DS & Durga Launches Resurrected Corpse Flower Perfume Inspired by Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Amorphophallus gigas

In late January, crowds in New York queued at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to smell the rare Amorphophallus gigas, known as the Corpse Flower, which blooms for only a few days and emits a carrion-like odor to attract pollinators. The flower, nicknamed 'Smelliot' by garden staff, left a strong impression on David Seth Moltz, co-founder of the New York fragrance brand DS & Durga. Moltz, who has synesthesia, visited during peak odor and described the scent as having layers of cheese, garbage, rotten fish, death, and rubber lily. He conceived a perfume that would reverse the flower's putrid notes into a fresh, primordial fragrance. The result is Resurrected Corpse Flower, a new perfume with notes of bog cedar, lily, tuberose, green olive, grapefruit, and green banana. Moltz explains that the composition balances contrasts, with multidimensional notes that evoke a 'very sexy swamp.' The fragrance is marketed to plant lovers and those intrigued by unusual floral twists. However, those wishing to experience the actual corpse flower's scent must wait, as Smelliot blooms only once every few years. The article was written by Anna Fixsen, US Editor at Wallpaper*, and published on the magazine's website.