D.S. & Durga introduces Resurrected Corpse Flower, a limited edition Studio Juice inspired by perfumer David Seth Moltz’s encounter with the rare corpse flower at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in January 2025. Launching this October, the fragrance takes one of nature’s most infamous smells and reconstructs it through florals, green notes and deep woods.
FRAGRANCES
Moltz approached the project with the idea of making the corpse flower beautiful again. Its association with decomposition provides the starting point, while the fragrance develops through olive, Madonna lily, tuberose, freesia and bog cedar. D.S. & Durga describes the composition as “half swamp, half flower,” drawing its character from the tension between decay and floral intensity.
The fragrance opens with green olive, Balm of Gilead and grapefruit. Freesia, Madonna lily and tuberose absolute form the heart, introducing a concentrated floral section. The base moves into green banana, bog cedar and papyrus, grounding the composition in vegetal and woody notes. The ingredients translate the corpse flower through a perfume built around its unusual combination of rot, vegetation and bloom.
Resurrected Corpse Flower arrives from the Brooklyn fragrance house founded in 2008 by David and Kavi Moltz. The pair established D.S. & Durga during Brooklyn’s DIY movement, developing perfumes around subjects that range from music and myth to cowboys, composers and details from everyday life. The brand treats each fragrance as an original creative work and develops accompanying stories, playlists, photography and films around its releases.
David Moltz works as the house’s perfumer. Self-taught, he developed his practice through access to rare materials and an independent approach to fragrance composition. His work centers on the idea that perfume can communicate with the expressive force of music, painting and literature.
Kavi Moltz, a trained architect and D.S. & Durga co-founder, directs the visual identity surrounding the fragrances. Her work covers packaging, imagery and branding, establishing the visual system that accompanies David’s compositions.
With Resurrected Corpse Flower, D.S. & Durga turns a direct encounter at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden into a scent built from an unlikely botanical subject. The limited edition translates the corpse flower through green fruit, luminous florals and damp woods, taking its infamous identity as the beginning of a new perfume.
