Be it petrichor, the nostalgic scent accompanying first rains, the aroma of brewing masala chai, or the fragrance of a flower, one tends to associate scents with memories. In a chat, Manan Gandhi, founder of Bombay Perfumerya Mumbai-based fragrance housetraces his journey from Grasse to the city of dreams, while speaking of creating fragrances that capture the local essence of Indian cities.

pBe it petrichor, the nostalgic scent accompanying first rains, the aroma of brewing masala chai, or the fragrance of a flower, one tends to associate scents with memories. In a chat, Manan Gandhi, founder of Bombay Perfumeryandmdash;a Mumbai-based fragrance houseandmdash;traces his journey from Grasse to the city of dreams, while speaking of creating fragrances that capture the local essence of Indian cities./p pandnbsp;/p
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pGandhi was organically driven to a career in fragrances as his family has been in the industry for 35 years. With a front-row view of how the supply chain in the perfume industry works, Gandhi, after completing his Masters in International Business from Skema Business School in France, moved to the French town, Grasseandmdash;the perfume capital of the world. He created a start-up that supplied natural ingredients to leading European fragrance houses. And in 2015 he decided to create Bombay Perfumery to connect with India in a modern way. He says, "I wanted to create fragrances that are complex and confident...