Dana Schmitt
“Always keep an open mind and open heart; stay curious.”
Dana Schmitt remembers the exact moment she decided to become a perfumer. During college, where she studied chemistry and French, she visited a friend studying abroad in Paris and toured the perfume museum.
“There's a whole section dedicated to the perfumer, about how you had to be scientific, creative and have a good sense of smell,” she recalls. “It was so perfect for me. I felt like it was a calling.”
Dana found an entry-level position in a lab for her first job. A couple of years later, she was accepted to Givaudan’s perfume school.
Pushing olfactive boundaries is what Dana relishes most about her job. “It's the whole process of having an idea and bringing it to fruition,” she says.
“It’s this artistic endeavor that can be filled with challenges, of being inspired by the world around you and trying to capture that and give it to other people.”
