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Debaser D.S. & Durga 2015 Eau de Parfum

7.8 / 10 310 Ratings

A popular perfume by D.S. & Durga for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is green-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green

Fresh

Fruity

Creamy

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Leaf green Pear stem

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Fig

Coconut milk Iris

Iris

Base Notes

Blond woods

White musk Moss

Moss

Tonka bean

Perfumer

David Seth Moltz

Ratings

Scent

7.8310 Ratings

Longevity

7.2235 Ratings

Sillage

6.8231 Ratings

Bottle

7.5220 Ratings

Value for money

6.5136 Ratings

Submitted by AmyAmy, last update on 10/03/2025.

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Reviews

24 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/06/2022

Mlleghoul
457 Reviews

Mlleghoul

Helpful Review 7

I do not hate this

As with many things, because I am a spiteful, hateful hater when it comes to the things that everyone else loves and are super jazzed about, I was all set to be unimpressed with Debaser from DS & Durga. a figgy scent apparently based on the opening song from the Pixies 1989’s album, Doolittle.

Shame on me.

Because I actually really love creation, and although I live to be right in all things, in terms of perfume I do actually love to be wrong. At first, I was kinda leery because the initial sniff was of unripe peaches, rudely knocked off the tree by the ornery flaps of sassy corvids, to lay wetly in a mound of dewy grass clippings. It was fruity but far too green to be sweet, or even edible. The coconut note is green too, a coconut before its reached full maturity, at the stage you might harvest it for the water sloshing inside rather than the flesh. It’s clean and mineralic as opposed to sweet and creamy. And maybe what I mistook for peach is actually the fig, the cool, shady leaf and the bitter sap, but thankfully not the jammy, honeyed fruit. It dries down to moody, rooty, earthy iris, and soft woody musks. Do I get the punky energy of a Pixies song inspired by surreal cinema out of this scent? I don’t know that I do, but I don’t know that I don’t.

It’s a subtle fragrance with some unexpected flourishes and off-kilter appeal and if being wrong means that I smell like an oddly understated but characteristically weird A24 film, then I am very ok with it.

08/17/2024

Alexlinhcao
120 Reviews

Alexlinhcao

Helpful Review 3

Debaser — Milky, Fruity, Green Fig

For god knows what reason, I was pronouncing this wrong as "deh-buh-seer" until recently. Maybe I was trying something fancy, who knows.

I sampled this a year ago before finally purchasing. It was near fall, and I remember thinking it was remarkably green and vegetable-like. It's like a snapped stem or breaking the peel of a vegetable, that sharp quality immediately wafting to your nose. Someone below mentioned is as vaguely acetone-like, and I can see where they're coming from. It's a bit prickly, but some plants do smell like that and I think that's why it smells so "natural" to me. In any case, I told myself to revisit it come next summer.

Now in the middle of summer yet again, I popped into a small boutique in LA that sold fancy snacks and wines. Oddly enough, they stocked a few of DS & Durga fragrances. I went through them, and it was clear that Debaser was a solid winner. There's a reason it's as popular as it is, I guess! But it was finally time to make it mine

Having spent more time with it, there's something very nectar-like and fruit-forward about the fig which I think comes from the coconut milk. It's quite yummy and it feels much more like a "viscous" fig than Philosykos, which is airier and breezier. Despite being fruitier though, I also think it's the more "masculine" take on fig than Philosykos with the blonde woods and "stemmy" greens.

10/02/2025

CurlyHen
41 Reviews

CurlyHen

Helpful Review 2

Beautiful green, earthy juicy fig tree.

This is a really gorgeous earthy, juicy green fig with many parts of the whole tree; the leaves, the unripe fruit, the sap. A little hint of green clean soapiness to it. It opens a with a little green bitterness to the sweetness, sour and tart crushed fig leaves scattered amongst a bowl of fleshy green figs, some halved, some crushed, the sap oozing out. It’s honestly so photorealistic. It immediately transported me to sitting under a fig tree in the sun on the island of Kos, I had pulled an unripe green fig of the tree and pressed my nails into the fruit to pull it apart and get a good whiff at it (I like smelling everything I can! lol).

As it settles, a beautiful milky fig sap is there adding a lovely green creaminess to the green fig that is held together with a wet fresh green moss and bright wood in the base. I don’t get the coconut, pear or iris on an individual level, just an understanding that various notes have been blended beautifully to create this figgy adventure. This lasted 12+ on my skin.

Fun fact: David Seth Moltz (he’s the D.S. part of DS&Durga) and the nose behind the perfume, named it ‘Debaser’ because the figgy aroma he created reminded him of his year of summer camp, hanging out under the fig trees, when he was first introduced to the band The Pixies and listened to their song ‘Debaser’ on repeat.

I really enjoyed sampling this -
On day one of sampling I totally delighted in experiencing the opening of this juicy green fig scent but immediately thought ‘I respect you, but you’re not for me’. My initial thoughts were that it t leant a bit masculine for me. I had just finished a 3 day samplathon of Gris Charnel which was a total ‘love at first whiff’ and struggled to put the decant away in order to continue on my fig exploration. Although Debaser is sweeter and juicier than the BDK fig, for me, I like unisex and masculine leaning perfumes in autumn and winter but prefer sweet feminine florals for the summer. So Gris Charnel is a perfect mood match for autumn with its spicy, creamy woodiness, but Debaser feels more like a summer fruity fragrance that leans clean, green and masculine, not sweet and florally enough for me to wear in the heat. But I looked forward to my day of wear none the less. Debaser is a cheeky perfume, it’s different. It’s not obnoxiously loud but it’s unique enough to catch people’s attention. And indeed it did. I was at a workshop with strangers which involved up close, hands on training and through out the day I got several compliments and enquiries about what I was wearing and as the day progressed I felt myself enjoying it more and feeling that I had jumped to a hasty and incorrect conclusion that morning.

So the next day, I wore it again. This time I found myself really drawn to it, I kept bringing my nose to my skin and breathing it in deeply, enjoying the various shades of fig it emitted. It again lasted all day. That evening I had a dance class and as my body warmed up and the perfume radiated of my skin, Debaser took hold of my heart and wouldn’t let it go. And I suddenly understood how this scent works well in warm and humid environments.

10/03/2024

8.5Scent 7Longevity 8Sillage

TeucerX
2 Reviews

TeucerX

3

Fresh Green Fig Tree without too much Sweetness

I love fig scents, but I already have or have tried a number that are fruity-sweet. This one is wonderful in that it is fresh, complex, green/herbaceous, grassy/leafy, woody and a touch earthy without having the sweetness to which a lot of other fig scents default.

This perfume definitely feels like the experience of a fig tree when the figs are green. The fig is present, but not the star of the show. The scent is fresh but also has heavy green notes that are intoxicating and that make me keep wanting to smell myself when I wear this fragrance.

The green/leafy notes mellowed after 2-3 hours on my skin, but the scent has a long-lasting and persistent freshness (5-6+ hours) which is unusually high performance for this type of scent on my skin.

I find this fragrance wonderful, and would recommend it to anyone who likes green/leafy scents and/or fig.

10/09/2023

9Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Hazeljoy
7 Reviews

Hazeljoy

2

Unique, Worth Trying

I never really jived with fig scents til I gave this one a shot. I also found green scents abrasive and couldn't understand why anyone would be drawn to them. The first time I smelled Debaser I just didn't get it. It was all green and sharp and reminded me of chemicals - like someone below also pointed out - a touch of nail polish remover or thinner, maybe? Despite that, I ended up taking it home on a paper strip to try to give it a fair chance. As it settled over the course of the day, I could understand it a bit more. It felt like an acquired taste, something I had to will myself to appreciate.

A month or so later I bought the DS & Durga Greatest Hits set - more so to try Radio Bombay and I Don't Know What, but I soon found myself in love with wearing Debaser and chewed through that sample far too quickly before caving and getting a 50ml. I started being able to identify the fig more, and appreciate the greenness. I think it helped that my skin does tend to sweeten and soften a lot of fragrances. The fig note simultaneously feels juicy/sweet, but also fresh and green - like both the fruit and the stems/leaves. After a wear or two I started getting the iris and coconut milk - It's not a tropical feeling coconut to me, and it doesn't feel overpowering like the coconuts you can get in cheap/juvenile fragrances, self-tanners, and sunscreens. It adds a creamy smoothness that counters the sharp green in the opening. The base is woody and musky, but none of those notes have jumped out at me. To me, this fragrance is about the green/juicy/creamy combo.

I think this works in any season, but I've been really enjoying it for something different to my usual light and pretty florals in spring. I quite like this one for work, or out, day or night, wearing a leather jacket. I don't feel like it travels an offensive distance from me and it feels quite tidy. I don't see myself getting a ton of compliments on it - I think it probably doesn't hook people in at the first sniff like a lot of my sweeter or floral fragrances do. I enjoy that this scent feels less people-pleasing (though clearly it's appreciated enough to be popular!), and more for myself - it makes me feel cool, put-together, and confident. I still love the journey it takes me on from first spray to dry-down. It doesn't last crazy long on my skin but does stick around on my clothes til the next day (though it doesn't project at this point).

It's nice to layer too - DS & Durga's I Don't Know What creates a more complex base that I really enjoy. Debaser maybe leans slightly masculine-unisex on me, so when I want to still feel badass but also a bit more feminine, I'll spritz a tiny bit of Frederic Malle's En Passant (a beautiful soft spring floral) over top - the greens in these two play well together for me.

Honestly, I can see why people wouldn't like this - it's not a compliment-getter or always easy to love (especially in that green opening). But I think it can create an air of confidence to be wearing something this interesting. If you already like green figgy scents, I do recommend it. I think it's added a lot to my collection and given me a new appreciation for fragrance notes I couldn't wrap my head around. If you're unsure but intrigued, give it a few tries on the skin - it may end up being what your collection was missing.

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