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Black Magenta

Concentration not recorded

Sweet · Fruity · Iris.

3.75 / 5Rating · 338 votes
Sizes offeredNot yet verified
Brand originUnited States ↗
Made inNot yet verified
About these origins

Brand origin means the country where the house was founded. Made in refers to fragrance manufacturing, not the origin of every ingredient or the brand’s current headquarters.

Brand origin: Who What Why · Checked 2026-09-21
The founders describe starting from scratch by making their fragrances in their tiny Bushwick apartment in Brooklyn, New York.

Manufacturing may vary by edition, market or batch. Check the label on your bottle.

Year2024
Marketed forUnisex
PerfumerDavid Seth Moltz
The short answer

A scent, in focus.

Black Magenta by DS&Durga has a listed sweet, fruity, iris profile, with notes of Pineapple, Galbanum, Black Pepper, Orris, Dianthus.

Based on listed notes and accords.

Catalog snapshot · 2026-05-29. Ratings and votes come from the source dataset, not Parfum Bible users or live measurements. This entry has not yet received an individual editorial review.

The bottle / Formats

Sizes offered

Bottle sizes for this exact fragrance have not yet been verified.

Size options can differ by concentration and country. We’ll add confirmed sizes here.

01 / The scent profile

Understand what you smell.

01

Top notes

Pineapple ↗Galbanum ↗Black Pepper ↗
02

Heart notes

Orris ↗Dianthus ↗Orange Blossom ↗
03

Base notes

Tobacco ↗Black Amber ↗Sandalwood ↗

These are the listed scent notes, not a complete ingredient formula. Note placement does not establish how long a fragrance lasts.

The label / Ingredients

Inside the bottle.

Eau de parfum · United States listing

Ingredients disclosed by the brand

Alcohol denat., Fragrance (parfum), Water (aqua)

The brand’s US page discloses these three base ingredients only. Individual fragrance components and allergens are not itemized here; this limited disclosure does not establish that they are absent or that fragrances with the same list have identical formulas. Check the packaging for the full information supplied with your bottle.

Source: D.S. & Durga official US product ingredient disclosure · Checked 2026-09-22

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Performance / Community impressions

How it wears.

Longevity

3.21 / 5

113 votes

See vote breakdown

category average, not hours

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2
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14
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60
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32
5
5

Projection

2.04 / 4

112 votes

See vote breakdown

1 = intimate; higher = stronger

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19
2
71
3
20
4
2

Value perception

2.47 / 5

106 votes

See vote breakdown

1 = overpriced; 5 = great value

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14
2
40
3
43
4
6
5
3

These are subjective reports, not controlled measurements.

284Own it
61Previously owned
635Want it
View overall rating distribution
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15
2
28
3
74
4
129
5
92

Different measures can have different numbers of votes.

A little more clarity.

Before you try
What does Black Magenta smell like?

Black Magenta by DS&Durga has a listed sweet, fruity, iris profile, with notes of Pineapple, Galbanum, Black Pepper, Orris, Dianthus.

Who created it?

The listed perfumer is David Seth Moltz.

How long does it last?

The longevity rating is 3.21 out of 5, from 113 category votes. This is not a measurement in hours. A wear test is the best way to assess it for you.

Which notes define Black Magenta?

Its listed notes include pineapple, galbanum, black pepper, orris, dianthus, orange blossom, tobacco, black amber, sandalwood. These describe the scent rather than its full ingredient formula.

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Black Magenta

DS&Durga

DS&Durga Black Magenta bottle
Leading accords
sweet
fruity
iris
green
tobacco
Relative prominence, not ingredient percentages.
Listed notes · a selection

Pineapple · Galbanum · Black Pepper · Orris · Dianthus · Orange Blossom

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