D.S. & Durga · David Seth Moltz

Radio Bombay

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Cedar, then sandalwood, iris and boronia, settling into balsam fir, ambergris and a creamy coconut musk.

D.S. & Durga says

You’ll smell Radiant Wood, copper, cedar, sandalwood, Radiant Iris, boronia, fir balsam (balsam fir absolute), Coconut Musc and ambergris.

More from D.S. & Durga’s description

It also mentions Musk, Cream, Peach, Ambrette, Coco and Milk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Radio Bombay’s scent picture, a draft: radiant wood, cedar, sandalwood, iris, fir balsam, coconut drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Radio Bombay, top notes: Radiant wood, Copper, Cedar, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Radio Bombay, heart: Sandalwood, Iris, Boronia, Milk, Peach, Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Radio Bombay, dry-down: Fir balsam, Coconut, Ambergris, Musk, Ambrette

What’s inside it

What the label names

4 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals

2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Gold WomanAmouage · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood, orris, ambergris and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
Gold ManAmouage · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood, orris, ambergris and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
Fleur de PeauDiptyque · shares orris, ambergris, cashmere knit and ambrette$260 for 75 ml · about the same as Radio Bombay’s $300
More from D.S. & Durga1 more perfume

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.