Mississippi Medicine – Eau de Parfum – Sample

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Based on the rituals of the proto-Mississippian cult of the dead from the 1200s, a revitalizing composition emerges from dark, tarry wood notes with a distinct medicinal touch that then pleasantly fades dry and smoky. The resinous and restrained citrus notes of the aldehydes, paired with needle-like cedar, give the fragrance an appealing herbal note that imparts a clear character to the scent. Wrapped in delicate incense and a warm, woody arrangement of spruce, Kaskarilla bark, and cedar, Mississippi Medicine concludes with a spicy, smoky birch tar. Incense, woods, resins, and balms with menthol and camphor create an exciting, magically alluring fragrance.


Top notes: Red Cedar, Aldehydes, Incense Heart notes: Cypress Root, Black Pine, Kaskarilla Bark Base notes: Incense, Spanish Cedar Juniper, Birch Tar

Behind the Fragrance

Mississippi Medicine is based on what little is known about the rituals of a fast-growing death cult that emerged in the southern part of the US in the 1200s. Called the South Eastern Ceremonial complex, it is more of a period within the Mississippian culture (the mound builders) when a specific system of religion quickly emerged. Other names for it were The Buzzard Cult and simply The Southern Death Cult (badass). The cedar tree was sacred to them, representing an axis mundi (a gateway between the lower and upper worlds). Nothing gets me going more than the concept that seemingly mundane places – a cave, a space under a bush, a tiny lake, are gateways to the other world. Ancient peoples' understanding of the world integrated landscape, flora, and fauna into their whole being. Mississippi Medicine is rich in cedar. Dry red Virginia cedar. Healthy doses of incense help marry the wood to the pine. Incense has been used in rituals since the dawn of time, which means we connect it to religious feeling in the depth of our bones. The heart of MM is filled out with an accord of wild viola that could have grown by the mounds in Mississippi. Birch tar adds a primal smoke. It smells mysterious and ancient.

Fragrance Family
  • Spicy
Dominating fragrance note

  • incense
Fragrance Vibe
  • Medical
Perfumer
  • David Seth Moltz

D.S. & Durga

D.S. & Durga is a Brooklyn-based brand whose fragrances tell stories that transport you to distant places. Each fragrance is a fragment of half-remembered myths of pioneers, boundary crossers, and cowboys, imaginary landscapes, salons, and workbenches that invite exploration. According to the founders, the art of a perfume lies not only in 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 of transforming musical and literary spaces into fragrances. This also means that each individual fragrance is conceived and constructed in-house by D.S. & Durga, that is, without intermediaries or interpretation by external perfumers. Kavi (aka Durga) designs everything around the fragrances. By thinking in angles, light, shadow, and texture, she creates clarity in form and function. Through this constellation, everything the couple loves about music, art, nature, and design is elaborately told in aromatic form. All fragrances are invisible soundtracks that can be worn on the body throughout the day. The more you know the stories and events, the deeper you dive into the world of the bottle. The story, unexpected and novel combinations are the core of the aromatic vision.

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