Debaser in Bloom

Gosh this is absolutely sublime. Don’t judge it for a few minutes- let it settle. It’s sweet and warm, the fig is there but it’s jammy and soft rather than fresh and green. There’s something tangy , the currants and raspberry leaf? Some light herbal green nuances and beautifully blended out with the lactonic creamy notes. I’m not getting any rosemary thank god because I can’t bear it, but there is some gentle sweet juniper/conifer? And some lush white florals (the gardenia) tying it all together. The musk is perfect and I’m not a big musk fan. But I wouldn’t be without it here. It makes this perfume very sensual and rather sexy but not the in your face type. Just enough. The sweetness is just so beautiful. I find this fragrance so comforting yet unique- nothing like anything else in my collection. Lasts for a good 6 hours or more. The tape note is abstract, but I understand it and I’m getting it! I can’t even explain how. That’s the genius of Ds&Durga I guess. I ADORE the original Debaser , and this is so perfectly its more floral cousin. It’s very different but they layer together so well! They don’t cancel each other out- you get all the green of the OG plus the warmth of the flanker. I think my fragrance journey may be complete with these two together. Haha who am I kidding. But these two are on my desert island discs.

surprisingly, i like this more than debaser i think?? the opening was very bright and shocking, likely the rosemary taking center stage, but it is very quickly accompanied by a creamy, sweet fig note; this is where the woodiness comes through, but i wouldn't say that it dominates the fragrance in any way. the base notes are very photorealistic fwiw, but i'm not sure i'd call this a masculine scent. it does run very unisex imo, even more so than the og debaser. it's definitely sweeter and more wearable; the gardenia note somehow turns into a milky jasmine on my skin...i know it's not there but it definitely feels like a jasmine milk tea note somewhere coming through! maybe jasmine milk tea with a fresh fig sweet cream cold foam? very pleasantly surprised and will continue testing <3 crossing my fingers they come out with a pocket perfume version of this one!

I received this as an unexpected free sample with a full bottle order of something else. In theory, I should dislike Debaser in Bloom since currant, fig, and coconut are generally off-putting to me. In reality I adore this perfume. Just goes to show you can’t judge a perfume based on notes and accords. For some oddly specific reason it reminds me of the greenery on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco during springtime, which is a very good smell indeed.

The combination of this earthy, almost minty rosemary, with raspberry leaf and creamy fig makes this fragrance a standout in this wave of redundant, unremarkable, musk based fragrances. It's fruity without being overly sweet and floral in a way that makes it cozy and soothing. This smells fantastic! It's good for any season. I only wish that I could smell the addition of plastic cassette tapes for nostalgia sakes.

Reviewed from a sample! I like this scent. It has a strong opening: spicy, rosemary and floral and a fruity/woody dry down. It reminds me of a spa: incensey, green, sweet and spicy. I love the spa so I like this but it might not be for everyone. It gets sweeter and more subdued as it dries down. I haven’t tried debaser so I don’t know how it compares.