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D.S. & Durga
4.39 • 23 Reviews
D.S. & Durga makes unique fragrances with all scents made in NYC.
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4.4
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D.S. & Durga Reviews
8 days ago
Experience
I 've used "I Don't Know What" EdP for over a year now and still love it. I am also so impressed by a lot of other DS & Durga products; the auto fragrances maybe the most positive surprise of them all! They last for 4+ months minimum each. The absolute best thing about them is the very unexpected branding. Pasta water, pistachio, and all the new fragrances coming out look amazing.
High qualityCool look & feelWorth the money 💸Travel friendly ✈️Luxury
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3 months ago
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I love everything about this brand and its customer service. I received a delicious bottle of Debaser with a defective nozzle as a gift and they replaced it in-store - no questions asked. I've since visited their Williamsburg location several times with various friends who have also become loyal fans. Their scents are totally unique and their product offerings include a beautiful scent experience (sampler packs, air fresheners, candles, soap & lotion -- travel and standard size, and of course perfume). I am a total DS & Durga fan for life.
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Would love a wider range of scents for the hand soap and lotion!
Lovely customer supportGood for gifts 🎁Cool look & feelWorth the money 💸Luxury
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2 months ago
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Absolutely love their scents. Debaser is my go-to spring fragrance. It makes me smell like I’ve run barefoot through a fig orchard.
Smells amazing
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4 months ago
Experience
purchased the fragrance tester after being bewitched by two friends who used the coriander and debaser perfumes. kind of a racket that they charge $40 but they do let you use that as credit toward a full sized bottle. i guess, capitalism but like... really guys? anyways, i'm hooked on the scents, they are so sophisticated and fun, but most of all INTERESTING. i have been a devoted glossier you user for years and decided i wanted to switch it up. it's fun to test drive 4x new fragrances and i will definitely be purchasing the full sized product at the end of my self-induced trial period. the candles i really want to like but they have a slight fake-smelling scent and don't seem as premium as ds and durga probably wants them to be.
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steep prices for fragrance testing.... great fragrances. do with that what you will.
Luxury
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3 months ago
Experience
absolutely amazing scents. I have not used another maker of perfume since discovering ds & durga. could be more affordable.
High qualityCool look & feelLuxury
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3 months ago
Experience
I really really like some of the fragrances this brand offers. Debaser, I Don't Know What, D.S., Durga, Cowboy Grass, and Radio Bombay are all really complex, beautiful fragrances. Debaser is an amazing signature scent, and I really like having I Don't Know What in my collection – it's my favorite "skin scent." I've bought their sample sets multiple times. That said, I struggle with some of the brand choices, particularly with exclusivity and pricing. They upped their standard prices recently, and their most recent launches have been perplexing. Pistachio does not smell like a high end fragrance – more like a gimmick. And the recent run of "limited edition" studio scents at $400 and $700 strike me as bizarre. Who, exactly, is this brand for? In addition, for its price point positioning, I am not impressed with this brand's longevity, other than on a few very potent scents. I'm not sure anyone can really justify paying $190 for 50ml of Rose Atlantic, a beautiful and interesting fragrance that fades away in an hour. I will still come into the store and smell things, and maybe occasionally invest in their unique and interesting candles. But while I had previously been planning to spend a bonus check on a full size of I Don't Know What, I think I'd rather invest in another brand that caters more towards me as a consumer.
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If you have money to burn, this is a great place to spend it. And the fragrances are amazing. But I don't see myself in the marketing anymore, which is trying to be SO cool that it is too cool for me.
High qualityCool look & feelSmells amazingLuxury
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4 months ago
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They have a sample program where you can try four fragrances for $40 and then put that $40 towards a full size bottle. It’s a great way to try a few different scents and decide what you like. The new pistachio scent is amazing. I also loved Cowboy Grass, I Don’t Know What, and Sweet Nothing. Every close friend I have wears Debaser. (I wanted to love a few others that weren’t quite right for me even based on their written description, so I really recommend actually going to a store and smelling before you buy.) The soaps, air fresheners and candles are also great and have tried a few of each at different points. Great customer service too whenever I’ve needed help.
Lovely customer supportWorth the money 💸Smells amazingLuxury
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a month ago
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scents are unique but generally heavily musky; it's an acquired taste. staying power throughout the day is mid.
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a year ago
Experience
EVERYTHING about D.S. & Durga is on point. Original, creative and playful branding? Check. Unique scents that people will stop you to ask about? Check. Long lasting perfume that plays well with body chemistry? Check. Seriously, my personal scent hasn't got this much attention since Santal 33 first dropped. Packaging also thought-out exceptionally well. Really gives you a satisfying feeling when cracking open a new scent, like an Apple product. Also it's all recyclable and shipping materials are biodegradable. Just yes. If I have to pick, "I don't know what" would my go-to D.S. scent but I also picked up a package of the car air fresheners/ fragrances. At first they are a overwhelming. Super strong. But man oh man do they last. Two months later and my car still smells like "concrete after lightning"
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Good for gifts 🎁High qualityInnovative productCool look & feelWorth the money 💸Fun unboxing 📦Smells amazingAmazing websiteEco-friendly packagingSustainable productsLove the brand's mission 💕Luxury
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a year ago
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Every scent is incredible. This quirky brand has bizarre fragrance names and descriptions (each fragrance also has its own playlist!) but somehow every scent truly does tell the exact story that the brand has written for it. The cologne I buy for my husband is called Burning Barbershop and the description is: “A fire broke out in the Curling Bros. barbershop in Westlake, N.Y. in 1891. All the shaving tonics with their spearmint, lime, vanilla and lavender burned. A charred bottle was found half-full. It smelled like this.” As bizarre as the description sounds when you spray the cologne it really feels like you have been transported to that barbershop and picked the bottle out of the ashes yourself.
Lovely customer supportGood for gifts 🎁High qualityInnovative productCool look & feelWorth the money 💸Fun unboxing 📦Travel friendly ✈️Smells amazingAmazing websiteLuxury
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