Fleur de Lalita

After having tested at least three other Dusita scents and although they were really special none of them was for me, - and now comes "Fleur de Lalita". This scent really positively overwhelmed me, so perfect it seems to my senses. The most wonderful, perfectly arranged white flower bouquet, not sweet but fresh, and really delicate. After a while it turns into a white flower cream, again, not sweet or cloying - with a nice note of galbanum, but still super elegant and fresh. But, and that is the point for me, it's not a bridal scent in my opinion. In the base there is a very subtle but still very noticeable erotic vibe, really hard to describe. (My husband stated that he thinks it smells like white flowers in a very expensive, light-flooded house at the seaside, somewhere in the Carribean owned by a very elegant, yet natural sexy woman. =D ) I've been a perfume collector for many years and I probably have tested a thousand scents meanwhile and honestly, not many things can really suprise me anymore and I'm often sad, that most new arrivals all kind of smell the same, because they are owned by the same big corps or the ever same perfumers all went to the same perfumme school., and following the new trend, they almost all drown any creativity in those artificial crap notes like Ambroxan, Paradisone, Cashmeran, - which I smell immediatley and I really hate those notes. It's so boring and predictable meanwhile. And what a breath of fresh air the Dusita scents are then, unconventional for sure, and the reason might be that the perfumer, Pissara, was especially not at one of those ever same perfume schools as I read today (and got mocked by the industry in the beginning for wanting to do her own thing) and instead really creates unique scents. Melodie de'l Amour was not after my taste, it was special for sure but there was a note in it I couldn't bear, two others were special too but also not my taste, but Fleur de Lalita really is fantastic for my nose as it is a rich, fresh, creamy white flower scent (which I generally like) but not typical and conventional. After testing this for a full week and totally falling in love I ordered the full bottle and am really happy to having found a new perfume for my collection after not having bought anything new in a year. Looking forward to more new scents from Dusita and I hope Pissara remains on her unconventional course of creation!

Fleur de Lalita is an absolutely stunning and joyful white floral, featuring lively jasmine and lily with a realistic botanical feel, with a fresh and dewy green naturalness to it, like the scent the flowers would give off while being watered. The galbanum is very present and is quite potent initially, giving the initial opening an almost chypre like feel, but Lalita quickly settles into more of a vibrant white floral but with a crispness rarely found without being headache inducing. I’m very sensitive to certain pungent white flowers, lily being at the top of the list, but somehow this is done in a way that is actually soothing to my senses instead of the usual piercing between my eyes that I normally get from similar notes. On paper, this sounds like a “no way” for me with all the jasmine, lily and magnolia, but somehow these notes magically harmonize and create a beautiful and realistic botanical white floral unlike most I have tried. Lalita settles into a slightly sweeter version after a couple of hours when gentle vanilla, clean musk and rose surface. After 3-4 hours the galbanum returns and lingers with the musky ambergris base for the remaining duration of the dry down. Fleur de Lalita is such a celebration of femininity, joy and optimism without going too “pink” or overly sweet. Fleur de Lalita is stunning and is proof we should never rule out any notes. Sometimes we just haven’t found the right combo or artistic touch to make it work for us. 5/5 for me.

I thought I'd moved on from my first olfactory love of jasmine-heavy, feminine florals, but Dusita is causing me to seriously reconsider. My favorites from the Discovery Set are Fleur de Lalita and La Douceur de Siam, and I'm going back and forth over which necessitates a full bottle. The two are similar in approach, but Fleur de Lalita is cooler and fresher: bitter green galbanum dressed in gorgeous white flowers. As others have pointed out, the formula isn't particularly unique or ground-breaking, but the quality and execution are stunning. Rather than follow the current fashion of frothy, sugary-sweet floral bouquets, all flowers represented here are elegant and sophisticated. I stop noticing this fragrance after a couple of hours, but I'm not sure if it's a performance issue or just that I'm becoming habituated to the scent. Last night my friend told me, "It smells like you just put it on!" long after I stopped being able to smell it. UPDATE: I just got a full bottle of this! I got 40€ off for purchasing the Discovery Set, and they also have a promotion going right now where you get a free 15ml bottle with a full bottle purchase. I was able to fulfill my Douceur de Siam longing as well!

Fleur de Lalita is a refined floral scent, not too sweet, not too heavy, powdery, enhanced by a touch of greenery and something aromatic. A very female scent, though, not at all reminiscent of aftershave. There is a hint of a garden after a heavy rain, when the earth is soaked and then breathes in the warm sun. I am not talking about earthy scents, though, just the rain evaporating from the ground mixed with the smell of young, green leaves - a slight ozonic freshness in this perfume, which lingers among the florals that play the major part in Fleur de Lalita. Yes, the price is high, no doubt about that. If you find a perfume there that suits you well, though, it might be worth it, because this is really high quality. On my skin this parfum lasts more than three hours. I sprayed it on my wrists and behind the ears in the evening and when I woke up in the middle of the night, I could still easily smell it. In the morning it was mostly gone. I love this as an inoffensive, yet complex enough to be interesting fragrance for the day and I'm hoping it will perform well in warmer weather.

This is lovely. If you like '60 and '70 green florals, this one should not be missed. Beauties like Chamade, Chant d'Aromes and Calèche come to mind. It has that understated, demure and lady like charm of the era when nice ladies still wore corsets every day and lowered their eyes and not just for kink. When the social expected behaviour is rigid, multitude of opposite ones bloom in shadow. This flower opens cold and chaste to fade sensually. Well, it's a great way to go. The white flowers can go both ways and usually one of the two is chosen. This perfume can be a story of the personal and sexual discovery or liberation. Or just a lovely white flower perfume. Ms Umavijani has a unique approach to flowers. The facets underlined are not always the most gracious ones, but they are there nonetheless and with Ms Umavijani's help they shine. There is something very real and truthful about her creations. This just might be my favorite one. That might change because I continue discovering them every time I wear one of them, again and again. Full bottles might be needed.

I have just gotten an FB of this. It is a beautiful, grown-up white floral. I smell certain flowers- not sure which- mixed with a notion of stale cigarette smoke which makes this classier. In opposition to the reviewer below me I think this is very different than Douceur de Siam and Melodie de L'Amour. I believe L'Amour is gardenia-heavy and for that reason it was not for me. Siam is an abstract floral but not a white floral. I own that one. as well. The performance on this is really good and also for me only Siam dries down sour. I think this one is my favorite from the line although I would also love to have Oudh Infini! (I think- need to re-test.) I just want to acknowledge that I was influenced by the Lucky Scent write-up of this one which is so perfect. But to me it DOES smell grown up and I DO sense some stale cigarette smoke in a good way. Also I have learned something about myself- that I love the smell of lily. This is a great lily scent. Another great one that took a different tack is Blondine by Frassai, which I hope to get one day.

Woah! Too much for me. Too many white flowers and then sharp galbanum cutting through it all. The galbanum eases off thankfully and then the musk ambrette shows through. Now the sweet element appears. My word this quick and dramatically develops. I actually love the green galbanum note but for a while it was too much in this. Once the sweetness comes through it becomes quite addictive. Lily, jasmine, magnolia, rose and ylang softened and merging into one another. There is also a powdery aspect to this floral. I could easily imagine some exotic tropical flower exuding this heavenly scent. Not a heavy mesmerizing scent like that of the datura or lily though. It truly is quite heavenly. One for angels?! I don't say that about many florals if any! Florals can easily be too much for me but not this beauty. It does not induce a headache. I'm disappointed that it doesn't have near average sillage and longevity. I'd love to put this on my want list but it's out of my price range. Do I think it is worth the mega bucks? Not really.

I tried a sample, it's a very nice and natural fresh bouquet of flowers, mostly white flowers. Beautiful. Update: I like it more and more, out of the 12 samples. The scent is soothing and - I can't stress enough - natural. Dusita fragrances should not be judged at first sight, you should try the samples several times, at different times of the day and in different moods, because there is a kind of attractive note (or even more), which you may not like at first, but maybe you won't believe it yourself that it will eventually become your favorite, like hay for me. Although there is no hay in this fragrance, there is in many Dusitas, I try to write about them too. I highly recommend trying the sample pack on the official Dusita website to everyone who really wants to smell natural fragrances and doesn't shy away from the fact that it won't be a synthetic nuclear power plant. Love it! 9/10 3 weeks later: couldn't detect even a trace of sourness on myself.

I think I have reviewed this before but I came here again today to say that this is SUCH a beautiful floral masterpiece. I wore it so much when I first got it in 2023 that I almost used the entire bottle and then I kind of forgot about it. I just sprayed it on again and remember why I fell for this so hard. The transparent watery effect of the white florals, the savory intensity of the magnolia and buttery ylang, the bitterness of the galbanum, I just cannot. This fragrance! It smells like a bottle of flowers that have been preserved in 24K gold with a sprinkling of some sort of dusty tobacco or hay or something magical that makes it feel vintagey and old. I don’t smell many people wearing things like this and I see why some people don’t like it. It is an extremely specific vintage vibe and it is incredibly well done. This is now on the short list of scents I don’t think I can live without.

Whenever someone describes a perfume as smelling like a high-end florist shop, I rush to sample it. And, it seems, I'm always disappointed. Either the fragrance is too synthetic smelling or there's a nagging stale note that weighs the composition down. But Fleur de Lalita is the real thing--a fresh, realistic, exquisite bouquet of lilies, roses, jasmine and magnolia blossoms. I'd say it's a little soapy, but only because it smells clean and luxurious like the soap at a five-star resort. It has an old-fashioned romantic vibe, particularly in the heady opening. Then the green notes rush in and it becomes a vibrant, confident, modern fragrance during the dry-down and for hours after. Definitely feminine. Now I just have to decide whether to buy the travel spray or spring for the full bottle

What a beautiful fragrance. I saw a Luckyscent review that describes this as "a bouquet of tropical flowers that has grown up, moved to France, and taken up smoking and reading Baudelaire." That hits it pretty well. Starts white floral and green. But a strong rose comes in too. And then a whole bouquet of flowers. Rich and sensual, not too sweet. This is luscious and mature flowers. Not typical. Drying down there's smoke and musk and vanilla... I want to be wherever this magic came from. It gets dark and mysterious from that initial white floral high. There's an animal here, but still something clean all the way through to a woody musk bone. Fabulous.

This sure gets a lot of hate! The opening is possibly not that exciting. It's lilies and a cigarette smell which is pleasant to me, actually. But in the far drydown, this perfume disassembles, becomes musky and elegant with subtle tiny touches of sweetness. I love it and I have a bottle which I am 1/3- 1/2 through. For me it's for summer and spring only and it's one of my staples. I find it gets very sophisticated and ineffable and I love that it's lily not tuberose. I also have another fragrance called Minerva, which is a dupe of Marfa, which gives tuberose and cigarettes haha; and I love that one too.

Super-floral opening, bright and elegant white flowers. Lily and magnolia are the ones I perceive the most, and they are of a unique purity, just like jasmine. I really like it when it changes direction unexpectedly evolving in a dusty way with a light vanilla and tonka bean in the background, even if the white flowers are always of superior level keeping the strong initial glow always alive in this superb fragrance. I really like this parfum, it's like a kind of protection that envelops you and warms your heart with its unique wake. Sillage: 8./10 Longevity: 9./10 Scent: 8.5/10 Overall: 8.5/10

Fleur de Lalita is my favorite floral composition from Dusita. Like the others in the line, this is a realistic, natural scent with Jasmine in the starring role. Overall performance trumps Melodie de L'Amour which vanished within 90 minutes and became a skin scent (usually not a big deal but it’s sold and priced as an extract.) This is vanilla cream on a lush floral bed, easy to wear and simply intoxicating. I saved one of the best for last, and cements my belief that Dusita does florals like no other. Edit: this is my third Dusita purchase as of today (09.11.20).

I bought a discovery set from Dusita and this one out of all made me so emotional. I liked all the ones I have tried (really recommend them) but this one... Wow what a beautiful piece of a floral fragrance, pure class. You want a beautiful white floral fragrance in a classic style? Give this one a try. Or just try all their floral offerings, you won't be disappointed I promise. I do know I may kind of sound like an ad haha but yeah... You just got a new big fan of the brand! Pissara you are really truly remarkable and talented, thank you!

This is such a delicate, classic and vintage smelling floral. I love it. It reminds me of Chanel No 5 and also Joy Jean Patou. The galbanum is perfect and provides it with some backbone. Keeps it interesting. I could be wearing it at the wrong time of year or doing something wrong with it because it totally eviscerates itself on my skin within an hour and becomes a deep skin scent that i can’t smell at all. On the clothes it lasts and is amazing. I just sprayed all over my shirt and am very much enjoying the ride.

Green, refreshing and sweet. Between the rose and the jasmine, there is the smell of frangipani, obviously. I thought for the first time that I was on my way home. There is a frangipani tree near my house. If passing by, I usually walk up, bend down, and pick up a few fallen flowers. This is one of the few scent memories I have. This work is quite Austronesian, reminiscent of the sun and flowers of Bali...... could it be that Pissara Umavijani was on vacation there when she wrote the recipe?

This should have been called "fleur narcotique") A completely unique composition, addictive. A fountain of young salty flowers. There are champagne bubbles, green juiciness and fresh spice. It is so complexly mixed, lively, very joyful, refreshing and unusual that it gives birth to love at first sniff. There is no tenderness here, there is trills of laughter)

What seems like a polite, delicate floral soon becomes skanky and rich, and I LOVE it. It's never the same thing twice, being green, indolic, cold, rich, delicate and wild, a real conundrum of a fragrance. I find all of the Dusita florals like this, but I think this is my favourite... Dusita does florals like no other., truly masterful.

I absolutely love this one despite it being feminine But i don’t care, all I care about it the embodiment of magnolia and the creamy bunch of white folwer witht the green galbanum. All i can say is that i am head-over-heals about this one. Thank you, Parfums Dusita