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- ↑ MALIN+GOETZ
- ↑ Fragrance Line D.S. & Durga Opens Retail Space Allison Collins, Women's Wear Daily, July 26, 2016
- ↑ D.S. & DURGA WEST COAST FLAGSHIP OPENS IN VENICE BEACH Flaunt, Brendan Le
- ↑ Mahogany Kora, our first fine fragrance in partnership with D.S. & Durga June 1, 2023
- ↑ MAHOGANY KORA limited edition perfume
- 1 2 The Carlyle Goes Smell-o-Rama The New Yorker, Rachel Syme, March 20, 2023
- ↑ Young Dunes
- ↑ Durga Encyclopedia Britannica, 2015
