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D.S. & Durga

Debaser In Bloom

50ML / 1.7FL OZ - EAU DE PARFUM

In our

FloralFruity

Smells like

White CurrantRosemary FlowerTapesFigGardeniaCreamMuskCoconut HuskRaspberry Leaf

$225

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The Story

A choice mixtape of our classic fig fume, cut with gardenia, cream, cassette tapes, and white currant.

Debaser is a cult favorite D.S. & DURGA fume inspired by my preteen years hanging out with cool older kids. Music was the binding force of the group. I was introduced to many bands, but the Pixies reigned supreme. I remember getting Doolittle on cassette tape. Back then, tapes smelled distinctly of grapey-orange blossom due to a mysterious mixture of polyester, magnetics, and lubricants from which they were manufactured. You would go to your local record shop, get the latest tape, and skate home fast to listen. When you tore off the wrapping, that familiar aroma was like an unconscious precursor to new music.

Playing with a perfume formula is like reworking a beloved song. New elements emerge, this version of Debaser renders beauty from the mundane. The nostalgic aroma of tapes amplified with choice fruit and flower notes. It wears easy and gives a perfect spring-to-summer vibration, not unlike the music that inspired it.

-D.S.

TOP NOTES
white currant, rosemary flower, tapes
HEART NOTES
fig, gardenia, cream
BASE NOTES
musk, coconut husk, raspberry leaf

The House

D.S. & Durga is the Brooklyn house of David Seth Moltz and Kavi Ahuja Moltz, founded in 2008. David is a self-taught perfumer with a background as a musician; Kavi is a trained architect who designs the buildings the fragrances inhabit — bottles, packaging, an entire visual world. Everything is made in-house in New York, and the house publishes a playlist alongside every scent: music and perfume telling the same story by different means.

The Perfumer

David Seth Moltz