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Beeklymaymnougti – :
Gardenia, tuberose and jasmine soaked in peachy petrol. Stunning beauty.
dispetcher111 – :
this starts off with gardenia and a whiff of smoke…intriguing! immediately brings to mind a 1920s or 30s b&w film, where i imagine the actress pensively smoking a cigarette amongst flowered bushes outside at night. i’m not sure what it is, but it remains a bit smoky after about 10-15 more minutes but seems more woody now, i guess from the virginia cedar. i believe i get some jasmine and maybe a hint of musk, but on me this is primarily just smoky gardenia with hints of woods and greenery. very nice, love this on a warm summer night!
fsdlg – :
I may be biased and can not be objective to anything Dusita (big loves for Fleur de Lalita and La Douceur de Siam) but this is STUNNING. She is one of the best contemporary noses IMO. Whatever comes out of this house is refined, elegant and unique.
I can not wear tuberose, I even hate it in the best referenced fragrances. Somehow Pisarra blends it with gorgeous gardenia and peach, and I get my best bet with tuberose.
I’m so glad I splurge in this beauty when I get the chance of a %10 discount. I will cherish it every time I wear it.
Танита – :
The prima ballerina, but not onstage in a delicate tutu. She’s on vacation getting a spa treatment. I agree with phthalo that this perfume is sweeter and less green than Carnal Flower. The gardenia might have something to do with that, since it comes off to me as more classic and feminine than tuberose. Peach, cedar, and honey never showed up, and tuberose dominates.
All potent, realistic tuberose smells like sunscreen to me, which I dislike, but if you enjoy Carnal Flower and Moon Bloom you must try this.
I used only half of my 1mL sample at first. Projection and sillage stunned me and tormented my tuberose-hating friend for hours. That was on a humid, summer Georgia night, which amplified it. In coastal Georgia, you can smell the ubiquitous gardenia and jasmine plants from thirty feet away. I’m wearing the other half of my sample as I write this in seventy degree weather, and the humidity is in the fifties instead of the eighties. Much tamer, but it’s harder to smell anything but tuberose.
vpzqdyov – :
When I first sampled Melodie, it strikingly reminded me of huge tuberose fragrances, such as Kilian’s Beyond Love or Malle’s Carnal Flower, although generally softer and sweeter. This morning as an experiment, I did a side-by-side comparison, with Carnal Flower on one wrist and Melodie on the other. Initially, they were actually far different than I had expected: Melodie was indeed much sweeter, nuttier, and more vanillic, lacking the green eucalyptus of CF. However, after a few hours, they are now extremely similar when sniffed up close, and that big tuberose is still very prominent (although they are still distinguishable by the greenness of CF when smelling from a distance). Given that I already have a ton of BWFs in my collection, I can’t justify adding this one, but it’s certainly worth a try for anyone who loves tuberose and her pals, gardenia and jasmine.
bush – :
My second Dusita sample and once again, I’m totally blown away. I’ve tried many gardenia perfumes, I love the note, but never found “the one”. Simply put, this one is it. It’s perfect. A must try for all lovers of white florals.
entermLef – :
– Fragile – ★★★☆☆
Classic tuberose fragrances tend to be very radiant and emphasize the creamy almost sun tan lotion aspect of this white flower. Usually highly dominant and demanding on the wearer whether it’s the sultriness of the skanky indole or the summery beach-simulation when paired with the likes of coconut and tiare flower. Melodie de L’amour, while undeniably a classic white floral opera, is different – muted, nutty and almost earthy. A melancholic darker shade shrouds the high pitch happy aspects of the tuberose. This perfume feels like it’s longing and waiting for someone but there is an underlying sense of “the inevitable end”. If Lars von Trier’s Melancholia had a scent, this would be it. Also the theater scene from Mulholland Drive comes to mind.
Normally I associate a heavy rose with melancholia and romantic longing because it conveys rococo paintings and furniture. Montale’s Black Aoud is a good example. The heaviness is key here though. Melodie de L’amour is not heavy whatsoever and has no rose at all – it’s very light and airy for a white flower composition. And that is a good thing. Was this a heavier composition, the feeling of woefulness would be overwhelming. The lightness gives the melancholia of Melodie de L’amour a feel of ease and acceptance. Yes, my world is ending, but that’s okay. That moment of tranquility when things are so out of our hands the only option is to have peace with it. That’s what I’m getting here.
This was sample sent to me by Dr. Marlen Elliot Harrison, thank you!!
Soundtrack:
Roy Orbison – Crying
Ruslan_Rusl – :
This is Thai temple scent. You can smell this scent when you enter the hall of principle Buddha statue of all temples in Thailand. It’s a very beautiful and sacred scent.
Глазик – :
After a gardenia-tinged opening, this is mostly a jasmine soliflore. It’s a beautiful, high quality jasmine, resting on a soft musky base. The jasmine is indolic and has it’s trademark nail polish remover-esque top notes. While this is a beautiful scent, I was hoping for more of a gardenia soliflore. Lovers of jasmine should definitely try this one though. It is a little bit retro, but not too much. There’s nothing screetchy about this white floral. I feel like it would bloom beautifully when sprayed on clothes (I just have a dabber sample) or during the summer, so I will re-test it then and hope for more gardenia. This is something I would wear occasionally, but not the gardenia holy grail I was looking for.
chack_norris – :
I feel a bit of nostalgia with this perfume…. It opens with lots of white flowers, in particular gardenia and tuberosa are very strong at first. It is soft and gentle with a “white” freshness. The drydown is more musky,i can feel like there is a melody in the background in a day or a spring night… evocative and harmonious! I like very much.
Sillage: 6.5/10
Longevity: 9./10
Scent: 8.5/10
Overall: 8.5/10
MixTapeMe – :
First let me start by saying that I often struggle with big white flower scents, especially gardenia.
And Melodie is no exception. The opening is lush, taking you to a sunny tropical place and for a moment I was dreaming. Then the gardenia takes center stage, it becomes very indolic, and that’s when I came back to reality.
With time the gardenia recedes again, and the composition becomes more balanced, like a perfectly chosen bouquet.
I don’t smell anything synthetic in this perfume so I guess that quality ingredients were used. Sillage and longevity are excellent, even on my perfume eating skin.
Melodie de l’amour is well executed even though a tad too indolic for my taste, especially in the opening and heart.
I don’t reach for big white flowers often enough to warrant a bottle purchase, but I’ll gladly use my sample, might even get a decant at some point because it’s a good representation of the genre.
I’d say it’s a safe choice if you’re looking for something in this category.
alona – :
A beautiful big white floral that is crafted with quality elements and finely balanced, not a shy scent nor too in your face either, as BWF scents can get.
I’m not sure if one floral note stands out over the others according to our individual preferences, but tuberose seems strongest to me throughout.
Overall it is a generous, creamy, slightly musky, sweet and warm scent that can’t really fail to rub off some joie de vivre on the wearer (I mean if you are inclined towards BWFs otherwise stay away!). There are no surprises or shadows here, just a charming personality throughout.
Madelyn_fromAC – :
Big, in-your-face sweet white floral bomb, which slowly morphs into…petrol, with an underlying faint plastic note, followed by a very heavy, almost rotting fruit sort of smell (sweet and sour and dank) with a soft hint of the jasmine and a smidge of something metallic. There’s quite a lot going on with this actually. But the petrol note just seemed to take over on me, and that’s where it stayed, and while I actually don’t mind the smell of petrol, I don’t want to wear it as a perfume. Longevity, on me at least, is poor – this had pretty much vanished after two hours. I would love to see what this is like on someone else though – the notes are so lovely, but on me, it just doesn’t work.
Алинчик:) – :
Musk white floral BOMB!
I keep on sniffing that white floral and musk in away that makes it wanna blow. I really wonder why the gardenia, tuberose, & lily mix is making that weird blend! and i just realized that i was missing something, it was THE INDIAN JASMINES! which is THE MAJOR drawback of this fragrance.
When mixing the Indian or Thai jasmines (which are known of their powerful rancid effect) with a powerful already powdery and sour flower like Lily, it just turns the blend somehow into an insecticide, A POWERFUL insecticide. So imagine, a powerful insecticide is mixed with gardenia, and a milky tuberose, it just goes chaos! Oh AND musk!
It is a white floral bomb, but instead of the Indian jasmines, the Syrian jasmines (which is more tender and softer) would have been a better choice. It is fine but i feel it’s quite chaos than white floral.
AnyncPync – :
Ah nothing like some good ole indole to brighten you’r day. This is the real deal; a true white floral in all it’s stanky glory.
yzp306InsuffBooni – :
Melodie opens with a large blue cheese indolic gardenia note much like Dame’s soliflore gardenia. You could say its the same note. (which is why some people do compare these two together, however Dame just has this note in its evolution, where Dusita gives it a supporting cast and full story in its own)
The gardenia here opens and evolves with honey around the edges. Jasmine and tuberose support this gigantic gardenia note. The lilly of the valley gives it a metallic sheen. White musk and cedar start to stir during mid development, which to me is a good respite to the slightly bitter blue cheese indolic note which seemed to drone on for far too long.
Once that tempers down after about 1.5-2 hrs of development the green jasmine/broom facets start to kick in and it begins to harmonize. I feel this is the best part of its story in my wearing. There isnt a ylang added to add body, so it stands as a sleek white floral vs. the full presentation voluptuous floral you would find in other types of white florals such as Moramanga or Isaby Gardenia. One could perceive it as a more modern take on the white floral genre, but after the large opening, it slims down remarkably into a harmonized floral without much else to progress the story. Perhaps that is the embodiment of a “flower blooming in an empty room” in the press copy. Sillage is moderate and sits close to the skin in its development. It lasted approx 4 hrs.
Its quality work, the owner is charming on social media, and her website is frequently sold out of samples and sometimes full bottles. I have watched others reviews change dramatically from first posted regarding this scent here on Fragrantica. I strongly suggest a testing before a blind buy due to its luxe price point in the market. This was an unsolicited, paid by myself, review.
gaitteffits – :
A towering sultry floral with a generous jasmine heart surrounded by myriads of white floral shades borrowed from tuberose, gardenia, lily-of-the-valey and Scotch broom.
Naturally with so many white petals going on Melodie is quite musky. There’s also a very tender fruity edge, coming from that peachy lactonic nuance of jasmines and tuberoses.
bladeg – :
It opens up a little harsh, someone referenced it to the likes of petrol..
And I almost don’t disagree, it smells a little chemical like and alcohol strong.
That does burn off very quickly though, after just a minute I get rich white florals.
A mix of the sweetness of Gardenia, to the thickness of the Tuberose and Jasmine.
I get a little bit of the Cedar coming through early on, as well as the clean Musk.
I smell no peach at all, at any point, which is a shame.. it settles down and at 2 hours on my skin it’s a skin scent with just the Tuberose and Musk being the strongest.
I get 4 hours Longevity. I find it very feminine personally, it’s pretty, and elegant, but it seems to lose it’s composition and structure after the initial first hour.
vanya95 – :
It’s an abundance of floral. Xo
zodiak102 – :
This is beautiful! A blast of white florals with a lot of gardenia. The gardenia is very much like the gorgeous Dame gardenia soliflore, loud and true to the flower. 10 stars!
Blictcinc – :
I would say that Melodie de L’Amour is of all Dusita the easiest to fit the name, poetry and aroma. Everything makes sense in an immediate and instinctive way for me. The poem chosen here is interesting and compares the feeling of love to a flower that blossoms in an empty room – it is a metaphor for how love begins somehow innocent and timid and in its way becomes an intense and sensual feeling. The white flowers are perfect to convey this connotation and I think it’s incredible that Pissara has managed to conceptualize a form that shows just that blossoming of them on the skin. Inspired by the perfumes of tuberose and her passion for Fracas, Melodie de L’Amour chooses to focus on creating the intensity of the tuberose through a bouquet of white flowers instead of saturating it in a very carnal way. We have a greener look at the opening, complemented by what seems to me a moderate use of herbs. As time goes by the floral outlines shows better – it is possible to perceive nuances of jasmine and gardenia complementing the white and carnal floral aroma of tuberose. As much as Melodie grows and blossoms like Love, it is interesting that it does not lose its luster and freshness, which to me represents a love that endures like flowers that never seem to die.
Venoownedge – :
I really wanted to like this as I love the design, the description of the scent, the single notes, and also the story of the perfumer.
That said, I got my hands on a test bottle and was excited to see this scent happen after all the enthusiastic reviews I had read before.
And the start was so promising, a very heavy white (jungle-) flower bouquet in the opening, lots of white sweet flowers, a little green to underline it, a flower scent that was alluring, like a lake in the moonlight in the middle of the jungle, humid air, and those heavy white flowers framing that lake. Wonderful.
After half an hour I was getting a little sceptical as I was still waiting for all those other notes promised in the description, like gardenia, peach and honey especially. But all I got after that time was a very heavy tuberose, almost too much for my taste, but no sign of peach or honey.
And then the big letdown for me: instead of the expected notes, about after an hour, there was still the meanwhile super-heavy tuberose and instead of peach and honey, I got a very unfortunate and disturbing not of fresh road tar – uuugh! That is one of the few scents I really really hate, – tar that is. Very unfortunately, that tar note stayed for the rest of the testing time, for at least 7 hours. In the end it was just a rather flat mix of heavy tuberose with tar. I really wanted to like this, but with that tar note – no way.
ixg515Unlogrere – :
I was waiting for my samples with so much anticipation after reading all complimentary reviews, but unfortunately, this fragrance is a total no-no for me. After a lovely initial minute or so there is this really strong note that appears and it just stays forever never fading away or making space for other notes. I don’t know which note it is but it reminds me of this awful moth balls very old grannies use, and I truly deeply hate this scent.
Really disappointed, but of course it maybe my skin that amplifies that one, particular note.
monah1960 – :
High quality floral fragrance! Very well composed and blended.
msdos – :
Tom Ford Velvet Gardenia without the earthy undertone, with a lot of added milky cream. Not an indole blaster. Very rich and balanced, sweet but not overly sweet. Any gardenia lover should try it.
Five Star!
sonya121980 – :
I approached this with a little apprehension as Tuberose Indoles can have me screaming for oxygen.
I had the my shower warmed, loofah and Epi-Pen ready.
No need.
Jasmine Sambac to the rescue, with it’s Hydro-Carbon gaseous intoxication.
Here I have the Oxygen rich, soft warm winds of a Maui Wedding.
August 1997, I married the Love of my Life.
Virus210984 – :
The opening of this one has a chemical/petrol tinge to my nose, but it quickly morphs into a lovely, creamy white floral. Very nice. Not enough longevity on me though to justify the price of a full bottle as the scent was pretty much gone after less than 4 hours on my scent devouring skin.
qwert45 – :
First I have to say the opening is DIVINE, but its breathtaking beauty is short-lived (2 hrs–although I only truly indulged in the first 1).. The rest I’ll sum it up with quotes from Kafkaesque:
“I’ve spent so much time on Melodie de L’Amour’s opening stage because…I’m afraid the rest of the fragrance doesn’t live up to that heart-stopping tender beauty… There is far, far too much white musk from the middle stage onwards; the bouquet turns completely amorphous and shapeless; the musk essentially whitewashes the depth and richness of the notes into one-dimensional anonymity”
Smug – :
Parfums Dusita Melodie de L’Amour Extrait de Parfum by Pissara Umavijani (Decant) (Review) this is classified as a Floral, the notes are Gardenia, Tuberose, Honey, Broom, Peach, Cedar wood, Lily of the Valley and Musk.
“Melodie de L’Amour is a white floral lovers dream come true”
Parfums Dusita Melodie de L’Amour is one of the most exquisite and divine white floral fragrances I have ever laid my eyes on, as soon as it graced my skin, I knew it was going to be a lifetime love affair.
It is high on a pedestal with some of the most regal white floral fragrances in the world, such as Frederic Malle’s Carnal Flower, Serge Lutens A La Nuit and Creed’s White Flowers.
It’s a breathtaking and extraordinary silhouette of tuberose, jasmine, gardenia and lily of the valley that dance together with subtle fruit, wood and musk notes that unify to make an opulent love potion.
From the first serene moment I get a tropical, citric tinged, dew drenched gardenia that blooms above a milky, flirty, with a touch of an animalic tuberose, and a sensual, slithering, liquefied honey.
Then an aromatic, uplifting, green laced jasmine, gracefully elevates a fizzy, sweet, juicy, delicious peach, and a warm, ethereal, delicate lily of the valley.
I get the Tuberose, Indian Jasmine, Gardenia, Honey, Peach and Lily of the Valley, it opens up with a silky, with touches of green gardenia, and a creamy, fleshy tuberose, the gardenia and tuberose are strong.
After thirty minutes the tuberose dissipates, the gardenia softens, in comes a thick, silky honey, and a airy, narcotic Indian jasmine, the honey is mild, the Indian jasmine is strong.
After five hours the tuberose and Indian jasmine dissipate, the honey softens, in comes a fuzzy, syrupy peach, and a sweet, fresh, lily of the valley, the peach is soft, the lily of the valley Is mild.
Melodie de L’Amour is a very bright, airy, breezy, fruity, classy, elegant, refined, mature, feminine, with soft woody and musky undertones White Floral fragrance.
This would bloom beautifully in the Spring and Summer, I get average projection and good longevity, this is a white floral stunning masterpiece, 5/5 Stars.
You can purchase Parfums Dusita Melodie de L’Amour in a 50ML Extrait de Parfum for $335.00 on dusitaperfume.com,
klimenkogena – :
[in conversation with Ploi Uma of Dusita Parfums at Facebook who asked me to post my impression here….]
Mélodie de l’Amour is a beautiful perfume right-on from the start as i was always a lover of perfumes with white intoxicative flowers. I started using and learning about perfume in 1975. i am from a twin,my brother is straight, i am gay. So i used ladies perfumes right away. It started however with dior’s “Jules” and chanel’s “Pour Monsieur”. Then i quickly switched over to “no. 5”. In the 80s started the haydays of perfume as far as i am concerned. Straight away i loved opium-poison-giorgio-obsession-joy [older of course]-knowing-miss dior-red by giorgio-coco-boudoir- moschino-lacroix’ c’est la vie-shalimar-mitsouko-Versace Blonde. This the 80s and 90s. Then came the niche perfumery and i never dismissed the “ordinary perfumes”. nahéma-creed (Fleur de Bulgarie-Jasmine d’Empératrice Eugénie-Tubéreuse Indiana-Irisia-Vanisia-Bois de Portugal [for my brother]-Jasmal)-mona d’orio-maitre parfumeur et gantier-montale-grossmith-chanel Allure-Allure Sensuelle-Coco Mademoiselle-Gale Haymans Beverly Hills,still one of my absolute favorites, i could go on and on. When i have to strike comparisons i would say Mélodie de l’Amour is the neo-giorgio; oudh infini the neo-poison. I have the sense Issara is more male oriented but sounds so exhilirating, when i have “tested” (=enjoyed) the first Mélodie d’Amour i make the leap. This is a fantastic perfume with a rounded cloche de parfum right away. I smell the tubéreuse, the gardénia, lily of the valley, jasmine, broom blossom !: absolutely fabulous. the common denominator for the first two scents MdA and OI is that they are exquisitely crafted and very,very rich. The niche name that comes closest now is Vero Kern Perfumes. Rubj,Rozy,Onda. I certainly will start with the acquisition of the majestic Oudh Infini at Jovoy when they start carrying your brand of exceptionally sophisticated perfumes.
Hotpepster – :
Well, well, well.
It’s almost a week I’m wearing Melodie De L’Amour full time and in the end I decided talk about it in my own way, a very personal and fanciful way.
I could write about notes and sillage and lonegvity, I did it before with other perfumes, but in this case I think it would be utterly reductive and it wouldn’t be fair for art to be rendered with just words.
I think for me, my nose and senses, it is the most difficult, in Dusita perfumes, to review.
This is for two reasons.
One: I think it is the most personal perfume that Umavijani created, and I think it reflects an important side of her artistic and familiar life. I believe this perfume represents, more than any other, the meaning of Dusita and the the values of Montri poetic.
Two: I’m not a big fan of tuberose in white/pure flowers chords. I actually prefer dirty/obscure and carnal/animalic tuberose.
But this perfume is truly different from any other one I tasted before and amazingly different from whatever comes to my mind when I think about tuberose and white flowers.
This fragrance really made and makes me dream. It instilled in me pure poetry, pure love, authentic passion with a glimpse of genuine burning desire. It smells like a wild, yet “très chic”, woman, walking under a drizzly but enchanted sky, inspired by a beautiful sunday evening in the big city. A woman in love and happy to live and be part of the beauty, every day, life donates us.
As soon as tuberose and gardenia show up, together with jasmine, and hit my nostrils I feel dazzled. It is not a sweet or chemical smell I feel here. It is more a creamy, white and warm natural sensation, yet dry and not mushy, nor musty, as other perfumes which used these notes before.
And so I was transported too.
In the big city.
This image came to my mind, the very first time I wore Melodie. I felt like I was in NYC. It is one of those spring evening on which you don’t know if it’s going to rain or not. The sun is setting and is warm, but pale, in the sky, surrounded by wispy grayish-rose clouds, and the air is dry but filled with ozone.
And here it is.
Imagine you passing by a magnificent white garden full of gardenia, lilies, tuberose blossoms, all fanced-in indian jasmin.
And it is the exact moment when rain starts falling. That exact moment the streets and ground begin rehydrating and quenching their thirst. And a strange, familiar and enchanting smell arises. And you, you are submerged by contrasting yet complementary city/nature odors which have in common more than you could ever imagine.
You open your Brigg’s umbrella and slowly, dazed and astonished, walk away, continuing your stroll to the end of the day.
Then rain, eventually, stops falling.
In the night you can perceive musky vegetal notes, emerging together with woody ones, in the air.
Time passes and you are now in the comfort of your bed and, here, wild-bitter/sweet honey appears, like wishing you a good night… sleep tight.
Then… then… then…
This perfume is really something. One of those I really adore, and, day by day, I love even more.
I can’t remember the last time I wished I had a full bottle of a fragrance, but it’s really a long time ago. This, imho, if you love tuberose and white flowers, without any “gourmandise” in the middle, really deserves to be in your collection.
I found Melodie a marvellous creation and I hope my review, in a way or another, could help to understand better this scent.
Finally I want to send my best wishes to Pissara, aka Ploi, Umavijani, for her beautiful works, hoping she could continue astonishing us with her awesome art.
Thanks for the samples and thanks for being so nice and kind. You are truly a magnificent soul and this is reflected in your creation process.
I wish you all the best and I really hope we could meet one day.
Have, you all, a good night.
fox-grimm – :
I was honored to receive a Dusita discovery set yesterday and sprayed this on at bedtime after a very rough 14 hr workday. Heavenly. It is an absolutely gorgeous and opulent blend of white florals, honey, peach, and soft wood. She has found just the right balance between the Tuberose, Gardenia, and jasmine, a gentle tug of war with neither taking the upper hand, given a soft, animalic buzz of honey This is plush, elegant, and yet playful. I love it and look forward to having a full bottle as soon as it comes available.
rin.-tatarin – :
Una tuberosa sontuosa, opulenta, maestosa e narcotica…
Davvero potente e avvolgente.
Un tripudio di fiori, gardenie, gelsomini, ylang-ylang, ginestre, mughetti a sostenere ed esaltare tuberose inebrianti e potenti.
Il profumo spruzzato sui capelli conferisce un’aura incantata e permane per moltissime ore, un amore silenzioso e fedele.
Gocce di miele regalano una dolcezza non stucchevole, ma attentamente misurata.
Uno splendore.
Un must assoluto per tuberose-addicted.