Debaser D.S. & Durga 2015 Eau de Parfum

Bottle Design Kavi Moltz

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7.7 / 10 170 Ratings

Debaser (Eau de Parfum) is a popular perfume by D.S. & Durga for women and men and was 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

Pear stem

Leaf green

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Fig

Coconut milk

Iris

Base Notes

Blond woods

White musk

Moss

Tonka bean

Perfumer

David Seth Moltz

Ratings

Scent

7.7170 Ratings

Longevity

7.2128 Ratings

Sillage

6.8129 Ratings

Bottle

7.5130 Ratings

Value for money

6.453 Ratings

Submitted by AmyAmy, last update on 16.04.2024.

Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/08/2018

7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Erfsche
4 Reviews

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Erfsche

Very helpful Review 6

Coconut leg in pear mantle

Actually, I don't like figs in perfume very much. It's too sweet and not mine at all. I tested Debaser as part of the D.S. & Durga hiking package anyway and the name of the perfume is a mystery to me, too. "Humiliator" Why? What for?

Why am I still writing about this? Because Debaser is a very strange, idiosyncratic scent. It begins with a coconut slash, which is given to me with the club. In addition there is something stabbing, artificial, in the first moment I associate nail polish remover or thinner. Very violent, totally unpleasant.
But totally bravely I hold out and just before I get up to free myself from the misery, the whole thing tips over. Sweet pear prevails (why do pear stalks have to be understood?), I also notice the fig, but it remains reserved and bearable.
The dominating pear remains with me for a long time, then the whole thing changes again and the scent ends woody and mossy and the tonka bean also speaks again.

Sillage is good, not too strong and not too weak, he held on to my arm for a good six hours and that means something to me.

Conclusion for me: not everyday fragrance with a horrible start, but still quite interesting course. I wouldn't wear it, though

09/06/2022

Mlleghoul
351 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.

10/09/2023

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 9
Scent

Hazeljoy
7 Reviews

Hazeljoy

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.

10/17/2023

Philyrae
21 Reviews

Philyrae

A worthy green fig

A fantastic alternative to Philosykos if you, like me, love a green, woody, sappy fig but found it was eventually overwhelmed by coconut. The fig here in Debaser stays prominent all the way and the woody drydown is a touch sweet. There is coconut milk (not coconut) that lingers in the shadows but doesn’t overtake the fig and green leaves.

As a fig lover, Debaser justifies its existence despite its similarities to Philosykos. Performance is also slightly better on me too.

04/11/2024

3
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9.5
Scent

GalbanumLeaf
20 Reviews

GalbanumLeaf

While not for every taste, the hype is real

This is unlike anything in my wardrobe. The scent is well-balanced with some edges. Green, woody, figgy, with a splash of coconut milk. But this isn't one type of scent or another. I'll need to live with this longer in order to understand the shifting notes. This is true unisex scent. Not girly, but not unfeminine. Atypically sexy as the crushed greens, fig, powdery iris, mild lactonic note and tempered acridity announce a sensual presence. In longevity and sillage, the performance is outstanding. I might have fallen in love and will scheme to afford a bottle.

Top notes are Crushed Stems, Greens, Bergamot and Pear; middle notes are Green Fig, Coconut Milk and Iris; base notes are Woods, Tonka Bean and Moss.

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