Hers was that her grandfather was a judge and her father wasn't happy with his childhood and left to become a photographer who went to Borneo, traveled with Verner Brook and then ended up settling in Singapore which was where she was born.

[4] In 1957 she made a presentation at the Odeon Theatre in Singapore to the winners of a rock'n'roll competition that was in conjunction with the screening of the film Love Me Tender.

[6][7] In 1962, Lee and American actor Jeffrey Stone co-founded the company Perfumes of the Orient, with production factories were based in Jurong and Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

After the Himalayan natural mineral water brand was sold to the TATA group in 2007, the couple lived at the Taj Mansingh.

In 2008, Perfumes of Singapore closed down after Dadi Balsara secured support from the Indian government to undertake large scale projects in India.