White Peacock Lily 2016

White Peacock Lily by D.S. & Durga
Bottle Design Kavi Moltz
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6.9 / 10 27 Ratings
White Peacock Lily is a perfume by D.S. & Durga for women and men and was released in 2016. The scent is floral-sweet. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Floral
Sweet
Creamy
Green
Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
CabreuvaCabreuva GrapefruitGrapefruit OleanderOleander
Heart Notes Heart Notes
White lilyWhite lily Egyptian jasmineEgyptian jasmine VioletViolet
Base Notes Base Notes
VanillaVanilla Ambrette seedAmbrette seed Mist noteMist note

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
6.927 Ratings
Longevity
7.721 Ratings
Sillage
7.321 Ratings
Bottle
6.528 Ratings
Submitted by AmyAmy, last update on 22.02.2024.

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2 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Anamandy

95 Reviews
Anamandy
Anamandy
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The Most Perfect Lily
This is a flower blossom bonanza, that's airy and light, yet grounded too. It didn't start out that way though. It started out very strange, and a little hard to describe, like a dank earthiness. I just was not sure where this was going, though it wasn't offensive enough where I felt the urge to wash it off. Just a little dark and weird. Fortunately, that opening salvo passes soon enough to reveal a beautiful floral scent.
This is the most beautiful lily perfume I've ever smelled. Lily is front and center in this scent and has a wonderful earthiness that brings to mind lilies grown in situ. I also love the ambrette in this. It adds a subtle animalic muskiness to this scent that is soooo sexy. But what really sets this apart for me from so many others big floral perfumes of today is the underlying mossiness reminiscent of vintage perfumes of the past. I had no idea where that was coming from until I looked more closely at the note profile. Honestly, I was still a little perplexed until I read up on the note Cabreuva. I've never smelled that note in any perfume before but am enchanted by what it adds to this scent, which is an earthy mossiness similar to oakmoss, yet lacking that note's greenness. Between it, and the ambrette, it provides this beautiful musky, mossy base from where the floral notes float around it. And while silage does go down to a discrete level, I was aware of it and catching lovely wafts all day. Just beautiful!
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8
Longevity
9
Scent
ScentFan

332 Reviews
ScentFan
ScentFan
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"One of the Most Beautiful"
I learned about this fragrance in an article entitled "Why the Prettiest Scents Contain the Ugliest Things." http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/11/david-moltz-perfumer-interview-gross-things-in-perfume.html.

In it, D.S. & Durga perfumer David Moltz referred to White Peacock Lily as "one of the most beautiful scents of all time." I did a double take. How could he risk the reputation of well-regarded D.S. & Durga by saying such a thing, especially about a scent he made himself? Then my heart skipped a beat. I felt the all-too-familiar, gotta have it, blind buy-a-coming thrill. What if it really is one of the most beautiful scents of all time? Lamenting, briefly, the power of mere lovely words, I put the fragrance firmly on my wish list, rather than in a online cart somewhere, determined to calm down and not be bamboozled. Next day, briefly, hubby and I had words of a slightly less lovely kind. Shortly I learned my wish list had been perused and the fragrance was on its way. [To no avail I've pointed out the indignity of offering or accepting emotional bribes, er apologies.] The perfume came last night. I am not sending it back. It is too beautiful.

What's in the top? Grapefruit, Red Mahogany, a scent I know. When we married and, four months later, I marshaled courage and moved into his house 1200 miles away, hubby bought out a wood store of its supply of red mahogany to make bookshelves for the office I needed, fashion oriental screens for the tall windows with his own hands. Red Mahogany for me is the smell of love. Poisonous oleander is a top note, too, its rosy sweetness tamed by the other two. Not to be outdone, a genuine note of lily pairs with indolic jasmine and bright violet to take and possess center stage for a long time. No rush. They want to give you time to see how beautiful they are. Only gradually do spicy/musky ambrette, vanilla and something akin to fog exert themselves. Hours later, they are what you smell, supported by the florals. Unfortunately, there is a definite period when lily alone predominates--about thirty to forty minutes in. It's a less lovely stage than the others, lending a vegetal air. Just wait for it to subside and you'll be rewarded with the haunting beauty that still clung to my hand when I woke this morning.

I don't know if White Peacock Lily is one of the most beautiful scents of all time. Maybe. It's certainly one of the most unusual, distinguished, and fascinating scents I've ever smelled.
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