D.S. & Durga are a self-taught husband and wife duo that make small batch scents from their in Brooklyn workshop. Each perfume or cologne harks back to the old days of America, with stories of burning barbershops and cowboy grass.

“Get out on the danse parquet and let your powdered wig down to vivacious Viola de Gamba grooves. It’s baroque, baby!” Cognac Reign poses the question: What would a 300 year old cognac barrel cracked open on the F train smell like? A few spritzes of this and you may have the answer. Inspired by his love for Baroque music, D.S. of the eponymous D.S. & Durga has concocted this eau de parfum as a love letter to the genre and surrounding time period.