Shyamala Maisondieu

Shyamala Maisondieu is a Malaysian-born perfumer at Givaudan whose multicultural background has strongly influenced her creative perspective. Born into a Malay and Indian family, she studied in London before discovering her vocation for fragrance while living in Hong Kong. She later trained at the Givaudan Perfumery School in Grasse and Argenteuil, developing an approach to composition shaped by diverse cultural references and olfactory influences.