Sweet Do Nothing

My favorite by DSD, an instant love, which is extremely rare for me. When I tried this on in a store, I was wearing it for a while and I forgot which perfume I had sprayed on which wrist, so the sales girl smelled my arms and she was like, “I know this is weird because I don’t even know you, but this smells like you! It smells SO good on you!” And I was just like, yesss! I finally found something that just magically clicks with my chemistry. I totally agreed, but didn’t want to buy until it had been on for an hour+, as I’ve made that mistake many times. It’s subtle, sweet from the orange blossom but not cloyingly so. Also clean but not soapy, just light, bright, almost sparkling. It’s fresh and well balanced with a very alluring amber background/dry down (I know that’s not a listed note, but amber is one of my favorite notes and I distinctly smell it on myself here). Maybe it’s the incense. I don’t get much fig or smoke on myself. It’s unique, very wearable, non-offensive. It’s also 95 degrees and 53% humidity here, so it’s nice to have something that still smells good and not overwhelming in the heat. Some of my favorite perfumes are Ambre Eccentrico, G Water, and Orange Blossom by Jo Malone. It kind of feels like I layered these three together, but in doing so created something very distinct.

My favorite. My daily scent. I am obsessed. This is a perfect fresh summer scent. Totally clean and unisex, feels like standing near a laundry line in the desert in summertime while someone is peeling an orange next to you. The opening is all bright clean citrus zest, a dry rather than sweet orange. The orange blossom and neroli are more soapy than floral, but I wouldn't say this is a soapy fragrance. Someone in the reviews said it smells like orange PEZ and I can kind of see that, because there is a kind of chalkiness in this. It's a dry, unisex fleur d'oranger. The drydown is beautiful but very faint, unfortunately. I have only worn this in hot weather, so maybe in cooler weather it would stick around a bit more. It's a cedary, incensy, barely smokey drydown that gives the vibe of an old desert church like in the opening of Kill Bill 2. I love it, I wish it was stronger. I'd love a little more smoke and wood and incense, actually. Overall, though, nothing but good things to say about SDN. Significantly better than El Cosmico, which I found unbearable. Adore it but the price is quite high considering longevity is a bit lacking. Highly recommend, if you can get it on sale.

This is my favorite scent from DS and Durga, by a mile. I have been to El Cosmico, and Marfa is my happy place. I was so excited when El Cosmico was released, but I find it to be very cloying with a strong cola note. El Cosmico is a scent I wear for me, because on dry down, that sandy desert smell comes out, and really reminds me of my happy place. That said, my boyfriend does not like El Cosmico on me, and says it smells weird. Cue Sweet Do Nothing. This perfume has that same sandy, creosote campfire note that I love about El Cosmico, but the cloying cola note is replaced with white flowers! I am in heaven! To me this is even more reminiscent of the place El Cosmico, and with that floral opening, a real showstopper. For context, my daily perfume is Eau des Sens from Diptyque, so orange blossom and neroli are scents I adore. Boyfriend likes this one a lot, I get my sandy desert memory perfume. Win/win. For me, it's full bottle worthy and will definitely be making its way into my signature scent rotation.

I chose SDN as one of my 4 samples in DS&D’s discovery kit. I’ll be honest—it was the one I was least excited about and when it arrived I wasn’t impressed. Imagine my surprise when I decided to try it again a few days later and instantly fell in love. Initially I get bright, juicy green cactus with sweet fig notes deftly woven throughout. It’s a different fig than is present in Debaser (which I also adore), possibly due to the somehow both delicate and intense white and yellow florals that emerge in the dry down. The longevity and sillage are not great for the price point, but they aren’t terrible either. Tbh, I don’t mind reapplying throughout the day if it means I get to experience such a complex, layered fragrance. The longer SDN is on my skin the warmer it gets. I’m constantly getting whiffs of a warm, musky spice that I can’t quite place but I ADORE. Scents like these are why I love niche perfume so much.

Creosote and cactus flowers, airy and open. A cool sweetness. White floral high notes on a wide desert expanse. Neroli and cedar in complex harmony. Morning dew on orange blossoms with a hint of pepperiness. This is the brightness of the desert in fall, a high wintery light, the cool air of sunrise, bare scent carried on the wind. A backbone of creosote, earthy and grounding, sage green and intensely alive. There’s an element of water here, cool, tranquil as a rock pool. A brightness like the sun in your eyes. I don’t get the incense directly as much as I sense it almost like a tether that keeps the fragrance from becoming overly sweet. Musk drifts in on the dry down to cradle the disparate notes, a cocoon of warmth that mirrors the sun.

Green, fresh, flowery, watery, a little figgy (wish it was more prominent) with a light and spicy dry down, kind of reminds me of Coriander which I love. Maybe this is Coriander's shy little cousin. She disappears quickly - it's true what most others have said below about longevity! BUT I layered this over top of the I Don't Know What body lotion and it's delightful. The combo gives me several more hours and enhances the fresh spiciness for me. Nice and inoffensive summer scent.

whoever said this smells like hot girl breath is spot on. It has this whisper of slightly unpleasant musk followed by juicy cactus blossom and heavy incense. I do like it. It is very peculiar and this is what I would imagine a hot girl in new mexico riding a horse would wear. Of course longevity is not great, but that's to be expected of this house. The drydown is very pleasant to me and i found myself smelling it over and over. I would not buy a full bottle.

Absolute 100% instant love. Wore the sample around a few days and then bought the full bottle. It's light and slightly sweet -- but what I love is the cedar and orange blossom that hover near the skin. A perfectly unisex scent. It does make me think of my grandparents' land in Austin where mesquite, peach and pecan trees grew along with cacti and bluebells. Lovely fragrance that I will have to not use up too soon,.

This is a gorgeous fragrance. A warm dry breeze of sweet desert air. I love it (on the east coast) for a bright spring day with no humidity. The floral notes are sharp and never cloying. The incense adds a really subtle and lovely spice. Like the name 'Sweet Do Nothing,' this is an easy wear for the day time- in office or outside. Approachable but not boring.

This one really grew on me the longer I sat with it. The smoky, spicy, woodiness is beautifully balanced with the citrus & white floral. (If there are any other RDF Cacti enthusiasts out there looking for similar frags to it: I can attest to it not smelling much like that one at all. Cacti is green & refreshing, this is smoky & dry.)

I get mostly realistic florals, clean musk and a hint of sweet fig. I wish I picked up more incense, cactus and cedar but I still really enjoy this. It’s clean, care free and a little bit romantic. The longevity is not amazing and it evaporates almost instantly in 90+ degree heat.

I love this. After getting my full bottle, I realized it's a little muskier than my previous samples I purchased directly from the brand. Such a cool mix of fig leaf, neroli and creosote. It has great longevity on me. I want to go on a cross country road trip wearing this.

Positive, light and refreshing fragrance. Cactus and fig makes it smell quite unusual. On my skin, it dries down like spices and watermelon gum (in a good way). Perfect for warm spring and summer days, love it!!

One of the best scents from ds I’ve tried so far A Masterpiece

Full wear, sample 1.5ml, Night, 74F. 43% Humidity I like to paint a picture of what I imagine the perfumor was thinking. The only thing that comes to mind is white linens blowing in the breeze gently. Sunny day. Not hot but nice. 70s. I keep coming back to white candles, possibly from its gelatinous waxy feel.Clean. Obviously the color white is evoked heavily for me with this. Now, to me I feel this is very intimate. Yet while sitting here writing this my friend walked by about 6 feet away and asked what I'm wearing so it may be a "molicule 1" type of trickery going on with this one. Smells pleasant, fairly well mixed with orange blossom, fig and Incense playing off a woody back with an overall watery cactus holding everything in its gelatinous mold. The 3 notes come in and out as if playing leapfrog. Kinda cool and interesting actually. The fig is not as green as in Debaser by DS&DURGA but it hints at it. About 20 min in and it's taking on a slight powdery feel, Neroli maybe? From here it takes a turn becoming even more intimate and what seems to me to be almost non existent at times. Once and awhile though I'll catch a waft. I don't want to count this out from an initial wear, but as it is, its only fuction is where your not trying to offend anyone. Dates, work, or when you don't necessarily want something strong. Scent wise, it's interesting, I like it. I don't love it. I don't think I'll be buying a bottle. If I do it will be a 50ml or a decant. Based off the notes I was expecting alot more, I'm initially disappointed however that's been known to change. Definitely sample this one. Edit: This is officially the weakest performance I've ever encountered. When looking at that price this is an absolute no. DS&DURGA has raised they're prices too as of 8/1/23 and I find that downright disrespectful to the consumer. You expect me to pay hundreds for something that is gone in under 2 hours. They should be ashamed. No way.

* New to the world of complex fragrances* Got this fragrance in a DS sample sale based on the description of the notes. I was looking for a more complex glossier you fragrance, a skin fragrance with more freshness. I wouldn’t say it’s fresher than glossier you but more woodier glossier you’s older cousin who lives in south east Asia. At first smell, it smells like stepping out of the shower on the first hot summer day of vacation and standing in the balcony of your lake cabin after. It’s when the cool breeze hits you and clean soapiness meets the elements of the environment around like the bonfire smell from the previous night with the incense like woodiness and brings the wateriness from the lake and a tart smell from the fruit ripening in the trees around. It dries down warm and woody- making it a good unisex fragrance. I really like wearing this fragrance, that being said I don’t know if I would have bought it full price.

Sweet Do Nothing is aptly named - it lasts about an hour on my skin, and while pleasant, its sweet, woody, somewhat smoky and camphorous light touch disappears just as soon as it comes into full force. I moisturized with a fragrance-free product before the second application, which seems to be helping. However, overall this is another very nice, delightfully unusual DS&D scent with (as others have said) a variation on their overall "vibe" with extremely poor performance. If you can justify a big bottle, perhaps it's worth getting it and carrying around a decant, but since I'm not smitten with this particular scent from the house, it'll be a pass from me.

This is a "high heat" scent! Perfect for really warm summer days to the point that you breathe in dry air. I mostly get cactus, something sour, something that feels like "old wood". This fragrance was what I had in mind when I wanted a desert type of perfume, so I would feel like a RDR character but in a wearable way. It would have been interesting if this one had leather too but overall, what I wanted, sadly it's too expensive. My cowboy perfume.

I hear it’s discontinued? Quite unique where I live, no one wears this. Good for summer, it works well with heat. I would prefer less neroli in it. Drydown reminds me of Diptyque Ilio. I can see why some would hate it though, it has that DS Durga DNA lol Someone here said it smells like pickles, unscented hair spray/lacquer, a hint of Screamwood in its rubbing alcohol form and a floral vanilla deodorant. That’s a perfect description. I love it.

Such a bright airy fragrance with a little peppery heat. The florals are not sharp or headachey which is a requirement for me in any fragrance. The main impression is very reminiscent of the way Demeter's honeysuckle used to be, which made this fragrance a new favorite of mine since that was one of my favs for years. This is much more complex though. I love the balance of the white and yellow flowers and the juiciness of it overall.