September is an odd month. Warm enough for that last weekend getaway to the beach, but there is a chill in the evening air as the days grow shorter and sandals and shorts make way for scarves and sweaters. Shadows grow long earlier every day, even when the sun is still shining brightly. We start to push our cheerful colognes aside and reach for a scent that can bridge the gap between the last gasp of summer's humid breath and the frosty fingers of late Autumn. With equal parts summer breeze and turning leaves, D.S. & Durga’s Boston Ivy Cologne, with its green, slightly salty scent is perfect for this time of transition.
David Seth Moltz, the "D.S.", of Brooklyn-based D.S. & Durga says "Boston Ivy was inspired by my memory of smelling the moss, clover and ivy growing around my childhood home in sea-side Swampscott, MA". He wanted to create a manly scent that would also reflect his Irish heritage, and his memories of the shamrock graffiti in the commuter tunnels driving into Boston during the 1980’s.
Boston Ivy is a blend of ivy and clover, spiked with oakmoss and sea salt. The sea salt note frames the dark green of the ivy and clover and as the fragrance develops, it’s as if you sense the transition of the seasons. Boston Ivy, while rough around the edges, smells wonderful on women as well. It’s an excellent and slightly counter-intuitive choice for anyone looking for a late-Summer, Early Fall fragrance that lingers well into the evening. It has all day longevity but with sillage that stays close to the skin. In many ways it is like wearing two scents at once, as if you just stepped off the boardwalk on your way to attend a class held in an ivy-draped lecture hall at the start of a new semester in college.
–Steve Johnson, Guest Contributor with contributions from Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief
Art Direction: Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief
Thanks to Pickwick's Mercantile 64 State St., Portsmouth NH (a great place for niche fragrances so ask for Rita) we have a 50 ml of D.S & Durga's Boston Ivy to giveaway to a reader (USA residents only). To be eligible, let us know your favorite D.S & Durga fragrance,or what you like about Boston or why you would like to win Boston Ivy. Draw closes September 9, 2013
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