D.S. & Durga
D.S. & Durga is a Brooklyn-based niche house steeped in the romance of Americana and the beauty of atmospheric olfaction. Founded in 2007 by David (DS) and Kavi (Durga) Moltz, making small batches of scented products for friends and family. The beautifully designed packaging proudly proclaims: small batch handmade olfactory tonics and aromatic formulations.
The creation of the fragrances involves dedicated amounts of research in raw materials, influences and genuine atmosphere. Images of David Moltz in his leather apron over crisp white shirt, dipping his nose to vials, bottles and beakers against walls covered in sketches, notes, paintings and swatches are more akin to snapshots of painters working in dense idea-strewn lofts.
Entering the D.S. & Durga world you inhale lost and poignant histories: cowboys roaming lazy dry plains, grasses burning in the night, lonely fiddles drawling in darkness, fur-trappers hauling beaver pelts, arrows flying in cold blue skies, salted harbour atmospherics, dresses snagging in Siberian snow and ritual incantations muttered over mud and flame. The scents reek of hidden passions and obsessions. Drops of unexpected history and storytelling swirled into grasses, resins, smoke, powder, woods and wild flowers. Names like Bowmakers, Cowboy Grass, Burning Barbershop, Mississippi Medicine, Silent Grove, Boston Ivy, Siberian Snow and Freetrapper conjure up the most evocative of bygone scentscapes.
The creation of the fragrances involves dedicated amounts of research in raw materials, influences and genuine atmosphere. Images of David Moltz in his leather apron over crisp white shirt, dipping his nose to vials, bottles and beakers against walls covered in sketches, notes, paintings and swatches are more akin to snapshots of painters working in dense idea-strewn lofts.
Entering the D.S. & Durga world you inhale lost and poignant histories: cowboys roaming lazy dry plains, grasses burning in the night, lonely fiddles drawling in darkness, fur-trappers hauling beaver pelts, arrows flying in cold blue skies, salted harbour atmospherics, dresses snagging in Siberian snow and ritual incantations muttered over mud and flame. The scents reek of hidden passions and obsessions. Drops of unexpected history and storytelling swirled into grasses, resins, smoke, powder, woods and wild flowers. Names like Bowmakers, Cowboy Grass, Burning Barbershop, Mississippi Medicine, Silent Grove, Boston Ivy, Siberian Snow and Freetrapper conjure up the most evocative of bygone scentscapes.
