Chavalia Mwamba A Musician’s Perspective On The Olfactory Process
Channel: The Institute for Art and Olfaction
Date: 2020-08-06

Scent is often likened to that of a [hopefully] beautifully composed song. The “words” are the notes used and the instruments are the various individuals who enjoy wearing each song. Perfumer and musician Chavalia Mwamba shares her creative process and how she approaches fragrance creation from a musician’s point of view.

Chavalia was born a creative individual with a grand imagination and a love for the outdoors – mainly because she could satiate all of her senses – particularly her sense of smell. Raised around berry bushes, pine trees and a pond, she was always surrounded by nature’s perfume. Although an educator, her love for perfumery and fragrance began to crave her attention for more pursuit. She found herself researching and reading about everything related to scent. This rekindled passion motivated her to want to speak with others about what she’d been reading. As destiny would have it, in her conversations, she was met with the need her brand Pink MahogHany was to fulfill –provide a collection with people like herself (an artistic, yet conscious consumer) in the forefront of her mind. Little did she know she would end up expanding her collection to include products for mental clarity, due to losing her 3rd born son shortly after birth in 2018. Pink MahogHany has become much larger than Chavalia and the people and businesses that are served. It’s now also about her own healing through fragrance. Chavalia resides in Longview, Texas by way of Dallas after 14 years and is a mother of 5-year-old identical twin boys.


More information at pinkmahoghany.com


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A friendly, relaxed and conversational meeting of olfactory artists, the Experimental Scent Summit is an annual opportunity for participants to share their work while openly discussing the challenges of working with scent. All this and more in an unrestrained, non-competitive, supportive environment. ESS is a program presented by The Institute for Art and Olfaction and Smell Lab.