In this episode, Frauke sits down with artisan perfumer Anjali Vandemark to talk about her fragrant journey from her homeland India to her current residence in Bainbridge Island, Washington in the U.S. Anjali shares some of her favorite scent memories as a child growing up in Nagpur and later working in Mumbai. She explains what makes India such an olfactory-rich culture, including what role scent plays in everyday life. She then shares what the scent experience was like arriving in the Pacific Northwest of the USA and how she's come to blend these two seemingly different cultures with joy. Anjali shares how she started her journey as an indie perfumer and what her approach is when creating perfumes. She also gives advice on how to get started as an artisan perfumer and reveals who's been her greatest inspiration along the way. This episode is bursting with fragrant experiences and will leave you thinking more about how your own life journey has shaped your scent preferences over the years.

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