david seth moltz
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Debaser DS&Durga
Named for the Pixies song, Debaser smells nothing like grunge and everything like a refined niche take on fig and iris.
Spirit of the Glen DS&Durga
Spirit of the Glen
Debaser
Debaser opens with pear and bergamot — something bright and slightly tart before iris arrives, powdery and cool, alongside fig.
Pale Grey Mountain Small Black Lake
Pale Grey Mountain, Small Black Lake DS&Durga
Amber Kiso DS&Durga
A journey into the cool, forested heart of Japan's Kiso Valley, where temple incense drifts through ancient hinoki groves.
Amber Kiso
The first breath is all temple smoke and sawdust—a blend of charred incense and dry cedar that feels like walking into a mountain woodshop at dawn.
Steamed Rainbow DS&Durga
Steamed Rainbow
St. Vetyver DS&Durga
St Vetyver
Jazmin Yucatan DS&Durga
Jazmin Yucatan
Jazmin Yucatan opens on the lighter, more transparent side of jasmine: bergamot and water notes provide a bright, slightly damp freshness while passion flower adds a tropical sweetness that suggests humidity rather than heat.
Amber Teutonic DS&Durga
Amber Teutonic
Isle Ryder
Isle Ryder DS&Durga
Bitter Rose, Broken Spear DS&Durga
Bitter Rose Broken Spear
Royal Kinam Oud
Royal Kinam Oud DS&Durga
Gateau Blackout
Gateau Blackout DS&Durga
Foxglove DS&Durga
Foxglove
Radio Bombay DS&Durga
Radio Bombay opens with a gentle fizz of aldehydes and a whisper of cedar, immediately evoking the static hum of vintage transistor radios.
Radio Bombay
Radio Bombay opens with a smoky, almost singed quality—cedar that feels less like shavings and more like old radio casings left in the sun.
Salem Gothic DS&Durga
Salem Gothic
Durga DS&Durga
Durga
Grapefruit Generation DS&Durga
Grapefruit Generation
White Peacock Lily
Rose Atlantic DS&Durga
Rose Atlantic opens with a sharp, salty brightness—bergamot and lemon cut through like ocean spray against driftwood.
Rose Atlantic
The opening is brisk and unadorned—citrus and green grass meeting cool air, like standing on a coastal bluff where the lawn ends and the rocks begin.
White Peacock Lily DS&Durga
I Don’t Know What DS&Durga
The opening is bright and fleeting—a snap of bergamot that doesn't linger.
I Don T Know What
The opening is brisk and clear—bergamot without frills, more tonic than sweet.
Black Magenta DS&Durga
Rockaway Beach DS&Durga
Rockaway Beach
Black Magenta
El Cosmico
El Cosmico DS&Durga
Bistro Waters DS&Durga
Bistro Waters
Pistachio DS&Durga
Pistachio
Pistachio opens with a brief flutter of cardamom before settling into its nutty heart—almond milk sweetness cut by something faintly green and resinous, like the papery skin of a fresh pistachio.