Grey Blazer is a limited edition fragrance. Crisp grey wool in soft herringbone tweed. A misty landscape of everyday comfort flecked with flowering grasses. With top notes of green spices, middle notes of hedgerow flowers and a base note of virgin wool. Grey Blazer is a grey blazer of fragrance – that donegal flecked herringbone you can wear everyday most of the year in formal or relaxed settings. It's a broadly appealing concoction of herbs, flowers, spices, tea, and musk that works on anyone, anywhere. It is an eau de parfum.
D.S. & DURGA GREY BLAZER REVIEWS
Fragrantica: "This actually smells like a wool blazer. It's quite remarkable. Very nostalgic. Remember being a kid for a second. Picture your dad having put on a nice wool blazer as he was getting ready for work that morning. Before leaving the house, he sprayed on a masculine, old school cologne from the late 80's. He picks you up from school that afternoon, and as you climb into the passenger seat, he leans over and gives you a hug. Your nose buries into the lapel of his wool blazer. You smell the remnants of that morning's cologne, mixed with the warm, comforting smell of the blazer's fabric. The fabric has the familiar and cozy scent of your home...from hanging in the closet, but has also been marinated by the events of the day; by the air conditioning of both the office building and the car's cabin. That's how I experience Grey Blazer."
Fragrantica: "Amazing fragrance, in my mind it smells like a girl dad that works a 9to5. You have the smell of the wool in motion, the floral notes anchored by a tea scent, and underneath it all the is a spicy powdery wood scent that is almost indiscernible until a few hours have passed. I can sense some Imagination or Green Irish Tweed influences, but this stands on its own with the wool note. The scent lasted me a long hot day, all the while still getting compliments hours after spraying, so I'd say the longevity and sillage are great for such a gentle cologne."
Fragrantica: "I went into the D.S. & Durga store this weekend and smelled Grey Blazer. I love a good tea note in a fragrance, so I was curious to smell it, and I really enjoyed it at first sniff. Even though it is being marketed as an homage to older colognes, it is very approachable to a younger man like myself. It puts the "gentle" in gentleman for sure, since the lavender here is soft and not medicinal, and it doesn't have a harsh vetiver on the bottom or anything like that. It also doesn't have the synthetic sweet note present in some other D.S. & Durga fragrances; Grey Blazer felt fresh in a more natural way. I sprayed some on the back of my hand, and though they're listed as a top note, the spices of the fragrance seemed to last quite a long time (I was also at a beach campfire right after, so at a certain point, the campfire smell overtook my clothing and I couldn't smell anything else). I don't know if I can justify a full bottle purchase right now (the website says they're out of stock anyway), but I definitely could see this being a relatively inoffensive daily wear, and it works for all seasons since it has light and floral qualities that make sense for spring and summer, but it also has some cold-weather spiciness. I would have to smell it again to really be sure, but I have a good feeling about this one!"
Fragrantica: "I really like this one - it's an easy wear, subdued but with a certain brightness to it. The powdery lavender reminds me a touch of Le Labo's Lavande 31, but more rounded out and calming with the tea notes. It's not a loud performer, and it shouldn't be. Really nice, I think I'll be reaching for it quite often."
