Indie brand DS & Durga has launched St. Vetyver, a new fragrance.
Soft island grass, sunbaked citrus where the tradewinds blow. Panama hats, cane plants, and aged rhum over the finest Caribbean vetyver.
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St. Vetyver is a robust cologne. A high quality vision of vetyver set amongst Caribbean plants and objects. It pays homage to the famous Caribbean colognes of sailors and lovers of the sea. Pure aged distillate of Haitian vetyver is expanded with sweet notes of cane plant and spiced rhum. Fresh island grass and tropical citrus complete an elegant symphonic perfume. It’s classic DSD–old world updated to modern tastes.
Additional notes include sour orange, pink pepper, clove leaf, breadnut, sea grass and toquilla straw.
DS & Durga St. Vetyver is available now at Arielle Shoshana, in 50 ($175) ml or 100 ($260) ml Eau de Parfum.
(via arielleshoshana, second quote via dsanddurga)
You had me at St. Vetyver ?Although, the notes left me not drooling as much as I had, perhaps, hoped.
It could be lovely. I am so well covered for vetiver already that it would have to be fantastic to get me interested.
It could be. And I am equally well covered for vetiver, but something new would be nice.
I’ve smelled it. It’s the only scent I sort-of, kind-of like from them. TBH, I don’t really love what comes out of this house. There’s something too cocky about him or the brand tries too hard or something. But St. Vetyver is a nice, balanced typical vetiver-forward scent. It’s got the usual juicy citrus accords, a little tropical spin with coconut/rhum, etc. Good sillage. Lasts a long time but, for me, the vetiver disappears in the dry down.
Thanks, that’s really helpful!
Anytime!
I am not sure what is going on with this house. The earlier offerings are stupendous but more recent fragrances, like those two horrible ambers have left me quite perplexed. I have a bottle of Mississippi Medicine which is interesting and wonderful and there are a few others I would like full bottles of but this would have to be a new take on vetiver for me to be interested.
Also, someone inside the perfume world suggested to me that D.S. and Durga might be desiring a buyout by one of the big fragrance conglomerates, thus the more standard offerings recently and not the wildly creative ones that really are the hallmark of this brand.
That is very helpful. Thank you. I feel the same about the brand. A little too much and overpriced. I own one, Mississippi Medicine, which I enjoy quite a bit.
Me too!