So what is your day job?

Kai Leon Art Perfumer said:
Well, there are some rare examples of the complexity and wealth in the mass-produced perfumes - in the glorious distant past, like the Balmain's 'Le Vent Vert' and 'Joy' by Jean Patou - allegedly each was cleverly constructed out of nearly 1000 ingredinets, and their creators surely inspire me in my work. Besides, I am definitely not 'the most commercial' folk - to put it mildly:
I create 'Wearable Aroma-Art of the most luxurious type and of the finest quality available - bespoke personal perfumes (single bottle for single individual), and that requires the utmost sophistication. Besides, as I said, that really depends on how we count - if I use twelve different Rose essences to make a single 'Rose blossom' tone, does it count for one ingredient - Rose - or 12? (5 absolutes - Moroccan Rose de Mai, two Gallicas, one Indian Bourbon and one Chinese Cymosa, plus 7 ottos - one 'Royal Georgian', three 'Persians', one Azerbajiani and one White Bulgarian) 🙂 - When I've mentioned 200 ingredients, I've meant the counting of each individual product (including those 12 different Roses for instance).
Also, please keep in mind that when creating an accord, let say 'Spring floral field', I may use just a single drop of 1%-diluted natural isolate of Melonal - on 10 ml of the accord's volume, and then to use only a single drop of that accord - so at the end in the final fragrance there will be mere 0.00002% of Melonal out of the entire composition, yet it should be counted as a present ingredient, right? 😉
I work almost exclusively with fine natural essences and with natural isolates (as for example the above-mentioned Melonal). On rare occasions, and if a client wishes so specifically, I certainly can use synthetic materials - I am capable (saying it not humbly - quite expertly), but the Synthetics are just not my personal preference at all - at soul I am a 'Nature boy'. But I do have some synthetic molecules, particularly from the naturally 'impossible' materials, like 'Ozone-Fresh Air' for instance, or some 'impossible' flowers.
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Sounds great. I enjoy reading your posts. 🙂
 
I work for myself in the business of design, product development and marketing in the high craftsmanship heritage textiles & clothing. I am a natural indigo dye producer; work with farmers, artisans and dyers to sell local, that is Bangladeshi, high craftsmanship to private and international clients. I have worked with / produced for few top French fashion houses, and now sell in Japan.
My journey in design and promotion of heritage has thrown me in oud and fragrance. Only very recently i got serious with oud, not so much in the spectrum of collection but rather in selling, which is my forte, to the point of hunting down couple of Bangladeshi/Sylheti oud distillers, to 'co-distill' some precious dark shavings, of top grade iron nailed. That i intend selling to few perfumers I contacted (none are Ouddict members). And hopefully start my life of a oud 'co-distiller' and seller. I am experimenting with ethanol based tinctured parfums too and attars, with Bangladesh Oud as centerpiece. I know very little about it, but its an art and science i want to acquire. Reading vociferously and seeking knowledge not since i learned about indigo and haute-couture.
The life of a designer and product developer has the inherent freedom to work with any craft, be it textiles, clothing, natural dyes, tea cannisters, to Oud and designing and developing natural parfum.
 
Anesthetists terrify me, I'm sorry. I once woke up before the succs had metabolized completely. I couldn't move my lungs, but I needed to. I was traumatically aware.
 
Kalni Oud said:
I work for myself in the business of design, product development and marketing in the high craftsmanship heritage textiles & clothing. I am a natural indigo dye producer; work with farmers, artisans and dyers to sell local, that is Bangladeshi, high craftsmanship to private and international clients. I have worked with / produced for few top French fashion houses, and now sell in Japan.
My journey in design and promotion of heritage has thrown me in oud and fragrance. Only very recently i got serious with oud, not so much in the spectrum of collection but rather in selling, which is my forte, to the point of hunting down couple of Bangladeshi/Sylheti oud distillers, to 'co-distill' some precious dark shavings, of top grade iron nailed. That i intend selling to few perfumers I contacted (none are Ouddict members). And hopefully start my life of a oud 'co-distiller' and seller. I am experimenting with ethanol based tinctured parfums too and attars, with Bangladesh Oud as centerpiece. I know very little about it, but its an art and science i want to acquire. Reading vociferously and seeking knowledge not since i learned about indigo and haute-couture.
The life of a designer and product developer has the inherent freedom to work with any craft, be it textiles, clothing, natural dyes, tea cannisters, to Oud and designing and developing natural parfum.
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Unique!
 
Howdy, i loved reading about this topic thanks for sharing! I currently am employed as an events and activities coordinator for a local homeless shelter and community center in San Francisco. We focus on the most marginalized populations and are harm-reduction focused and trauma-informed in our approach. I am also an artist and strength trainer / coach who took the job to gain healthcare (california usa), though I have done much with my life in the way of earning money, from bartending to stage performing to lifting weights. At heart I am a pleasure activist and believe we all require happiness and deserve access to pleasure in our lives no matter what circumstances we may face.
I have always enjoyed scents and the process of mixing and making formulas (art, mixology, cooking etc) but was recently pulled back in ferociously by my ancestors (spiritually). Scent is an innate pleasure that directly connects to our nervous system and provides healing, memory activation, and authentic-self pursuit. I love to focus my events and activities on authenticity and maximizing capacity for joy. Very excited to have recently been offered to use some grant money that I dedicated to building a (beginners) Perfume Bar for our residents that will debut in the new year. I will be using naturals and isolates diluted personally, along with some premade fragrance oils from Perfumers Apprentice. All this while i slowly build my own materials and space in my garage for my own mixing and formulating my own perfumes. Happy to have sold some recently to a coworker who loved what i was wearing personally (made my own perfume oils at a local shop).
 
I am a mecatronic technician. I believe it's a thankful job with a good future, when you specialize in something.

I don't wear often Oud at work, I have to work with customers and colleagues. In that moment Oud is something special for me for special moments. Or sometimes just a little swipe on the back on hand, which I smell from time to time.

Normally I wear a mainstream office perfume during work.

Variety makes the difference. If I would wear every day a high grade Oud, it would lose the magic for me
 
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