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TOLIKKK009 – :
Durga by D.S. & Durga is deliciously weird. I honestly would never buy a bottle of this fragrance for myself as it is a difficult scent to wear, but I admittedly love to smell it for hours on end, if only from a tester strip.
Melon is the star of this fragrance, not tuberose as some may expect. Don’t get me wrong, the buttery, green tuberose note is definitely present but the melon gives it that sweet, watery aspect which drives much of the composition.
I wandered the shopping plaza for some time after spraying Durga on both my wrist and on a tester strip. A stranger behind me on the escalator was as enamoured with this scent as I was after I found myself absent-mindedly waving about my tester strip, and in doing so intoxicating everyone around me. I don’t get many compliments on my choice of fragrances, yet Durga was quick to turn heads. Not surprisingly this fragrance is a ‘beast’ when it comes to sillage.
Many reviewers hail this fragrance as D.S. & Durga’s version of Frederic Malle’s Carnal Flower. I would beg to disagree. Durga is buttery and sweet, even a tad fruity. Carnal Flower is much headier with a somewhat earthy undertone. They may share a common scent pyramid, but I personally find them to be quite different.
cac2s96 – :
This is a rare experience.
Smelling perfume has become a tricky puzzle game for me: at each different time my nose get different facets of the same perfume.
When I test it in store, the word come to my mind is “opulent”. It’s a three dimensional tuberose, so vividly opens in my head that I can think of nothing else.
Then I bought a few samples. Upon opening the lid, the creaminess just make my mouth water; but after applying on my skin, shit happened. All I can get is a sour-greenness.
Normally I love green scent, but not this time! Don’t take away my flower and just leave this boring green stems!
A hint of something mentholated is also noticeable, if I get close enough.
Just to make sure my nose is not dysfunctional, I put Carnal Flower on my other hand: well, it’s confirmed, my nose is positively f*ked up.
Seems like I’m specifically blind to tuberose note in these two perfumes, not unlike listening to a piano concerto, with the piano been completely filtered.
So here is what these two tuberose perfume smell like without tuberose:
Durga: mint-ish yogurt.
Carnal Flower: jasmine/anise mothball.
People, anosmic is real! Don’t take your nose for granted!
Cisksolivowzeea – :
I agree with Tigerlillian! “R&B Tuberose” is a perfect description for this deep, warm, green tuberose, that lacks the high pitch lipsticky notes that could make this more of a feminine fragrance. I feel this is unisex, stays fairly close, is not a sillage monster. Quite beautiful, comforting, day or night.
Vuglydayadott – :
Durga does Carnal Flower! Actually Durga is its own original take on green tuberose. Common notes are tuberose, ylang ylang, jasmine, orange blossom and musk. If you’re looking for a smoother iteration of Carnal Flower without the eucalyptus, Durga delivers.
There remains a subtle green nuance, nutty, woody and pseudo-tropical tempered with a slice of warm melon. No lipstick note or coconut/gardenia like I experience with Carnal Flower.
Chrysanthemum reads a little smoky and papery like everlasting flowers more closely related to immortelle or helichrysum rather than greener tagetes. Perhaps it’s the marriage with orris that creates this hypnotic smoldering effect.
Along with the creaminess of tuberose and ylang ylang, the flowers combine to create a sweet alluring low-keyed moderately indolic song, never registering soprano, but simmering with a warm, radiant natural hum. R&B tuberose. The smooth greens keep Durga lingering with metered animation, never falling heavily making this fragrance incredibly versatile.
Durga is fairly unisex in the way that it plays on my skin as the florals aren’t loud or sharp. Creamy, smooth, warm and inviting, completely enveloping like a cup of sweet jasmine and chrysanthemum tea with malted nut milk, served on a tray adorned with fresh tuberose and ylang ylang blossoms. The uniqueness and quality are beautiful and the price is justified.