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Sep 2023
46m 44s

Kavi Ahuja Moltz: D.S. & Durga Creative ...

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In 2007, Kavi Ahuja Moltz and her now husband David launched D.S. & Durga out of their apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Today, the brand’s beautiful perfumes, candles, and bodycare products can be found in their three (soon to be four!) brick-and-mortar stores as well as in retailers like Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, and direct-to-consumer. While Davi ... Show More
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