D.S. & Durga
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Pineappleweed and Scotch whisky collide immediately, creating a sharp, herbal-spiritous greeting. The pear adds a juicy counterpoint, almost green in its astringency, before grass notes emerge to ground the composition in something genuinely botanical rather than perfume-counter floral.
As the opening's volatility subsides, the limousine oak and hay dominate—a woody, almost grain-like development where you sense the barrels themselves, their tannins and the faint sherried sweetness that lingers from previous occupants. The fragrance becomes considerably warmer here, less bracing, more contemplative.
Barley malt and bourbon whiskey barrel converge into something suede-like and deeply woody, holding a honeyed, malty sweetness without ever becoming gourmand. The sherry cask presence persists as a gentle backdrop, creating a long finish that's more atmospheric hug than linear projection.
*Spirit of the Glen* is a whisky drinker's fragrance, though it refuses the lazy pyrolysis of typical boozy fragrances. David Seth Moltz constructs something far more architectural: a dram of Scotch that's been left on weathered wood, surrounded by freshly scythed grass and overripe orchard fruit.
The pineappleweed and pear create an unexpected brightness—herbaceous and slightly tart—that prevents this from becoming a cloying amber bomb. Instead, they function as counterweight to the Limousin oak and hay heart, which smell unmistakably of cooperage: that particular woody-spice you encounter in distilleries where barrels have aged spirits for decades. There's genuine sherry cask richness here, honeyed and slightly oxidative, without veering into gourmand territory.
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