D.S. & Durga

This Brooklyn based handcrafted fragrance house was born from a husband wife team, who design all of their scents in house with rare and premium ingredients. They are made by hand by a small family company in the Bronx. D.S. (David) and Durga (Kavi) started their company as a hobby, making fragrances for friends and it organically grew into a career. To quote the duo, "We believe in the transportative quality of fragrance. Meaning it can take the mind to other places and times like symphonic music. We create stories and try to conjure them up in the bottle. We like to capture the essence of a particular place and time - the American west in the 1800s, Mississippi in the 1200s, prehistoric Scotland, etc." Take a chic peek at D.S. & Durga

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TenOverTen

A few weeks ago, a friend and I had a manicure date at her favorite local nail bar. I had read about TenOverTen and was delighted to find the salon lived up to the hype. The setting makes you feel as though you're at home enjoying a private pop up spa in your own living room; the comfortable Belgian linen upholstered pedicure seats, huge windows and high ceilings are typical of TriBeCa spaces. One of my favorite aspects of the nail bar is their selection of polishes: NARS, Chanel, OPI, RGB, Essie ... and ... their own exclusive signature TenOverTen colors which the founders, Nadine Ferber and Adair Illyinsky, named after their favorite downtown streets (examples being Ludlow, Rivington, Mulberry and Delancy.) Take a chic peek at TenOverTen. Photos via Ten Over Ten and Well+Good

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