The Independent Perfumery that Tells Stories Through Fragrance

D.S. & Durga is an artistic perfumery house founded in New York, known for its creative and narrative approach to fragrance. Each scent is conceived as a story, an imaginary journey built through carefully selected raw materials and olfactory accords.


Origins: Creativity and Independence

The brand was founded by David Seth Moltz and Kavi Moltz, a creative couple united by their passion for music, art, and perfumery. The name D.S. & Durga comes directly from their names: D.S. represents David Seth, while Durga is Kavi’s nickname.



Their vision was to create fragrances capable of evoking places, eras, and atmospheres through innovative compositions that blend storytelling and scent.


Fragrances as Olfactory Stories

Each D.S. & Durga fragrance begins as a narrative concept. The perfumes are designed to evoke landscapes, historical moments, or emotional sensations, transforming fragrance into a storytelling experience.


Unconventional Collections

D.S. & Durga collections are known for their originality and strong identity. Unexpected accords, evocative ingredients, and bold combinations create memorable scents that challenge traditional perfumery conventions.


Raw Materials and Creative Research

High-quality raw materials are carefully selected to build distinctive and expressive fragrances. Creative experimentation lies at the heart of every composition, where artistry meets technical mastery.


Minimal and Contemporary Design

The design of D.S. & Durga bottles reflects the brand’s philosophy: clean lines, modern aesthetics, and a visual identity that highlights the fragrance itself.


A Contemporary Olfactory Style

The brand continues to explore new inspirations and stories, demonstrating how fragrance can become a contemporary artistic language.


Creativity Without Boundaries

D.S. & Durga represents a new generation of independent artistic perfumery, where creativity, culture, and freedom of expression blend into unique and modern fragrances.

The Independent Perfumery that Tells Stories Through Fragrance

D.S. & Durga is an artistic perfumery house founded in New York, known for its creative and narrative approach to fragrance. Each scent is conceived as a story, an imaginary journey built through carefully selected raw materials and olfactory accords.


Origins: Creativity and Independence

The brand was founded by David Seth Moltz and Kavi Moltz, a creative couple united by their passion for music, art, and perfumery. The name D.S. & Durga comes directly from their names: D.S. represents David Seth, while Durga is Kavi’s nickname.



Their vision was to create fragrances capable of evoking places, eras, and atmospheres through innovative compositions that blend storytelling and scent.


Fragrances as Olfactory Stories

Each D.S. & Durga fragrance begins as a narrative concept. The perfumes are designed to evoke landscapes, historical moments, or emotional sensations, transforming fragrance into a storytelling experience.


Unconventional Collections

D.S. & Durga collections are known for their originality and strong identity. Unexpected accords, evocative ingredients, and bold combinations create memorable scents that challenge traditional perfumery conventions.


Raw Materials and Creative Research

High-quality raw materials are carefully selected to build distinctive and expressive fragrances. Creative experimentation lies at the heart of every composition, where artistry meets technical mastery.


Minimal and Contemporary Design

The design of D.S. & Durga bottles reflects the brand’s philosophy: clean lines, modern aesthetics, and a visual identity that highlights the fragrance itself.


A Contemporary Olfactory Style

The brand continues to explore new inspirations and stories, demonstrating how fragrance can become a contemporary artistic language.


Creativity Without Boundaries

D.S. & Durga represents a new generation of independent artistic perfumery, where creativity, culture, and freedom of expression blend into unique and modern fragrances.

Cowgirl Grass is an aromatic fragrance that reinterprets the spirit of the West with a more floral and contemporary twist. Inspired by the world of Cowboy Grass, this version renews the olfactory signature with a brighter, flower-powerful character, without losing the brand's assertive spirit.
Inspired by an almost cinematic episode in late 19th-century New York. In a Westlake barbershop in 1891, a fire rages amidst shaving lotions and tonics, transforming the fresh, clean notes into a novel, warmed, and smoky accord.
Inspired by an electric, unfiltered summer: dense air, dazzling light, instinctive energy. Debaser has a warm, humid, magnetic character, with a modern and decidedly sensual signature.
A unisex oriental eau de parfum that recalls the spirituality of Japanese forests, where revered trees and precious woods become the material for ancient ceremonies. Amber Kiso evokes a ritual in the Kiso Valley: silent offerings, warm resins, and incense smoke rising from rare woods, creating an enveloping and deeply meditative sensation.
Inspired by the eucalyptus groves that line the California coast. Born from the desire to bring the atmosphere of Big Sur After Rain to the skin, Big Sur Eucalyptus translates that landscape into a green and balsamic composition, like a fresh mist that settles naturally.
An aromatic and floral Eau de Parfum that reinterprets the myth of the Wild West with a contemporary style.
A contemporary, intense, and sophisticated oud fragrance. Oud perfumes, like many modern creations, draw inspiration from precious and rare oils that, for regulatory, environmental, and production reasons, are not widely available. Here, the perfumer's art is expressed in the ability to evoke those iconic nuances through impeccable olfactory construction.
It captures the most mysterious side of the Yucatan, far from the coast, where the jungle grows dense and the air is humid and saturated with scents. Jazmin Yucatan is a sensory journey through lush vegetation, ripe fruit suspended among the leaves, and limestone ruins slowly reclaimed by the greenery.
Warm and hypnotic, built around an original idea: a vintage sandalwood radio with a tube amplifier that slowly heats the material. The heat opens the wood, bringing it to life, and releases a soft, enveloping trail.
Interprets elegance in an abstract form. I Don't Know What Limited Edition 2025 has a discreet and sophisticated aura, designed for those who love to leave a subtle yet unmistakable impression. Inspired by the world of "enhancers," molecules that amplify and enhance fragrances, this composition was created to be worn alone or to enhance your favorite...
Pays homage to the 19th-century violin-making tradition, amidst the woods of New England and the artisan workshops of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Bowmakers evokes the moment of opening a violin case: an enveloping accord of rosin, warm and resinous, intertwined with the richness of precious woods such as mahogany and maple.
Inspired by the pomp of the French court and the allure of Baroque music, Cognac Reign translates the atmosphere of a soiree at Versailles into perfume: illuminated halls, impeccable gardens, velvets and powdery wigs, while Lully's compositions resonate in the air and an exceptional cognac sparkles in the glasses.
Captures the rose in a luminous, contemporary, and marine dimension. Rose Atlantic combines the sparkling energy of a spritz with the refined Rosa Rugosa, evoking a timeless summer of salty winds, sand dunes, and a white lighthouse on the horizon.
Inspired by New York by night, where the air lights up with contrasts and inspirations. Bright, tropical notes, reminiscent of pineapple and neon signs, intertwine with the soft elegance of iris, nuanced like the purple of twilight. Dianthus adds a vibrant, theatrical magenta accent, while amber envelops the composition with a dark, sensual depth.