D.S. & Durga Debaser

D.S. & Durga Debaser is the real designer fragrance, sold at most major retailers. When one of our partners carries it, a direct buy link shows up here. The "smells-like" alternatives below are for anyone who wants the profile for less.

D.S. & Durga Debaser opens with Bergamot, Green Notes and Pear; a heart of Fig, Coconut and Iris; drying down to Blond Woods, Tonka Bean and Oakmoss, from notes D.S. & Durga (official) publishes. Those notes read as citrus, green, fruity, powdery, sweet, woody, the coarse families D.S. & Durga (official) cites. How it wears depends on your skin and the concentration. We only publish notes and accords we can trace to a source.

We rank the "smells-like" alternatives to Debaser by how closely their cited accords match the original, cheapest first. A dupe is meant to evoke Debaser, not match its formula, and we say as much. If we can't verify a genuine match yet, we leave it off.

D.S. & Durga Debaser is listed as unisex, marketed for anyone, which is how we'd wear it too. Fragrance has no inherent gender; the label just reflects how the retailer sells it.

Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream (shares Blond Woods, Coconut, Pear); Parfums de Marly Delina Exclusif (shares Pear, Oakmoss, Tonka Bean); Nishane Fan Your Flames (shares Coconut, Oakmoss, Tonka Bean). These share specific notes with Debaser, a closer match than a shared accord family. We rank them by how many of Debaser's cited notes they actually share, weighting rarer notes heavier than ubiquitous ones. Each is its own fragrance with real, sourced notes, not a copy of Debaser, and has its own page.

Debaser reads as citrus, green, fruity, powdery, sweet, woody. If that's the corner you like, you'll find Tiziana Terenzi Andromeda, Givenchy Gentleman Intense and Tiziana Terenzi Afrodite nearby. We rank them by how many of Debaser's cited accords they actually share, weighting rarer families heavier. They're their own fragrances, not copies of Debaser, and each has its own page.