D.S. and DURGA CANDLES

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D.S. and DURGA CANDLES

$70.00

D.S. & DURGA was started by DIY pioneers Kavi and David, in Brooklyn, NY. Their scents are fragments of half-remembered myths and imaginary landscapes that invite exploration. They are an invisible soundtrack that you can carry on your body throughout the day.

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7 oz

Trim wicks 1/4" prior to each use

For best results, burn candle no less than 1 hour and no more than 4 hours

Hand-poured in NYC

BIG SUR AFTER RAIN- Rain water in eucalyptus groves off Highway 1. Young green shoots, long spears, russet underbrush.

  1. Top notes: coastal rain, eucalyptus shoot

  2. Heart notes: magnolia, Pacific spray

  3. Base notes: eucalyptus leaf, wet wood

PORTABLE FIREPLACE- A candle that provides the warm and cozy ambience of a gently roaring fire anytime, anywhere.

  1. Top notes: dwarf pine wood, atlas cedar

  2. Heart notes: smoke, oak ash, cedar

  3. Base notes: birch, birch tar, copaiba resin

SPIRIT LAMP-Tea service at the colonial parlor of Mme. Revere, topless psychic. Hot silver heated by open flame. Bohea vapours, radiant heat, milk.

  1. Top notes: hot metal, peach water, petitgrain

  2. Heart notes: white ginger, coconut milk

  3. Base notes: radiant musk, bohea tea

BREAKFAST AT LEIPZIG -A candle with strong coffee, buttery almond pastries, pipe tobacco.

  1. Top notes: javanese Coffee, Almond Kutchen, Pastry

  2. Heart notes: tobacco Leaf, Butter

  3. Base notes: leather Upholstery, Fireplace

HOLY FICUS -The revered fig tree of Siddhartha and Lord KṚṢṆA. Silently watch the flame for 7 hours and you may spy liberation.

  1. Top notes: cardamom, frankincense

  2. Heart notes: fig, cedar

  3. Base notes: ginger root, saffron

RAMA WONT YOU PLEASE COME HOME-

Top notes: tree flowers, tendu leaf

Heart notes: tuberose, gardenia

Base notes: civet, cetalox, papyrus

85 DIESEL - On saffron tanned leather seats, in clothes that look like rugs, singing “we must never break the chain”. Lacquered chestnut paneling with puffs of burning fuel.

Top notes: saffron leather, suede, vinyl

Heart notes: white violet, hiba, castoreum

Base notes: diesel smoke, earth dirt, galbanum resin

Salt Marsh Rose-A lazy ramble in hidden thickets on Cape islands where marsh rose and swamp mallows suck brackish tides. Ospreys hunt in estuary wetlands. Plovers plove.

“There are groves that dot some of my favorite places in New England—the coast North of Boston, Nantucket, MV, and the like. Hidden from old gray cedar houses, in hot summer thickets, brackish ground water wells up. Small ponds and swampy marshes in summer are alive with birds, frogs, and dragonflies. Big heavy mallow heads, and wild roses shine like beacons in the dank muddy grass.” - D.S.

Top Notes: Mallow, Sea lettuce

Heart Notes: Swamp rose, Sweet pepper bush

Base Notes: Creeping bent grass, Lichen moss

Wild Brooklyn Lavendar - Brooklyn flowering in the early aughts where wild packs of dogs roamed free among savage weeds and anything seemed possible.

Fragrance Notes:

Top: spike lavender, wayside herbs

Heart: vetiver grass, lavender flowers

Base: suede, asphalt

Bergamot Superior Candle- Wild bergamot weeds sing citrus-speak in spring by the cool water of Great Lake Superior.
Fragrance Notes:Top: bee balm, bergamot
Heart: lake water, birch leaf
Base: cone flower, blue-eyed grass