New York-based D.S. & Durga has released a large number of fragrances in a very short time; there are two feminine and two masculine perfume collections — 18 perfumes total. I finally got up the energy (and set aside a week) to wear six perfumes from the men’s lines, and I was pleasantly surprised at the quality and variety of the perfumes.

Cowboy Grass

(vetiver, sage, white thyme)

Judging from the name, Cowboy Grass, I was expecting something a bit “tougher” and wilder. If there were any ‘cowboys’ in the minds of Cowboy Grass’s perfumers, those boys live on a fancy rancho, not on the open range, and they are fresh out of sudsy tubs — scrubbed, shaved, and scented — their jeans, shirts and bandanas ironed to perfection. Cowboy Grass begins with a ‘dusty’ accord that brings to mind New Mexico — my desert area of choice; there’s a hint of incense, a touch of sage-herbs-vetiver. If you’ve ever been in the desert and rubbed sage between your fingers or smelled creosote or burned small bundles of sage smudge sticks, you can perhaps conjure the aroma of Cowboy Grass, but its overall effect in person will be smoother, cleaner and sweeter…

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