D.S. & Durga
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Wild thyme crackles with peppery brightness as bergamot adds sharp citrus-adjacent zest, immediately grounded by a distinctly green, herbal grassiness that signals this isn't a typical aromatic cologne. Rosewood enters quietly, establishing woody structure beneath the herbal assault.
The composition settles into dusty, mineral sagebrush territory—clary sage and basil amplify the spicy-herbal signature whilst rose otto introduces an almost poignant floral restraint that softens without compromising the fragrance's austerity. A smoky, slightly medicinal quality emerges as the composition reveals its desert-air sensibility.
Vetiver becomes prominent, contributing woody dryness and subtle smokiness, whilst the grass note (ordinarily fleeting) persists with stubborn authenticity alongside benzoin's honeyed warmth and the faintest saltiness of ambergris. The fragrance concludes as it began: deliberately unpolished, intensely introspective, and resolutely unapologetic about its refusal to comfort or charm.
Cowboy Grass is a fragrance that refuses sentimentality, instead offering something far more interesting: a genuinely paradoxical olfactory experience. Kavi Moltz has constructed a composition where cultivated refinement collides with untamed landscape, and the results are compelling precisely because they never fully reconcile.
The opening assault is herbaceous and bright—wild thyme pierces through with peppery immediacy whilst bergamot adds an almost citrus-like effervescence—but there's a grassy green undertone that prevents this from reading as a conventional aromatic fragrance. This is not the manicured herb garden; it's the stubborn vegetation pushing through cracked earth. The rosewood enters as a structural element, lending woody warmth without softening the composition's edges.
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