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126. Perfumes That Smell Like Myanmar (w/ Gabar Co-Founder Phway Su Aye)
Manage episode 399560012 series 2917825
A Third Culture Kid as she refers to herself, Phway Su Aye, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Gabar, has called many countries home. This week, she's in Perfume Room to talk about the one whose unforgettable aromas inspired her fragrance brand. Phway shares stories, rituals, and personal memories from her early childhood in Myanmar; she tells of a perfumery course that changed the trajectory of her career; and what it was like bottling these memories into perfumes during the lockdown and then a military coup.
FRAGS MENTIONED:
Future Society Optimal Habitat, Nasomatto Baraonda, Liis Studied, Maison D’ETTO Noisette, Gabar: Ground II, Swim III; D.S. & Durga Debaser, Glossier You, Le Labo Lys 41, Gabar: Float, Ground, Swim
FOLLOW/SHOP: @gabar || gabarmyanmar.com
PERFUME ROOM: @perfumeroompod (IG) || @emma_vern (TT)
149 episodes
Manage episode 399560012 series 2917825
A Third Culture Kid as she refers to herself, Phway Su Aye, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Gabar, has called many countries home. This week, she's in Perfume Room to talk about the one whose unforgettable aromas inspired her fragrance brand. Phway shares stories, rituals, and personal memories from her early childhood in Myanmar; she tells of a perfumery course that changed the trajectory of her career; and what it was like bottling these memories into perfumes during the lockdown and then a military coup.
FRAGS MENTIONED:
Future Society Optimal Habitat, Nasomatto Baraonda, Liis Studied, Maison D’ETTO Noisette, Gabar: Ground II, Swim III; D.S. & Durga Debaser, Glossier You, Le Labo Lys 41, Gabar: Float, Ground, Swim
FOLLOW/SHOP: @gabar || gabarmyanmar.com
PERFUME ROOM: @perfumeroompod (IG) || @emma_vern (TT)
149 episodes
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