Debaser D.S. & Durga 2015 Eau de Parfum

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Kavi Moltz

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7.8 / 10 273 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

7.8273 Ratings

Longevity

7.3207 Ratings

Sillage

6.8205 Ratings

Bottle

7.5200 Ratings

Value for money

6.5112 Ratings

Submitted by AmyAmy, last update on 07/17/2025.

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Reviews

15 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/06/2022

Mlleghoul
445 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
111 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.

10/03/2024

7
Pricing 7
Bottle 8
Sillage 7
Longevity 8.5
Scent

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

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 9
Scent

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.

04/11/2024

3
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9.5
Scent

GalbanumLeaf
37 Reviews

GalbanumLeaf

3

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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