Musical Essence: Rapid Fire Spotlight With D.S. & Durga

Musical Essence: Rapid Fire Spotlight With D.S. & Durga

By Tracey Elena Hill, Duran Duran Worldwide

Photos courtesy of D.S. & Durga

Brooklyn-based fragrance brand D.S. & Durga recently launched a line of perfumes in collaboration with music legends Duran Duran. The husband-and-wife team of David Moltz and Kavi Ahuja created the limited-edition fragrances – Hungry Like the Wolf, Come Undone, Skin Divers, and You Kill Me with Silence – as a scented representation of the band’s vibrant influence through four decades of musical and fashionable innovation throughout the world.

David Moltz of D.S. & Durga spoke with Duran Duran Worldwide about the scents and experience of collaborating with rock royalty. Thank you to D.S. & Durga for speaking with DDWW. The four fragrances are available exclusively at Liberty of London. Visit www.libertylondon.com. 

Q: Who is the person that wears the Duran Duran Fragrance Collection from D.S. & Durga? 

A: The scents are universal enough to be enjoyed by anyone, but I think the most obvious would be someone who digs music and the band.

Q: How has Duran Duran influenced you? 

A: This project pushed us in new ways - to interpret a collective band's ideas and display them aromatically and visually.  

Q: Did the experience of working with DD on the fragrances and designs exceed your expectations? 

A: I knew the guys would be cool and down to Earth.  I was impressed with Simon's nose, and with the band's expert attention to detail.  You can see how they have been able to maintain their image, music, and ideas by being very thoughtful about what they do and how they execute their ideas.

Q: Was it intimidating collaborating with music legends?

A: No - they are very cool and down to Earth.

Q: Do you foresee any more fragrance projects with the band? 

A: We have discussed this and are open to expanding the line.

Q: What's next for the D.S. & Durga brand? 

A: We are opening a store in Nolita, launching more auxiliary products, and moving into a bigger studio in the Brooklyn Navy yard.

LIMITED EDITION FRAGRANCES
with notes from perfumer David Moltz

HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF, 1982. smells like it sounds

“I insisted on this song from the 80’s (although there were so many that would have worked!) The fragrance is animalic and captures some of the scenes in the video - the market, the jungle at night. It is furry, wolfy and badass!”

Notes include leather, atlas cedar, cade, sandalwood and patchouli

COME UNDONE, 1993. immaculate dream made breath & skin

“A sexy song and a sexy scent! It smells of body secretions - musks, hot breath and possibly illegal substances.......!”

Ingredients include oil of saffron, coca leaf, geraniol and tonka.

SKIN DIVERS, 2007. love in an aquatic landscape

“Using Calone (a molecule created in the 1990’s) to help convey a drenched love affair.”.

Ingredients include seaweed, blue water, ylang ylang, vetiver and bergamot citrus.

YOU KILL ME WITH SILENCE, 2015. cold, silent northern woods in torment, smoke and ice

“A cold and smokey Arctic wood fragrance. It uses Nootka tree and wintergreen extract to achieve a bitter woody note that conjures the feeling of being frozen out by a loved one in a fight - like in the song”. Ingredients include smoke, cistus, ice and incense.

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