"Transistor radio hewn of sandalwood radiates ragas in the Bandra heat."
Radio Bombay by D.S. & Durga is a meditation on warm wood and Indian classical music. The fragrance imagines a sandalwood transistor radio overheating in Mumbai's Bandra neighbourhood, copper tubes glowing, soft wood opening up to release blooms of musk, cream, peach, and ambergris.
It opens with radiant cedar and a faint metallic shimmer, like the warmth coming off the back of an old amplifier. The heart settles into the rich, creamy depth of Mysore-style sandalwood and powdery iris, softened by the green-floral hum of boronia. The dry-down sits low and warm with balsam fir, coconut musk, and a quiet thread of ambergris that lingers on skin for hours.
This is a niche unisex fragrance for warm weather, late evenings, and anyone drawn to dense, golden woods. It wears intimately rather than projecting loudly, the kind of scent people lean in to identify.