D.S. & Durga
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
A bright burst of frankincense resin meets citrus zest—bergamot and bitter orange crackle with almost herbal sharpness, immediately establishing a smouldering, incense-tinged character. The top notes feel deliberately austere, offering no honeyed welcome, just the clean snap of an old campfire being lit.
Cedar rises alongside osmanthus, the latter contributing an unexpected wisp of sweetness that humanises the composition without compromising its woody austerity. The castoreum begins its slow emergence here, adding a subtle leather-and-skin musk that grounds the bright notes and hints at something animalic lurking beneath the resin and wood smoke.
The fragrance settles into an amberwood-sandalwood base threaded through with persistent castoreum and those whispers of osmanthus sweetness, becoming steadily drier and more intimate on the skin. What remains isn't a trace but a definite presence—a woody, slightly smoky second skin that smells like genuinely weathered leather and the lingering scent of a dying fire.
Freetrapper announces itself as a fragrance for those who've genuinely spent time outdoors—not the sanitised, aspirational wilderness of mass-market fragrances, but something rawer. David Seth Moltz constructs a scent that feels like stepping into a trading post where fur-traders once bartered, all wood smoke, resins, and the mineral earthiness of worked leather.
The frankincense doesn't play the sacred, temple-incense card here; instead, it sits alongside bitter orange and bergamot to create something approaching a smouldering resin-meets-citrus opening that feels almost herbal in its insistence. There's a sharp-edged clarity to the citrus that prevents this from becoming merely a dark woody drone. As the composition settles, cedar and osmanthus emerge—the osmanthus particularly interesting, contributing a delicate, almost fruited sweetness that threads between the woody accords without softening the overall character.
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3.8/5 (169)