A limited edition studio juice fragrance. Created by David Seth Moltz, it is inspired by his love of tennis and the feel you have getting on the court to crush balls. Tennis is a whole culture that moves globally all for hitting the perfect ball over the net with a racquet. With top notes of green grass and rosmarin; middle notes of yellow fuzz, hedge flowers and white cotton; and base notes of a sporty accord and hard court. Crush Balls is an eau de parfum, edp.
D.S. & DURGA CRUSH BALLS REVIEWS
Fragrantica: "Reading some of the reviews ahead of time, as well as the description of the scent, I knew it wasn’t going to smell like straight up tennis balls (a scent I find to be hypnotizing when I open a fresh can of tennis balls, similar to a smell of brand new sneakers, something about it I just love, I know it’s weird). I came across a Demeter cologne that’s supposed to smell like tennis balls, but I’m not sure how true to scent it would smell. The imaginary authors tennis ball frag was one I was initially interested in trying but based on notes and reviews, I decided not to bother, as this was the one I had wanted to try so badly. Safe to say, I am putting it on my wish list. I find that it’s very unisex, was worried it would lean on the masculine side, but there’s a sweetness that projects that makes it veer in the middle of either gender. Upon spraying it, it immediately made me feel a tad calmer and the chilly gloomy day feel a bit brighter. It has some country club vibes, maybe closer to a golf course than tennis. It opened to a sweet green, with a slight synthetic semi tennis ball/new sneakers scent subtly there. Then settles into what smells like freshly mowed grass on a warm day, flowers in bloom, the sun shining on you mixed with a freshly clean cotton tee. I was pleasantly surprised by what I had sprayed, as it was unique, fresh, sweet, and clean. Since I was conservative in spraying it, it didn’t stay smelling strong on my wrist for more than 2 hrs, but even after it began to slowly fade, it took a while, as the I could still smell it linger subtly 6+ hrs later."
Fragrantica: "Want this so badly as my gym scent. Sporty in a fake soccer grass kind of way. Love it so much and smells so masc leaning on me. Sprayed too much of my sample one time tho and went mega rosemary on me. God I wish this wasn’t a studio scent please add this to the permanent line."
Fragrantica: "Just picked this up today, straight off the bat it’s super grassy, fresh and leans masculine, once it settles I get more of a warmth I think from the yellow fuzz and also smell the hard court accord, I don’t get much of tennis balls to be honest and my partner also didn’t, overall this is pleasant and wearable. (After wearing this for a couple of weeks it has grown on me exponentially, it’s addicting and I find it comforting, I get random wafts of this throughout the day and sometimes even the next day, it clings to my hair not overpoweringly but subtly even after I have washed it.) my mum had told me she could smell my scent trail too! DS & Durga are quickly becoming my favourite brand."
Fragrantica: "This perfume takes me back to those wild teenage days. It is like the scent of crushed balls, rebellious kicks in crotches and late-night cbt sessions, all bottled up. Nostalgia in every spritz."
Fragrantica: "So nostalgic. Smells like a summer evening after a day spent outside. Immediately in love."
Fragrantica: "Sporty green fresh but smells more like the bottom of a white K Swiss tennis shoe after tennis practice more than a tennis ball. To me, the scent that gives me tennis ball vibes 1000% is OP Juice, a middle school oldie favorite but this is still good and fun. I tried Soft Lawn from Imaginary Authors and Tennis Club from Carner Barcelona but I liked DS & Durga’s version better."
Fragrantica: "Received this today and I am in love. On paper, you definitely get more of that “sporty accord” and it’s very disappointing and smells cheaper than it is. But on partner (who has the type of skin that makes santal smell like pickles) it starts out smelling like the 90’s formulation of Ralph Lauren Polo (or maybe Polo Sport?) but then it turns into just grass. Like freshly mowed grass that’s been sitting in the sun all day long. It’s very realistic and not synthetic. The only part synthetic is the brief sporty note and like I said, it’s brief. On me it also starts out with that 90’s sporty cologne smell (must be the rosemary and sporty accord) but then it quickly turns into a smell that’s like fresh cut grass with a very light floral aftertone (almost like a linen or laundry/dryer sheet scent). It’s quite strong, I only did one spray, I haven’t worn it out of my home yet so we’ll see how that goes. I can’t stop smelling it and I’m a picky person when it comes to fragrance. I guess my only complaint is that I paid so much for a 50ml (yes I understand how studio juice releases work) because I’m going to be scared of running out of it."
