International Flavours & Fragrances India Limited

We’re up on the fifth floor of the Delphi building in Hiranandani Business Park, Powai. It’s a big, modern area, very different from the crowded streets elsewhere in Mumbai. We work with scents and tastes, which means our office often smells like a mix of things you can't quite put your finger on. One day it’s vanilla, the next it’s something more chemical. We spend a lot of time in the labs or looking at data on our screens. It’s a technical job, even if it sounds like it’s all about perfumes. The 'C' wing is where we spend most of our lives. It’s a professional environment but we try to keep it down to earth inside our own four walls. We have a lot of meetings about things like scent notes and stability, which can get pretty long. We don't really do the whole corporate motivational thing. We just focus on the science of it and getting the blends right. The view from the windows is nice, looking out over the park, but we’re usually too busy with our samples to notice. It’s a specialized field and we’ve been doing it a long time. We just come in, do our shifts, and make sure the clients get what they asked for without any fuss. It's about being precise with the measurements and making sure the quality stays the same from one batch to the next. We just keep our heads down and get the mixing done right.