15% off your first purchase with our link. Book that doctor’s appointment: Download the free Zocdoc app. YAY. Produced by <a href="http://www.dearmedia.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dear Media</a>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Kavi Ahuja Moltz’s Thingies and a Good Ol’ Potty-Training Update

David Seth Moltz

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

David Moltz

D.S. &amp; Durga founders/unfairly attractive humans Kavi and David talk Crystal Pistil, orange blossom water pancakes, and D.S. &amp; Durga's COVID-19 relief efforts for New York hospitals.  

<a href="https://www.arielleshoshana.com/collections/d-s-durga" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">D.S. &amp; Durga</a> founders/unfairly attractive humans <a href="https://dsanddurga.com/pages/who-what-why" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kavi and David</a> talk <a href="https://www.arielleshoshana.com/collections/d-s-durga/products/crystal-pistil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crystal Pistil</a>, orange blossom water pancakes, and D.S. &amp; Durga's COVID-19 relief efforts for New York hospitals.

Interview with D.S. & Durga founders Kavi Ahuja and David Moltz