The Bite Magazine - Spring/Summer 2020 - Issue 27

bite perfume stamped boxes in DS’s Bushwick apartment.” The brand creates authentic studies of real-world objects, plants, and places and weaves them into narratives that transport people to far off places; material and imaginary. As a former musician, David’s perfume creations have lin- er notes with stories and useful information inside each box. Thanks to the duo’s shared love of music, art, nature, and design, these experiences are told aromatically. “Our scents are fragments of half-remembered myths and imag- inary landscapes that invite exploration.” The ingredients used in the perfumes are from all over; cherry-picking the best of this and the most useful of that. “The art of perfume is more about how you use your items, not just their quality. Off-notes, unexpected combinations, and novel constructions are the core of our aromatic vi- sion.” Regarding the packaging, they say the opening es- tablishes the relationship between the user and perfume. “Our boxes have been engineered to be foam-free, paper only. The formulas are 100% vegan.” DS & Durga has an exciting and extensive range of perfumes, candles, hand sanitiser and soap, body lotion, and washes that will have you mesmerised for hours. Debaser is rem- iniscent of the wild shrill of Black Francis coming on the radio in the August heat. Available in a 50 ml and 100 ml EDP, a pocket perfume, 8 oz body lotion, and 8 oz body wash, it has top notes of bergamot, green leaf, and pear stem; heart notes of fig, co- conut milk, and iris; and base notes of blonde woods, tonka bean, and moss. David gives us an insight into his background and musical influences by firstly claiming music is essential to life. “I was born in a house of blues - dad’s from Chicago. At 9, I went camping on an island. Cool older punk kids showed me the Misfits and the Pixies. (One of those kids was ac- tually comedian Rob Delaney). That summer was ruled by Doolittle. The provocative lyrics, the cackle of Frank Black; I absorbed it in the summer heat: August humidity, young romance. Our Debaser scent is hot, humid, [and] sexy.” Amongst the transcendental woods of the 1800s, crafts- men from the Massachusetts Bay Colony built violins and bows in the tiny towns of the Pioneer Valley which is the influence behind Bowmakers. The narrative goes on to say, “The shops were riddled with old growth mahogany, buried maple shavings, amber pine rosin, aged walnut, and their unique varnishes.” These are some of the ingredients in the 50 ml and 100 ml EDP bottles, pocket perfume, 8 oz body lotion, and 8 oz body wash. Amber Kiso is named after a ritual in the holy Kiso for- est in Japan based on a ceremonial katana unguent of rare

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