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Get to know the brand and Debaser. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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Our partnership with D.S. & Durga on the
Debaser Buffing Bar allotted us some quality time with David (D.S.) and Kavi (Durga), the talented husband-wife duo who built the American perfume house from scratch. We've always admired D.S. & Durga from afar and our partnership developed naturally-Kavi and our founder, Rebecca, first got chatting because of an operations question (about aluminum bottles!). And now, here we are. Like friends of friends at a house party, you all should meet!
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How did D.S. & Durga begin?
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David Seth Moltz:
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In the early aughts I was very interested in the plants growing around me in Brooklyn. Kavi & I met in 2007. On weekends we would peruse old bookstores and I was intrigued by the old-fashioned herbals & botany books. In the back, there were strange recipes. I started to dabble. In Dec 2007, we decided to make some tonics and colognes for friends. They liked. Kavi said we should bottle them and start a company.
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What sets D.S. & Durga apart
from other fragrance houses?
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DSM:
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We're perfumer-designer owned. What you sniff, we made. We didn't bring our ideas to a perfumer or a brand person and have them make our products. I write all the words you read & Kavi does the designs. It's our little art project.
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What do you hope D.S. & Durga
represents for your customers?
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Kavi Durga:
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This is a great question! I hope that we can provide a beautiful experience for your eyes and nose. I hope people will smile and find that perfume can be fun. That our product can be serious and fancy yet our messaging can be playful and weird.
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Where do you gather inspiration
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KD:
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I'm really drawn to patterns and shapes and prints. The sunrise and sunset light and sky can make me really emotional and feel like I have so much to share.
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David, we hear 'soap bars' are your
favorite beauty product. Tell us more.
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DSM:
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Besides pomade, bar soap is the only beauty product I use. I love fancy fumed bars of soap for maximum showering joy.
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How strong is Debaser Buffing Bar?
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DSM:
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Debaser will envelop you in a round, radiant fig while in the shower and a bit after, but in a serviceably soft way. It shouldn't stay so long as to disrupt your official fume game. So if I had to get technical, I'd say the strength is "perfect," or "wicked good, guy."
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Tell us more about the sliced eyeball.
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DSM:
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The song Debaser was a life changer for yon Moltz. It introduced me to a world of strange cinema like the Buñeal film where they slice an eyeball to "attack the viewer" (can you tell I went to film school). Debaser the perfume is a memory of long hot August nights in 7th grade hanging with cool older kids listening to the Pixies and other provocative music.
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All D.S. & Durga images courtesy of David and Kavi.
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Shop our partnership
with D.S. & Durga
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Join in on humid, sexy, figgy buffs before this fume-y batch runs out. Both of these limited-edition items,
Debaser Buffing Bar (2-pack for $44) and
Molasses Soap Home ($44), are available at:
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| D.S. & Durga LA
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1356 Abbot Kinney Blvd,
Venice, CA 90291
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| D.S. & Durga Brooklyn
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126 N 6th St,
Brooklyn, NY 11249
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| D.S. & Durga Nolita
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255 Mulberry St,
New York, NY 10012
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| D.S. & Durga Madison Ave.
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1070 Madison Ave,
New York, NY 10028
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