Parfums Dusita
Founded 2016
Parfums Dusita was founded in Paris in 2016 by Pissara Umavijani, a self-taught perfumer born and raised in Bangkok. The house calls itself independent, labels its perfumes made in France and sources materials through a composition house near Grasse.
Hours and prices change, so check with the shop before you go.
A Bangkok poet's daughter making perfume in Paris
Parfums Dusita was founded in Paris in 2016 by Pissara Umavijani, a self-taught perfumer born and raised in Bangkok. Her father, Montri Umavijani, wrote stories and poems about his travels that made her dream of France, and she moved to Paris about five years before starting the house. The name comes from Dusita, a heavenly paradise that inspired his search for joy and inner peace. Every Dusita perfume is a tribute to his poetry, and she draws an illustration for each one.
The perfumes use mostly natural raw materials, sourced through Accords & Parfums, a composition house near Grasse, and are labelled made in France. Some scents go back to Thailand, such as Moonlight in Chiangmai and Light of Bangkok, made for the 150th anniversary of the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok. Others are set in Paris or Greece. The trade fair Pitti Fragranze lists it as an independent house.
The house's Paris boutique is at 11 rue de la Sourdière in the 1st arrondissement. No opening hours are published, so call +33 1 40 26 41 28 (Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 18:00) or email before you go. Online orders can also be collected in Paris. Since July 2022 the boutique has run Atelier Dusita, where you blend your own perfume from accords she composed. A 50 ml eau de parfum costs €160. Try Montri first: it is her portrait of her father, built on oud with orris butter, a note he loved.
- MontriHer thirteenth perfume, a portrait of her father, who knew agarwood only as meditation incense, built on oud, spices and orris butter.
- Moonlight in ChiangmaiA full moon over the city seen from Doi Suthep, with paper lanterns in the sky, in yuzu, jasmine, benzoin and myrrh.
- La Rhapsodie NoireParis in the 1920s, imagined while crossing the Pont Neuf at night to Gershwin, a fougère with coffee and rum.
- PelagosGreek for sea, an extrait drawn from memories of the Aegean islands, where sky and sea seem to meet.
- Light of BangkokMade for the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, which she first saw as a child on walks by the Chao Phraya River with her father.
Where to buy
- Paris boutique, 11 rue de la Sourdière, 75001 Paris (no public opening hours; contact the house before visiting, +33 1 40 26 41 28, Monday to Friday 10:00 to 18:00)
- Atelier Dusita perfume workshop at the Paris boutique, by appointment by email (250 euros, 1.5 hours, 50 ml to take home)
- Online at parfumsdusita.com, with click and collect in Paris