PORTABLE XMAS TREE
D.S. & Durga
Top: Black spruce, cardamom
Middle: Forest cedar, spiced cones
Base: Nootka cypress, red cedarwood
Specifications: 7 oz / 198 g.
*Limited Edition*
Rama Won't You Please Come Home
D.S. & Durga
Top: Tree Flowers, Tendu Leaf
Middle: Tuberose, Gardenia
Base: Civet, Cetalox, Papyrus
'85 Diesel
D.S. & Durga
Top: Saffron Leather, Suede, Vinyl
Middle: White Violet, Hiba, Castoreum
Base: Diesel Smoke, Earth Dirt, Galbanum Resin
Portable Fireplace
D.S. & Durga
Top: Dwarf Pine Wood, Atlas Cedar
Middle: Smoke, Oak Ash, Cedar
Base: Birch, Birch Tar, Copaiba Resin
Tuberose Myrrhder
D.S. & Durga
Top: Black Currant, Myrrh, Cacao
Middle: Tuberose Absolute, Paradisone, Iris Concentrate
Base: Madagascar Vanilla Absolute, Civet, Tolu balsam
Naiad
Régime des Fleurs
In Greek mythology naiads were nymph-like feminine spirits presiding over bodies of fresh water - fountains, springs, streams, and brooks. One such nymph was the seductive Minthe of the river Cocytus.
When spurned Queen Persephone discovered her husband Hades having an illicit affair, young Minthe was metamorphosed forever into a harmless common herb - sweet mint.
Notes - With iced Egyptian mint, frozen shiso, vanilla, elemi, olibanum, jasmine auriculatum, and vetiver
8 oz.
Thaleia
Régime des Fleurs
Second youngest of the nine daughters of King Zeus and Mnemosyne, her name meaning 'luxuriant' and 'blooming,' the muse Thaleia reigns over comedy.
Here she is represented as a decadent and exuberant bare breasted young woman flourishing in laughter.
Notes - With tuberose absolute, gardenia, orange blossom, jasmine sambac, aqua marine, bigarade, Sicilian cypress, and cedar
8 oz.
Wild Brooklyn Lavender
D.S. & Durga
Brooklyn flowering in the early aughts where wild packs of dogs roamed free among savage weeds and anything seemed possible.
Top: Spike Lavender, Wayside Herbs
Middle: Vetiver Grass, Lavender Flowers
Base: Suede, Asphalt
Specifications - 7 oz / 198 g.
Tomb of The Eagles
D.S. & Durga
In the far north, where Orkney eagles carried Stoneage souls beyond the jagged cliffs, clover, sea pinks, sweet cicely, the sonorous sea.
Top: Clover, Cold Sea
Middle: Sea Pinks, Sweet Cicely
Base: Island Moss, Bones, Grass
Specifications - 7 oz / 198 g.
Spirit Lamp
D.S. & Durga
Tea service at the colonial parlor of Mme. Revere, topless psychic. Hot silver heated by open flame. Bohea vapours, radiant heat, milk.
Top: Hot Metal, Peach Water, Petitgrain
Middle: White Ginger, Coconut Milk
Base: Radiant Musk, Bohea Tea
Specifications - 7 oz / 198 g.
Holy Ficus
D.S. & Durga
The revered fig tree of Siddhartha and Lord K???A. Silently watch the flame for 7 hours and you may spy liberation.
Top: Cardamom, Frankincense
Middle: Fig, Cedar
Base: Ginger Root, Saffron
Specifications - 7 oz / 198 g.
Concrete After Lightning
D.S. & Durga
Electric crackle, downpour, panic grass, sizzling asphalt steam. Respite on muggy summer days.
Top: Electricity, Panic Grass
Middle: Summer Rain, Azone
Base: Concrete, Steam
Breakfast Leipzig
D.S. & Durga
Frühstück with JSB at Café Zimmerman, 1723. Strong coffee, buttery almond pastries, pipe tobacco.
Top: Javanese Coffee, Almond Kutchen, Pastry
Middle: Tobacco Leaf, Butter
Base: Leather Upholstery, Fireplace
Specifications - 7 oz / 198 g.
Big Sur After Rain
D.S. & Durga
Rain water in eucalyptus groves off Highway 1. Young green shoots, long spears, russet underbrush.
Top: Coastal Rain, Eucalyptus Shoot
Middle: Magnolia, Pacific Spray
Base: Eucalyptus Leaf, Wet Wood
Specifications - 7 oz / 198 g.