Still as a silvered sunset on a dry summer is eve, D.S. & DURGA is Cowboy Grass evokes the American West. With American sagebrush, flowering white thyme and prairie switchgrass from the wild western territories, this dirty-leathery scent is perfect for robbing banks on horseback. Parched and desolate, the sagebrush awaits the fire. The scent teeters on the edge of ignition but seems somehow to hold back, soothed perhaps by a sense of latent moisture in the air, brushing through the flowering white thyme and prairie switchgrass.

Perfume is armchair travel D.S. & Durga is a Brooklyn-based niche perfume house steeped in the romance of Americana and the beauty of atmospheric olfaction. Founded in 2007 by David - DS and Kavi - Durga Moltz, this perfumer-owned perfumery conjures up the most evocative of bygone scent-scapes. Off-notes, unexpected combinations, and novel constructions think lost and poignant histories, and hidden passions and obsessions. The scents evolve from carefully crafted narratives for a sensory experience that extends beyond just smell. Conceived, created and manufactured in New York City in beautifully designed packaging, the ingredients are sourced from all over the world and blended by David, while Kavi - a.K.A. Durga - designs everything else.