Dawn Spencer Hurwitz is a true underground force in niche perfumery and olfactory artform. DSH, as she is called by her devoted following, has been working with aromatics for over 30 years and is a pioneer of the American independent perfumery movement. She has developed many innovative concept perfumes and worked with top designers, galleries, and museums to consult and create exclusive fragrances and scented experiences.

Beginning her career as a painter, Dawn came to perfumery in 1991. As a synesthete, DSH developed her talent for creating  fragrances based on fine art principles, and since the early nineties, has been developing her innovative lines of ready-to-wear artisan perfumes under her own label, DSH Perfumes and for the Japanese market, with her collaborative DAWN Perfumes brand.

DSH has worked with the Institute for Art and Olfaction as a judge (2018, and 2020) for the Art and Olfaction Awards, and has been named an Art and Olfaction Award winner (2019; Independent Category with American Perfumer), as well as a multiple finalist (2015, 2016, and 2017).

As a multi-disciplinary artist, DSH has had multiple one-person and group shows of her multi-sensory art (paintings and aromas) in Boulder, CO.   DSH often collaborates with art institutions such as Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, The Dairy Center for the Arts, and Denver Art Museum.