D.S. & Durga ´85 Diesel – Candle
D.S. & Durga ´85 Diesel – Candle
   

"In the 80s my parents drove Toyotas and Hondas. They were cool. But around the corner an English woman drove the neighborhood kids to school in a 1985 300TD Benz. If it was cold, it would not start. I remember jamming into the back with 6 kids (no belts) and sitting on the springy saffron tan seat just freezing; the sweet smoke of diesel coming through the warming engine (and our color changing ski gloves). Driving around was big in my family. We would pile in wearing our Vision Street Wear (my parents in oddly shaped orange, white, yellow, and brown shag-rug looking cloths) with our hair looking like the E.T. cast, and drive around the seaside towns of New England with the radio blaring Fleetwood Mac, Duran Duran, and Bob Marley Legend. Life seemed careless and endless – as childhood often does. Most adults of that era found the 80s vapid and in poor taste, but man, how magic it seems to the children of the 80s. When Kavi and I bought our first car in NYC we almost went safe with some terrible modern monstrosity. But then we answered an ad on craigslist and found a pristine ’85 300 turbo diesel Mercedes-Benz for cheap. The scent was the same as I remembered. It seemed fancy to own what was once an actual luxury. It is a car of timeless elegance. It’s boxy look brings to mind all 80s movies, the Alps, and awkward fancy life that wasn’t attainable to anyone I knew in the 80s. This candle is an homage to that legend and smells of the air inside – so warm and dangerous." – David Seth Moltz

Do not leave unattended. For best burn results, burn candle a maximum of 4 hours at a time.

Perfumer: David Seth Moltz

Made in: USA

Packaging: Glass jar

Ingredients: Soy Wax, Balsams, Resins, Plant Oils And Premium Perfume Ingredients.

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D.S. & Durga
85 Diesel – Candle

Scented Candle
€65.90 * / 0.198 kg
(€332.83 / 1 kg)

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  • Less waste
  • Vegan

On saffron tanned leather seats, in clothes that look like rugs, singing “we must never break the chain”. Varnished chestnut panelling with puffs of burning fuel. The 1985 300TD Mercedes Benz of an English woman from the neighborhood who never left the house without her suede coat. When it was cold, the car would not start. Six children, pressed side by side, without seat belts, sitting on the springy back seat made of saffron tan leather and singing in tune to get ready for their baseball training and counteract the cold. Sweet smoke of diesel coming through the warming engine. The tire tread still stuck with muddy earth and spicy resin from the last road trip.
Burning tim approx. 60h. Handmade in small batches from carefully selected raw materials, each transcendent fragrance blend is mixed into vegan soy wax, poured into a glass jar and finished with a woven cotton wick.

Top Notes: Saffron Leather, Suede, Vinyl
Heart Notes: White Violet, Hiba, Castoreum
Base Notes: Diesel Smoke, Earth Dirt, Galbanum Resin

D.S. & Durga
D.S. & Durga
Gegründet: 2007
Herkunft: USA

D.S. & Durga is a Brooklyn-based brand whose fragrances tell stories that transport you to faraway places. Each fragrance is a fragment of half-remembered myths of pioneers, frontierswomen and cowboys, imaginary landscapes, saloons and workbenches that invite discovery. According to the founders, the art of a perfume lies not only in the quality but also in the handling of the individual components. D.S. stands for David Seth Moltz, who taught himself how to make perfume. He lives his passion for transforming musical and literary spaces into fragrances ...More

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