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starhust – :
A very nice ambery herbal scent, this is a rather evocative perfume suited for warm spring or summer days. The perfume opens with notes of fresh grass, bergamot, and vetiver. The heart contains a floral herbal mix of sage, basil, thyme and rose. Finally the perfume settles into a powdery rosewood and ambergris. Unisex (masculine leaning) with moderate sillage and projection and good longevity. Very unique and haunting. A leisurely stroll in a herb laden field on a sunny spring day. Enjoy!
EncarErrony – :
So this is Earl Grey straight up. I opened up my tea leaves tin and compared the two. Cowboy Grass is a little more citrusy wet and green, but otherwise, almost the same. I don’t get a dryness at all. I also get the rose otto a fair bit. Like Earl Grey steeped in rose water.
Arcan1T – :
This opens with a strong blast of warm hay in the sun—there’s something a bit salty and tingly to it, a little musty and animalic, just a bit of smoke in the background as if the grasses were drying out. As it settles in, the clary sage and a little citrus brighten things. It stays with you for quite a while, flowering thyme and sage lingering on, keeping it a bit herbal but not quite green.
This is the perfect fall fragrance for me. It’s a warm scent, strong but not off-putting, though definitely a little odd. One of my favorites from DS & Durga.
алиса – :
Wow D.S. & Durga, now this one is truly a failure to my nose. I tried making my own fragrance a while back, did not work and I threw it out. This smells exactly like it. It is just sharp, earthy, somewhat green scent that feels very uninspired, I mean come on I created it by accident. Sadly, this one is a big no-no to me.
SantaKlauS – :
Rosewood initially, strong vetiver, leather, dry grass later. I get very little sage or other green or sharp scents. I don’t detect any smokiness that others notice either.
I desperately wanted this to smell like the high desert, but there’s a sharp clarity that is missing for me. It’s pleasant but my hopes were SO HIGH.
bsplvrb – :
The full notes list is: Rosewood, wild thyme, bergamot, sagebrush, basil, rose otto, vetiver, grass, ambergris. I don’t know why Fragrantica only displays four of these, because many of the excluded notes are very prominent.
This starts with a strong hit of rosewood and herbal notes, especially sage and thyme. Very dry, rooty vetiver quickly takes center stage, intermittently grassy, but overpowered by linalool for a while. It’s fairly linear, so after an hour or two the scent is mostly the same. Clean, dry, woody, herbal, and increasingly salty, mostly vetiver, thyme, and semi-dry grasses. A slight impression of dry bergamot. It smells quite minimalistic.
And when I say “salty,” I mean the saltiness becomes so dominant that by 6 hours I kind of feel like a walking salt lick. If I sniff deeply I taste salt at the back of my tongue. It’s somewhat off-putting, but interesting. I’ll be testing it in summer because I suspect it could give an impression then of salt-encrusted driftwood and grasses by the sea.
For an outside perspective, my mom says it’s peppery but also smells like I “bathed in Earl Grey and then rolled around in the grass.” She gives it a thumbs up.
Ultimately, not the vetiver scent I was hoping for – too clean, too salty, not earthy enough, not smoky enough – but it’s nice enough as something straightforward and easy to wear (until the saltiness takes over), for when I want a very dry scent.
cpecial24 – :
Nice and clean and dry, grassy and tarry with a medicinal note like camphor and bandaids. Sadly that’s is all too brief and then it’s a soft dry clean scent, too close to be worth a full bottle for me.
jakonoplja – :
I bought a sample for my husband but I can only smell the vetiver I am afraid!It’s not overpowering when settled on the skin but it’s a bit too simple!
yxq972Bessinepome – :
This is a man’s perfume! Strong and woody with a kick that lasts ages
Dyachkoff – :
I like the aroma this scent. It’s clean, but earthy and green-gold. Vetiver, sage are both very obvious, and the thyme stands out on me–though at first I thought it was dill!
However, maybe it’s something in my skin chemistry, maybe Cowboy Grass is what I smell like with no scent at all, maybe it’s the way I applied it (with a sample applicator), but I get almost no longevity, and absolutely zero sillage with this scent. I will report back when I’m finished with the sample, but for now, my skin has let me down–I was expecting a couple hours at least!
Edit: Finished with the sample. It’s a delicious, medicinal, herbal scent, but it is too close to my own body smell that it dissappears completely after an hour at best. Chalk it up to skin chemistry, please, because you should get a smell of this; tarry and herbal, this reminds me faintly of home–the prairies in Texas. It’s evocative, but unfortunately, it does nothing on my skin. What a pity.
Update: Cowboy grass is really an excellent, well-constructed scent. I have to us a lot in order to get some longevity and sillage. Note that it is terrible on clothes. It is a little too herbal to be a summer fragrance, and not balsamic enough to be a winter, so that puts it squarely, to me, in spring and fall. There is something a little musky underneath this for me. Probably not going to get a bottle, but with a little acquaintance, my opinion of it improved.
tunano – :
D.S. & Durga seems to excel at combining natural elements that effectively evoke real settings, and Cowboy Grass is no exception, the emphasis being on grass.
Spice, grass, wood, vetiver all seem to contribute to Cowboy Grass, which ends up coming off not as strong / wintery as Burning Barbershop or Bowmakers, but certainly not as light as some of the greener fragrances. So in that respect, it has an interesting all-season versatility to it. Decent longevity and projection, but not terribly impressive in either, this might be a worthwhile try as it does not remind me of anything I’ve smelled recently.
6 out of 10
FriendTristan – :
This one really took me places. I’m not sure I would say this is overpowered, but it’s definitely strong. Applied appropriately, a bottle of this will last a really long time. It’s a simple fragrance of vetiver, sage and other herbs. It is a bit linear on me, but I’m not bothered one bit because I really loved it. It’s very nice and unusual – I don’t think I’ve smelled anything like it. It brings back memories of my childhood visiting any of a number of western boot and clothing stores – that dry, leathery semi-spicy or herby scent that is very distinct from any other shoe or clothing store that you’re likely familiar with. Well done!
lezgin – :
Vetiver combined with herbs, greens and the smell of a saddle blanket – salt, sebum and leather. A bold and unique draft on vetiver.
With vetiver in its center, the evolvement of the composition seems linear, still it follows the standard sequences unobtrusively. In the opening the green facets are highlighted. There are linalool and other common green top notes but in an unusual high concentration, strong and harsh. A bite that does not curry favor with one, it rather shows attitude. The key and allure of the whole perfume.
Within 15 minutes the bite leaves, green stays and the brute (animal), dirtier shares are emerging. They mingle and bounce against each other, slowly fading towards the end (which is the next day) leading into a fully and roundedly rendered, blazing, aromatic, fruity aspect of vetiver. Very pleasing.
demaTeams49 – :
Just bought CG. Yes, it’s a bit scary at first, but the dry down is delish and unique. I love verifier scents and this is a super addition to my collection. Love the descriptions. Yes, burning, dry,smoky, woody. Love it
magjoda – :
Cowboy Grass was a difficult scent for me to take. The first time I wore it a single spray and I thought I must be repelling everyone within 4 feet. The aroma I could not fathom. But there was something so I kept at it. I don’t know If its me or CG now I use 3-4 pumps and wonder if anyone but me knows my best kept secret.
CG is not s subtle scent. It comes on with whirl wind of dry brush and sage, Pinyon and dust. It is very long lasting, 6 hours for more. As it drys down it evenly, mellows and the edge softens. At the end I’d swear there were floral accents.
It reminds me of camping on the high desert. Camping with a bedroll, next to horse and fire. The smell of sage, wild brush and smoke as I drift off to sleep
TSVTDSLUE – :
Sharp, peppery beginning with lots of vetiver. As it starts to mellow it smells more woody and smoky, like sage smudge sticks that have been extinguished.
It’s so dry it almost crackles.
Cowboy Grass puts you in mind of being a few miles upwind of a controlled burning.