D.S. & Durga · 2018 · David Seth Moltz

I Don't Know What

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
D.S. & Durga asks $300 for 100 ml
50 ml$225
100 ml$300

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright bergamot over velvety cedar-like woods and soft vetiver, drying to sandalwood, musk and ambergris-like amber.

D.S. & Durga says

You’ll smell Bergamot Essence, Iso E Super, Vetiver Acetate, civetone, firsantol and ambergris (ambrox super).

More from D.S. & Durga’s description

It also mentions Cetalox, Musks, Woody amber materials, A thin amber and A lingering sandalwood.

The house’s page

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

I Don't Know What’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, iso e super (pencil shavings on velvet), vetiver, ambergris (cetalox), musks, sandalwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

I Don't Know What, when you spray it: Bergamot

As it settlesheart notes

I Don't Know What, as it settles: Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vetiver

What staysdry-down notes

I Don't Know What, what stays: Civettone, Firsantol, Ambergris (Cetalox), Musks, Sandalwood

What’s inside it

What D.S. & Durga names

Bergamot EssenceIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Vetiver AcetateCivetoneFirsantolAmbergris (ambrox super)Cetalox (ambergris)MusksA thin amberA lingering sandalwood

What the label names

14 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

5 citrus4 herbs & lavender1 florals2 woods1 spices1 musks

Citrus5

LimoneneBergamot oilCitralalpha-TerpineneTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals1

Geranyl acetate

Woods2

Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Vertofix

Spices1

beta-Caryophyllene

Musks1

Hexadecanolactone
2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Club de Nuit MilestoneArmaf · shares bergamot, vetiver, ambergris, cashmere knit and 1 more$50 for 105 ml · about a fifth of I Don't Know What’s $300
Blue TalismanEx Nihilo · shares bergamot, ambergris, cashmere knit and sandalwood$490 for 100 ml
Eros Pour FemmeVersace · shares bergamot, ambergris, cashmere knit and sandalwood$130 for 100 ml · about half of I Don't Know What’s $300
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.