Dusita
Dusita
120 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Galbanum's green bite arrives first, sharp and almost verdant, muscling past the softer jasmine and lily notes. The magnolia absolute emerges immediately, wrapping everything in a creamy, almost dairy-like texture that feels surprisingly sensual against skin.
The composition settles into something far more intricate as ambrette seed unveils a peppery, faintly dusty character that reads almost edible. The white florals have lost their initial brightness and now intertwine with this spiced sweetness, creating an oddly savoury-floral dialogue that keeps you returning to your wrist.
Sandalwood and ambergris arrive quietly, drying everything into a creamy, slightly vanilla-touched aura that hovers close to skin. What remains is less a conventional projection and more an intimate second skin—soft, woody, faintly spiced.
Fleur de Lalita arrives as a masterclass in florist restraint—a composition that knows the difference between a garden and a perfume bottle. Pissara Umavijani has constructed something genuinely rare: a white floral that doesn't suffocate. The galbanum cuts through with a greying, slightly metallic freshness that prevents the jasmine grandiflorum and Madonna lily from tipping into wedding cake territory. There's something almost architectural about how these notes refuse to melt into one another; the Indonesian ylang-ylang provides a waxy, slightly soapy backbone rather than tropical sweetness, whilst magnolia absolute lends an almost creamy, skin-like quality that softens the composition's sharper edges.
This is a fragrance for those who've grown weary of florals that announce themselves like caricatures. The ambrette seed in the heart introduces a whisper of spice—something peppery and slightly animalic that prevents the scent from ever feeling purely innocent. It's this unexpected savoury turn that elevates Fleur de Lalita beyond predictability. The base, anchored by Mysore sandalwood and ambergris, refuses to go soft; instead it builds a creamy-dry framework that feels less like a conventional dry down and more like a gentle hardening of the composition's resolve.
Add fragrances to your collection and unlock your personalised scent DNA, note map, and shareable identity card.
3.9/5 (99)