Erawan Parfums Dusita for women and men

This accomplishes a lot in the notes makeup, but it also isn't overly complicated smelling which I appreciate. The green elements are fresh, there is a floral almost calming medicinal feeling, and a soft vanilla base.

Erawan Parfums Dusita
(USD 135, 2nd hand, barely use)

I wear Erawan today evening, yeah and it is as good as I thought.
I really enjoy this one.

When first applied, is very refreshing green to my nose.
Green but Agrestic tone build the field of soft forest screen.
Before it is becomes slight greener as time pass, finally
when scent start to settle, it can provide a scenery of forest.
But not overly green, they is a whiteness of vanilla helping this.

I do perceive Cigarette in the middle of the wear.
I wish this aspect really linger longer but I come back time to time during
the middle of the wear. It feels like "Rapin Paiwan" the fictional character.
Smoke the cigarettes' in the forest from time to time.

Weirdly, I also get something petty much reminds me of Banana.
Elephants do really show in this fragrance.

Around 4 hours post wear, the scent reach final dry down.
The adventure end, And it is tea-like, aromatic sweeten tea stay
intact on your skin with intimate projection.

It is definitely Fougere, it can't be other but cleaver one, structure wise it is Aromatic note and Coumarin from Liatris. Vanilla usage similar to modern profile.
I feel a bit bad, we don’t have a fragrance classification for these kind of scent. It put under aromatic-green which is very miss-leading, while amber fougere , which is much lost its fougere originality characteristic can be so-called Fougere, similar to Chypre.

I wish it is slightly darker than this, Vanilla and Floral tone.
Show up prominently on my skin. It wish this to be slightly more masculine.
In the way of Cigarette on my skin. But offsetting an idea of being easier to use.
I truly don't mind.

I have an idea of buying light creamy Fougere for weekend before.
This is just accidentally fulfill my quest. I will stop here.
But my interest in Parfums Dusita will definitely stay.

= pre blind buy record=
I blind brought Erawan, even I am Thai.
We and our local community barely have an access to the brand as an tester, the early veteran volunteers have to blind brought and review it in the group.
Deep down inside, we are all rooting for our Thai perfumer. She is the first one who can stand on international publication.

I have never tried any Dusita’s offering tho, apart from tiny amount of Issara which another friend of mine kindly share the vial. Most natural’s tobacco with very mild sweetness is engrave in my memory, it is sure beautiful house. I do wish to venture further but I was busying with others commercial offering.

It might be a good timing, a god’s will or with any reason, my friend offers a bottle in good price. Everyone seems overlook Erawan tho, Issara is popular here among Thai people.

I personally assume that her floral creation must be perfection. I can’t argue. Majority of female perfumer done floral in the most beautiful way.
(This might be Bias, but I can’t shake this off).
I could probably buy any her floral offering and petty much enjoy.

I am much interested in her Fougere’s offering tho, the forgotten realm of fragrance world. It is now much world of amber fougere. I believe it is now 3 of them, Issara, Erawan and La Rhapsodie Noire. Wried, but I think Erawan seems to be most interesting to test out.

Erawan, seems to have an edge of Agrestic note.
A sub family under green note that seems to be the type of green note I enjoy, support by coumarin from aromatic instead of Synthetic courmarin. I think if the vanilla sweetness blend just right this will be very beautiful creamy green fougere and this seems to be the only one to have this side from all her offering.

I am Oreintal floral amber guy, so when I come to the green one I am a bit picky, if I am successful with Erawan.. I think I might invest in discovery set. Reason being this house use high amount of EO (essential oil) which trend to depend on skin chemistry. Better test out, for the best one.

Let’s try.

Wow the reviews here really run the gamut! The people bringing up "wet ashtray" aren't totally wrong, but I personally adore this fragrance. Just avant-garde enough to be different from run of the mill fragrances, but not too offensive or overpowering either. On my skin it smells like sweet clay, moss, candle wax, flower petals, greenery, a little smoke. Excellent for springtime. One of those scents that that challenges me, yet is comforting and therapeutic at the same time.

Tonka, grains, waxy white flowers with a lightly smokey undertone.
Pleasant, different but still feels accessible.
Unisex but preferably a floral-lover.

After an initial bomb of parsley, Erawan settles into a soft bed of florals and hay. It's a very tame green. Wish it lasted longer on my skin.

The more I admire the artistry of a fragrance, the more likely I am to find it disarmingly difficult to review. Such is the case here.....

Pissara has my admiration, in that her fragrances definitely have a 'realness' about them, so it did not surprise me when she stated she fell in love with essential oils. They are here! The development of her fragrances seems largely owing to these, always beginning with fresh or 'raw' notes of nature. Then they progress to something else altogether, either sweeter or deeper than the essentials in the opening. She herself says that Erawan is related to her first scent, Issara, and that is clearly apparent. SO lovely - like a his and hers! (Only that Issara is unisex - I can wear it easily as a woman.) I personally smell sweet jasmine in the heart, as in Issara, and the base of each is beautified by a warmth lacking in department store releases. I would love to leave out modern comparisons, but this is what I WISH Armani My Way and the like would have been....

Just as a personal note, I wear Issara better, as it is less sweet. Both are masterfully composed. Both are well worth sampling. EVERYTHING from Dusita is worth sampling!!! This is where my budget sensibilities acknowledge that sometimes a tiny bottle of something special is better than a large bottle of something average. Indie perfumers earn our attention with this kind of quality, and truly deserve recognition for their contribution to the ART of perfumery. <3

Menthol cigarettes. It really does have a tobacco vibe under all that grass.

Green "fougère" with trademark Dusita indolic skank....not sure where it's from, I could swear it's jasmine, maybe it's liatris, something I have no knowledge of.

Like all Dusitas, this is strong and smells like it's composed of vibrant, humming, natural ingredients, instantly recognisable as the house style.

I don't think this one is for me, but I am still blown away by the artistry.

What in the dirty hotel ashtray did I just put on my wrist??? Instant scrubber, no thank you. Not worth finding out if the drydown improves.

Such a weirdo green scent this is. Hay and rolled up tobacco leaves, and chocolate. Warm and dusty air. Green in the weirdest way - one of the reviewers mentioned new sneakers smell, and that is so spot on. Smell of opening a new box of polyester shoes on a field of tobacco and hay. Creative for sure, pleasant not so sure.

It’s magic. Reminds me of being a child, and being in love, and my lover. Reading in solitude in my room feeling a bit melancholic, and taking a walk surrounded by dry grass, the ray of the sun smelling a bit vanillic, the grass slightly wet, a gardener smoking a pipe while taking a break from digging the soil. And also of the heady and all consuming joy of being on holiday from school, running down a dried up mound, body streaked with sweat that’s drying with the breeze, taking everything in without analysis.

Like I said, magic, or maybe art.

Not my favorite. On my skin, the opening smells like a wet ashtray; definitely not a like for me.
However, as with most Dusitas I've sampled, Erawan twists and turns, evolving into a lovely dry down, where the vanilla, oak moss and cedar beautifully blend together.
Erawan becomes a skin scent almost from the start on my skin, but it lasts a long time. It's just an OK for me; sample before you buy, this is not a safe blind buy.

tldr: I dislike the opening; I miss the middle notes; I like the dry down.

This fragrance is case in point why perfumes need to be skin tested. I have had a sample of this for FOREVER. On blotter, I only smell vetiver, so much so that I dismissed it as a just a sort of vetiver solfilore. Sure I got some other notes, but nothing else really came through.

I know have an atomizer tester and just sprayed it and it's like an entirely different scent. This is a warm toasty dry vanilla vetiver with green facets. Like a golden sweet vetiver, with a little young grass in the background. It feels like the in between of Le Male and Bal D'Afrique with faint whispers of Chanel No. 19. Greener and softer than either for the former, but toastier, drier, and warmer than the latter. I also get coumarin and something that feels a little lotion-y and smooth -- perhaps a little mimosa or narcissus? Guess that could be part of the hay accord -- like a floral, lotion-y, tobacco smell.

It's little cigarettey, but not in a cloying way. Def feels like a nod to vintage fragrance in a very sort of contemporary way. I do *get* the comparisons to nightclubbing as well, but that one is distinctly nuttier and more galbanum-y to me.

Sunbathing on a hay bale feeling your veins warm in the basking light wishing you could stay there forever and ever and ever . Every time I dab this on I hear a faint whisper that says “come to Virginia” and I feel the pretentious urge to let every stranger know I am not a city girl. Then they turn to me and say “woman you smell like a dusty barn, we know.”

Pissara Umavijani's Dusita fragrances are easily recognizable because of their smoothness and their beauty, and Erawan is no exception. This smells as soft as everything I've smelled from her house, and as elegant. This is a sweet green hay perfume, and smells sort of like a fantasy of what you wished an idealized farm in a rococo French painting would smell like.

This does lean slightly feminine (really, all her perfumes do, just because of the notes she likes to use), but it would not be unwearable by a man if he had the confidence to pull it off; despite the delicacy and gentleness of this, it might actually work best for evening use.

UPDATE: Trying this again and I just love it. Delicate and hay-like, but not dry at all, and with absolutely fine sillage. I may have to get a bottle.

A really strange green, dusty, heavy smell. First spray, did not like it at all, this was going to be a challenging wear. It smells green, but smokey, dusty, rubbery, herbal. with a hint of sweet. Could not think of an other description as it smells how THC oil tastes.

It has a really scary opening full of green weirdness. Something like fermented green coriander leaf. I suspect the 'herbal notes' being a chemical that doesn't agree with me.
After you walk away for 10 minutes, you'll find a very different scent!
A lovely blend of green hay and flowers and a bit of sweet yellow straw.
After half an hour or so it's more like flower scented green tea.
Good, but too challenging for me.

Sweet burnt rubber and plastic. Awful!

This is an opulent green perfume. I usually hate green accords but this one is lovely. The visceral reaction is intense grandma but when you get over that hurdle you great a strong whiff of sweet floral cigarettes. Mind you, I’m the first person to obnoxiously hack up a lung if someone dare smoke near me. Can’t stand the smell of cigarettes. But I like this. I don’t know that this would get you many compliments but I think it’s a unique fragrance and beautifully crafted. This is the type of artistry I’ve come to love with niche fragrances. And I want to buy it just to show people “Look what perfume can do!” But I think it’s too polarizing for someone like me to get my money’s worth out of. Definitely not a work scent. It also could last longer. It loses its fresh spicy edge after about half an hour.

Erawan is a shapeshifter, and i love her for it 🌀🍃

I'm not sure if i want others to smell erawan on me, but i know for certain that i want to be able to smell erawan all day.

I feel like i'm in an herbalists apothecary, surrounded by bitter and green herbs used for all sorts of magic and medicine. the herbal note in the beginning is loud! It's pouring rain outside while I'm sipping fresh mint tea picked from the garden and someone nearby is crushing freshly harvested medicinal plants for a tincture.

ten minutes later the mint tea transforms to milk and cookies and there are majestic horses relaxing in the front yard as the rain fades and a wet hay smell lingers in the air. It's green, sweet, refreshing and mysterious. extremely addicting!

I can't get this fragrance out of my mind and am eagerly awaiting a 10ml decant I just purchased. The thought of wearing this as summer transitions to fall excites me 😍

Plastic, cookie dough, hint of cardamom, incense, green herbal notes and a hint of wet soil.

Very strange composition but in that strangeness there's an addictive and very enjoyable quality that probably has to do with some sort of nostalgia.
Also quite a shape shifter that goes from dry powdery to vanilla gourmand within a few hours.

If you are a green fragrance lover and swoon over scents like sweetgrass, hay, sage, moss or bracken you will LOVE Erawan. This fragrance is in the same family as Amouage Bracken but it is more white floral and soft like a baby fleece blanket.

It opens with a dewy mossy scent and settles down to a sweet, soft, gentle floral scent (lily of the valley) mixed with hay and a creamy sweetness probably coming from the vanilla but comes off as sweetgrass to my nose. It is divine!

After getting a sample of Erawan from Lucky Scent I decided to purchase the 100 mL bottle directly from Dusita. I wanted a larger bottle because it may be something I will overspray to get a longer wear time from it. It is basically a skin scent after a couple of hours but I love it so, it doesn't matter to me.

I am so glad I purchased directly from Dusita! It arrived in less than a week from France (shipped to California) and came with several handwritten notes from the perfumer thanking me for my purchase. Such a wonderful experience!

This is truly a special fragrance and amazing fragrance house! I will be back to check out their other offerings.

On the blotter this smells like a freshly opened pack of herbal cigarettes. On my skin I get hay and tobacco (lovely) but also ... circus, as in: dung. That's the opening for me. Luckily, as it dries down, the circus packs its bags and leaves town. The heart notes really come through and I get fresh, herbaceous spice, like a meadow of wildflowers and weeds in late August. That's also when the sweetness of the vanilla starts to make an appearance. It's great!

I'm testing this at the same time as Andrea Maack's Coven and I feel like they're two sides of the same coin: both warm but while Coven is moist, dark and brown Erawan is dry, fresh and green.

EDIT: My bf has really interesting scent associations and when I let him sniff this, he said it reminded him of a sporting goods store, like opening the box of a fresh pair of Adidas soccer shoes. Now I can't unsmell it!

This is one of those where you can absolutely tell it's a "skin chemistry" thing. I get hints of something absolutely otherworldly beautiful, bucolic, and transportive. Unfortunately, for me, that's overwhelmed by the most unfortunate hulking sense of weedy, musty, old apartment building, with the smell of stale cigarettes baked into the walls. Definitely not blind buy safe, but well worth sampling in case you're lucky enough that it works for you!

Kitten fur on a spring day. I just wish it lasted at all.

This is one of the worst perfumes I've ever smelled on my skin, made even more upsetting because on paper, it's perfect for me. I expected something creamy and green with hay and light florals, and got cloying stale cigarettes. Like most perfumes I hate, this lasted absolutely forever on me--a huge plus if it works for you!

Erawan is an aromatic, herbal scent - green but on a sweet, musky, balsamic background. There is a prominent hay note here that won't be to everyone's taste - it reminds me of silage, an inevitable smell you encounter growing up in the Irish countryside. There is an animalic musky undertone that emerges early on, which complements the earthy dirtiness of the hay note.

Erawan opens with dewy green notes, becoming increasingly herbal and mossy. There are dry woody notes present from the beginning. The hay note develops early on; dry, grassy, earthy and mossy with an underlying dirtiness. A sweet, musky undertone develops as Erawan progresses, paving the way to the sweet vanilla-amber base.

Lily-of-the-valley follows, adding its green-tinged white floral freshness, an inspired addition at this stage of the scent's progression. It gives a soapy, green-floral lightness to the musky hay accord. It remains herbal, with a slight smokiness emerging in its later stages. I get a light tobacco note here - perhaps it is how the hay progresses.

A sweet vanilla-amber accord makes up the drydown, rounded out by woody notes. It becomes incredibly musky as it dries down, with herbal facets and mossiness remaining until final fade. Sillage and longevity are moderate.

An earthy, musky, even slightly dirty scent, balanced beautifully by green, herbal notes, Erawan is a soft, aromatic scent evocative of the natural world. While it is not the type of green scent I favour, there is much to appreciate here. A unisex, warm weather scent, Erawan is airy, soft and unusual, nicely-composed and well-rounded. 3.5/5.

身上有著鈴蘭與鼠尾草氣味的女孩
坐在田間的乾草堆上
悠閒而自在的吃著手上剩的最後一角白巧克力
一邊舔著嘴角那意猶未盡的絲滑感
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這支香有點奇妙
在我身上遠遠的飄出香草巧克力/白巧克力的氣味
但是湊近聞卻聞不到白巧克力
取而代之是鈴蘭花香
其實是蠻安全的一支香
可惜的是死擴散與持香都偏弱

Summer air in a place full of sunshine and greenery - trees, meadows, herbs, hay.
It conveys happiness. It's soft and artful. No harsh edges. It is special.
Because it is more an olfactory image than classical parfum it is perfectly unisex and does not strike me as having a gender.

I remember as a child staring at the raindrops as they travel at different speeds, along the window pane; some would nearly lie still while others would race precipitously downward. Often, one will disturb a latent drop and the two would merge and move like an amoeba, more erratically, to its destination. It's a very rainy morning as I write this, I contemplate Erawan with its cool, green bitter petitgrain opening, like the buds that push through this time of year, awakened from dormancy much like those static drops on the window pane. The rain is nourishing them.

The bitter stems soon give way to the aroma of unlit cigarettes, perhaps from the liatris, a flower that yields an absolute that smells more like tobacco than tobacco itself. Its purple spires have such a subtle fragrance, but it's detected if you allow your nose to get intimate with its blooms. Clary sage absolute is also detected, with its own tobacco back notes and almost wine-like overtones. The heart of Erawan is reminiscent of classic old-time new mown hay scents, merging its agrestic nature with that of the pure lucidity of lily of the valley.

As it progresses, Erawan smooths over all the green, bitter, cool, and pure, with a vanilla, rendering the feel more pastel yet warm. All of the raindrops converge into a warm reservoir, and there is a calm, It feels like stillness, that repose I feel when it's just me and a cup of tea, perhaps a splash of milk, the tiniest bit of honey, and sips with deliberation, as I look out my window, following the raindrops. I think I really like this one.

As far as green fragrances from Dusita goes, this is a far cry from Le Sillage Blanc and in a good way. I blind bought LSB based on the notes but it turned out to be intensely bitter, dry and dusty, leathery tobacco, and quite challenging. Erawan on the other hand is what I was hoping LSB would be, green but fresh, pleasantly mossy and herbal, lightly floral, grounded with slight vanilla, and so much easier to wear. There is definitely a tobacco element in there even though it is not listed in the notes. It seems to be an accord I also picked up in LSB, so perhaps this alludes to a Dusita DNA that other reviews have also mentioned. It is unique, well crafted, high quality and certainly niche. Still wouldn’t purchase a full bottle but am thoroughly enjoying my sample.

EDIT - the drydown!!! So so good! I sampled this at the same time as Le Pavillon D’Or, and while I preferred the top and mid of LPD, the drydown of Erawan completely won me over. Might actually consider a full bottle, had it not been for longevity. The drydown is magic but delicate, completely dissipates even on clothes.

Based on the list of notes, as well as my overall preference for green and aromatic fragrances, I expected to fall head over heels in love with Erawan. And yet, somehow, this fragrance failed to work its (alleged) magic on my skin. Erawan features an unusual combination of green and sweet notes - imagine something like Mugler Aura, only much milder and less intimidating. The green notes that prevail in Erawan include hay, tobacco (although it's not listed), oakmoss and petitgrain. This symphony of fresh and dried greens resembles Chanel No. 19 EDP very much; however, the greens are placed on a sweet vanillic-chocolatey base, which creates a very unusual effect - as if one layered No. 19 with Naomi Campbell EDP!
I can't explain why, but I get the impression that these different notes and layers in Erawan aren't so well blended, because this perfume fails to impose itself and make a statement. Just to test my nose, I sprayed Dusita's own Melodie de l'Amour on my left arm, while Erawan was sitting on my right arm; and, surprise surprise, Melodie leaped from my skin immediately and started projecting wonderfully, while Erawan stayed in the background. So, I would say that the latter depends very much on the skin chemistry of its wearer. I would like to know if other reviewers found Erawan to be too subdued.

A lovely green earthly scent’ similar to Memoir Man from Amouage’ but without the longevity & silage

This was a blind buy and I love it! It smells very comforting, a little powdery but not too much… I think that’s the hay note that’s doing that. I find it quite unique and quite special. This is not a loud projector, sits closer to the skin.

The image I get when I smell this a fresh early morning walk along the lake in the springtime, wearing a fluffy oversized cardigan while drinking herbal tea. The gentle warmth of the morning sun on my face. Everyone is still in bed and it’s peaceful.

Gorgeous!

Another banger from Dusita. I'm not keen on everything from this house but this one and Le Fleur Lalita have my heart.

I am surprised that Chanel No 19 isn't on the "smells like" list - totally has that vibe if not sharing some of the same accords. I think this is sweeter and a little more floral, while also including hay and petitgrain. The hay is my least favorite part of the scent, but in the context of the entire experience I don't care about its presence. It works with the other parts of the fragrance. Performance is not great, but well moisturized skin helps. Not a silage monster, more of a personal scent.

Erawan generates this non-distinct nostalgia that I can't place. I love reading the memories and stories associated with all of the Dusita fragrances and the poetry from the perfumer's father that comes with each bottle.

For those who sense a stale cigarette note in this fragrance and others from Dusita, I think this dry, greenish tobacco accord is part of the Dusita DNA. I see how some could not like this but for me it's what makes these scents supremely interesting, comforting, and nostalgic.

Smells like cigarettes on me.

When I first sprayed this on my wrists, I was transported back to my childhood in Eastern Europe, raking and building haystacks with my grandfather. It was almost like unexpectedly meeting a long-lost friend and reminiscing about times gone by. Then, as it evolved, I started thinking about a Thai dish I had in Trat province which I think used petitgrain or something in a similar vein. After a few hours, I got the most wonderful powdery minty sage and cedar. The journey described on the site is as good as it has been promised. I haven't smelled anything like this, it is simply a delight to my senses. Even though I think it leans more masculine on my skin, I will purchase a full vial. I would like my man to smell like this, and once in a while I will steal a bit for myself from his bottle. Unfortunately, as other reviewers mentioned, the projection is moderate to low and after 2-3 hours it becomes a skin scent. This does not bother me: after all, where I live in Japan, people are not so used to strong perfumes and we live in such crowded conditions, that this type of projection is desirable, in order to maintain harmony.

처음 향을 맡았을땐 돌 위의 이끼 냄새가 났다. 지금은 소나무 향과 마른 풀냄새가 난다.

I am testing Erawan for the first time today, and what a revelation it's been so far! I am not the biggest fan or green fragrances and didn't expect to love this like I do. The oddest thing to me is that it smells completely different on the skin than it does around me. Up close it smells like damp earth, and rather bitter. My guess is that the Haitian Vetiver plays a big role in anchoring the scent. The bubble that surrounds me is completely different! The soft, sweetish smell of newly mown hay, is joined by the sweet, herbal smell of clary sage, and it is just beautiful and quite different from anything I can think of in my collection, precisely because it's not the type of scent I would normally gravitate towards.
I haven't gotten any vanilla yet, but it hasn't fully dried down. So far, I can say that both the longevity and silage are moderate, and while this can easily be worn by anyone, I find it leans slightly feminine on my skin. Wow is all I can say, because I did not expect this to be a contender for a full bottle, but given it's novelty within my collection and of course the fact that I love the fragrance, it is quite likely that I will take the plunge!
EDIT 12/2/22 - Just purchased a full bottle for a great price on Fragrancenet! They have almost all of the Dusita line. Honestly there were about 5 I wanted to purchase right now but with Xmas coming, I have to think about others. I wonder if my husband would enjoy a bottle of Meoldie de L'Amour for Xmas? 😉

Opens with stale cigarette smoke and somehow unfurls to a sweet vanilla lily-of-the-valley with a hint of dry herbal hay.

It's interesting reading the variance in reviews, it makes me wonder if this is heavily skin chemistry dependent. While this is lovely once I make it past the opening, the opening is unpleasant enough that I doubt I'll reach for this.

Not sure why I thought this could be matcha Rice Krispies, I'm hopeful when it comes to anything matcha I guess. This is like 50% indolic bitter mothballs, if I strain my nose to smell beyond that, yes its the listed petigrain, green and dried straw hay and vetiver.
Oh, I had to find my mini decant of Tea Escape after seeing the "smells like" .....um not even close.

I was really looking forward to this being a replacement for the now discontinued Tea Escape.

Admittedly, when very lightly sprayed and within the first 5 minutes or so of the opening, I can see a passing resemblance to Tea Escape. With a heavier handed spray, the resemblance becomes more distant, and as it dries down, this gap widens. To my nose, Erawan is not nearly as sweet as Tea Escape, and instead is far more earthy and aromatic. I enjoy aromatic and earthy scents, this is just not quite what I was expecting.

While I "like" the scent, the asking price vs. the longevity knocks it down to just an "ok" for me. I won't be itching for a full bottle any time soon, as there are other greens that tickle my fancy at much more attainable price points.

You know how excited you get when you buy your first fragrance from a brand you love and respect? This is the excitement I felt when I got Erawan. I haven't felt that type of perfume excitement in a while. My first entry to Dusita was when there was the naming competition for Splendiris where everyone got a sample. I fell in love, then and there.

I first tried this when a perfume friend brought a pre-release sample to a meet-up. I actually really disliked it, as the opening was abrasive and cold. The formula must have been changed because now, although similar, the edges have been smoothed out. It's still sharp and green, and still quite cool but there's more finesse. It slowly unfurls and becomes one of the loveliest, most unique spring scents out there. I was torn between this and Lancome's Idole and this rather easily won out because... come on.

The hay in this is what makes it so unusual. I wanted something that makes people look back, something that takes you to the countryside where the skies are clear. Forget listing notes, this is a perfume with emotion and feeling. The dry down is warm and cosy ... a sort of flip-around from the opening, truly. Something quite impressive, honestly.

While I get this might not be for everyone, it's undeniable that it will make people think and remember. It's not sexy, it's not cute, it's wandering around alone dressed in chic albeit comfortable clothing. Makes me think of both farms in rich rural areas that mostly produce artisan cheese and wine, and wealthy inner city suburbs where the streets are picturesque and beautiful. Urban explorer, hikes, coffee in a local cafe.

Strange how a fragrance can make you forget analysis and just get you to lay back and enjoy the ride. Easy going, that's what I'm going for.

It smells like green tea, vanilla, and chocolate.

Some people said that sometimes, combining several great things into one will result in a catastrophe.

But this time, the combination of all those notes/accords that I can smell is so pleasant and it is definitely a super unique fragrance.

It is one of those unique fragrances that I would love to wear. Also, it can be very comforting for some (including me). What a pleasant surprise!

It can be very difficult to see whether you like this fragrance or not, so sample first!

Matcha powder, white chocolate, icing sugar, hay. I would describe it as an Asian-style aromatic gourmand which is easy to wear and special. But the drydown is rather uninteresting, sweet and powdery. Not FB worthy.

Dusty vanilla with dried herbs, smells very vintage and old. This is never fresh or green as some describe.

Whar a lovely tea perfume. A bit of a bitter note on the dry down. A bit over eight hours.

I've heard this compared to chocolate, but for me it's far more akin to tea. Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of the smell of tea. I can see this being nice for people that do though, especially as a fragrance for warmer days as it has a lightness to it without feeling sheer.
Just to also note because the notes/accords don't seem to mention it, that this is definitely a sweet scent.

Beautiful greenish... I say greenish because being overall about the leaves-and-grass notes it is so rich with other facets that I still can not call it exactly green. It permanently balances between some nutty bitterness, even smokiness and tartness (I must say the sage plays great there!) with a smell of all green stuff you could possibly find in the fields. Sometimes, it's even a bit skunky reminding of the idyllic picture of the pastures) It goes from the start to drydown truly naturelly as the green notes mature into a fragrant hay. I can also feel earthy chocolate vibes (but nothing like patchouli there!) and some milky creaminss, that somehow also reminds me of sun-dried hay with its specific sweetnes.
This is an exellent example of how a fragrance may stay refined while being powerful and not devoid of some strong accents.

This was a big disappointment. I'd been excited about trying Erawan for months, imagining that it would the perfect soft green hay scent of my dreams. I finally got around to buying a sample... and all I got was vanilla lily-of-the-valley. Nothing more comes through, no green, no hay, no cedar. I'm so sad.

When I just received this sample, it smelled mossy and moldy, which brought back unpleasant memories of a badly lit leaky moldy home. Made me think of an uncivilized bumpkin Tarzan. But I let it sit for a week and I'm so glad it's very different now.

Opening is very herbal, very green, "grassy" is not the right word, imagine an eau naturelle village cow farm -- like green hay. Then comes bitter green tea, with the sweetness of vanilla that makes me think of Chinese Jasmine tea? It's very natural, realistic. The hot bitter tea really gives it a mature kick, balancing with the elegantly soft sweet scent. This reminds me of "a simpler time" or more like, a rich person retiring in a village and growing their own farm? It's really particular but this perfume brings me an image of someone like Youtuber Liziqi (You'll know when you see her videos).

Gives me a very composed upright citizen vibe rather than relaxed. Is this how uncle Iroh smells like? I like it but it's not something I would wear. My taste is more playful/cheeky or mysterious scent so that's just me. This one is too "nonchalant" and somewhat "disciplined" for me.

An otherworldly experience, definitely a top 10 contender for me (of all sampled scents so far).
This was the second Dusita I sampled, after the solid but a bit too extravagant Moonlight in Changmai. The moment I sprayed this on, the smoothest chocolate shavings flooded across my arm together with a green fresh, almost minty undercurrent. There is a surprising amount of freshness in the top, but somehow it feels warm rather than cooling, kind of like a warm banana leaf. Slowly it unfolds into a milky vanilla scented green tea, something along the lines of a matcha latte/matcha bubble tea.
I get two opposite poles, a fresh green petitgrain and clarysage (definitely the real thing) on one hand, a soft but thick vanilla on the other, beautifully coming together. Underneath a mildly smoky woody component, and plenty of coumarin in the base.

Believe it or not, while smelling very different, I am reminded of Coromandel in how it transforms patchouli into chocolate by pairing it with amber sweetness. In Erawan I find the raunchy bitter petitgrain has been tamed by the intense realistic vanilla through masterful blending and clever pairing. If Coromandel is white chocolate, then this is 'green chocolate'.
There is however a certain green tea-like bitterness that remains, which may be overwhelming for some. Personally, I don't mind it, if anything I enjoy it.
My favorite Dusita fragrance so far. Beautiful, artistic perfumery, I wish all niche perfumery was like this.

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The opening was weedy, which I hate. The mid notes mix was vague but interesting with potential and I wish the mid notes stood out more. The base was a gently sweet vanilla. It didn’t come together for me like other Dusitas. I think a stronger middle as a whole scent, then blending into a more substantial vanilla, would have made it more intriguing, transitioning from herbal to sweet.
4/10-intimate and short lasting

The opening is 100% peppermint patty on my skin. The herbal/aromatic notes come off minty and soothing and the vanilla base comes off smooth and chocolatey. Never dense or too sweet but airy, zen, and softly green. I get more of the dry herbs, vetiver, and hay as it dries down. I'm treasuring my sample and I wear it when I want to feel calm and relaxed on "self care" days.

Really Loved it on paper where it reminded me of Issara. On skin the Clary sage exploded giving me a musty hay vibe which I did not enjoy unfortunately.

Green grass, hay and cigarette smoke.
If I want green grass, I'm spoilt for choice and would sooner go for Herba Fresca or any vetiver-based scent, which would project better than this, too. If I want cigarette smoke, I'd prefer Jasmin et cigarette or even Goutal's Encens Flamboyant.
Longevity was about 4 hours, sitting close to skin.
This was one of the more interesting scents from the Dusita line but I cannot imagine why anyone would shell out for a bottle of this.

When I initially smelled this I thought it was amazing, very herbal and green and warm. Reminded me of sun warmed hay and herbs. Delicious. But shortly thereafter it was overtaken by a strong musk and that was all I smelled for the remainder of the time. I do not like musk but it creeps it’s way into so many scents! And often it’s not mentioned in the note breakdown which makes it difficult to avoid at times. Anyway! IMO you must like musk to enjoy this. I don’t get much of a tobacco smell but it’s the first thing a friend mentioned when she smelled it.

In the last mounths I tried some Dusita sample and Erawan was an instant love in this line. There was a whoooa feeling becouse the uniqueness and “relaxing, cosy hug with Mother Earth” feeling. I felt that I know this beautifule smell then I figured out this is the smell of a fairy countryside memory. It is soo calm and relaxing, the whole perfume has an ethereal green side. The dry and warm hay, vanilla, the coumarin in liatris gives me a very comfortable feeling that I like very much. I think it is an unisex perfume and an absolute full bottle worthy one!

I enjoy Dusita Erawan so much. The green vanilla hay combo is very intoxicating. It’s smell like Thai milk tea. Most of the Dusita perfumes tribute too old world perfume with a spin off and modernization. Dusita incorporated Thai DNA in her artwork which signify her motherland, which is relatable to Asia, and new yet familiar to West. It’s a very well craft niche perfumery house.

It wasn't a love at first sight for me, but here I am with a few travel size bottles behind me and a full bottle in my hands. Erawan could be described as an elegant blend of hay with vanilla overtones (sometimes it even seems to smell like chocolate), but I can see why some people aren't fond of it: it's way too unusual. Sample it and don't judge quickly: I went from "I'll never wear it again" to "I need a FB" in two years!

This is a really interesting, mildly sweet yet green fragrance when first supplied. As it dries down, I can definitely discern the hay and clary sage, which I personally enjoy. I don't get a huge amount vanilla, but I think in this situation it just adds some warmth to what would otherwise be a very cool, green, almost medicinal scent. Once fully dry, I suppose there is a small amount of base notes, including oak moss, vetiver, and cedar. I love the scent intensely, but like most green fragrances (that don't have tons of evergreen notes or resins), it doesn't have a lot sillage or lasting power. It is pretty unique - I own and purposely try many green scents and I haven't encountered anything quite like this. I'm not sure I would buy a bottle, mostly because I already own several greens that are gorgeous but also don't last super long. However, I would perhaps pick it up in the future to replace a green scent I'd used up.

I really didn’t care for the opening, it smells like unwashed animal skin (I think it's the hay & clary sage clashing with some of the sweeter ingredients)

fortunately that only lasts for a minute or two & then I get mint, vanilla, florals, & orange

The dry down reminds me of Annick Goutal Un Matin D’Orage

3-4 sprays, Medium to strong projection

Aromatherapy in a bottle. Dousing myself in this hay/sage/petitgrain concoction calms me right down when I’m a mood. This is a real standout/unique fragrance that also functions as stress relief. Win-win, FBW, would recommend.

This doesn't smell like anything I've sampled before. Which is not necessarily a compliment.

There is an odd melange of slight sweetness, grassiness, herbalness, and something fruity. I'm not going to even pretend I know what I'm smelling. And I'm not going to cheat and look at the notes that go into Erawan. I'm just going to go with my intuition.

Neither masculine or feminine, formal or informal, daytime or nighttime, it is a very odd duck, one that should never be purchased blindly. Erawan is for a non-conformist who enjoys this blend of indecipherable notes.

Erawan is a unique green, sweet herbal perfume. First spray is almost a sweet green tobacco, which quickly morphs into a natural wet hay smell on top of fresh sage. Once it settles, it's a very realistic green hay with an almost-honey and grass type of sweetness, and some very light wood. Imagine a brand new clean barn filled for the first time with wood shavings and hay, before any animals have ever entered.

This is a very specific fragrance, I would highly advise against blind buying. I'm not sure where this scent would be appropriate, maybe when seeing friends, going to animal or agricultural events, or when you're in a situation where the opinion of others on your perfume choice just doesn't apply to you. If you want to smell like realistic sweet hay but in an elegantly done way, Erawan is your answer. It's probably more suited to mild weather; even though it's a green scent it is still quite sweet and may feel a bit sticky for hot summers.

This is such an intriguing scent. I’m a newcomer who’s been sampling her way through the world of perfume, and I haven’t come across anything like this so far. It’s not quite herbal to me, more green in a dry way. It’s sweet but sophisticated. Elegant but not cold or standoffish. Very hard to describe and impeccably blended. I’m not sure if it’s really my style, but I’m definitely drawn to it.

Also, I keep randomly getting whiffs of stale cigarette smoke throughout the day. Is that the perfume?

This smells like raw vetiver and hay -- wouldn't wear, but very nicely blended and if you're looking for something as close to raw vetiver as possible, this is it.

I get the most elegant expression of wood shavings, like in a hamster cage or chicken coupe, without the drops or other animalic notes , close to herbaceous greenery. I assume I am getting mainly the hay and vertiver, mixed with herbal notes. Well blended, complex and unisex

This is weirdly fresh for me. Sun-baked hay, earthiness that gives me the impression of cocoa, and a bit of sweet matcha. The scent evokes nostalgia for my Nana's house-- the viney backyard after rain, wet bricks, a honeysuckle bush, and making mud pies outside. Its unapologetic greenness makes me question its wearability though. Definitely a statement perfume, but right on the money for those into cottagecore, mori fashion, or just being a witch in general.

Got a sample today.This reminds me of something very very similar,but i just can not detect which fragrance it was??Very similar,and very popular fragrance…brings me back to the 2000’ or 90’.I can not detect.Maybe someone will come in reviews in near future,who has better scent memory.This is not a safe blind buy,and i think i’m not going to purchase a full bottle.The smell is not bad,but didn’t blew me away either.Now i’m pissed of not knowing what does this reminds me of:)

I have been searching for an elusive dry hay fragrance with a touch of earthy green, layered with some dried fruits and flowers that doesn't go animalic. This doesn't have any of the fruit, of course, but I was open to trying this one as the other notes are all ones I adore. Hoping to find one that starts comfortingly bright and cheerful, carrying you throughout the day like a warm, dry Summer breeze just as the season peaks with its final warmth upon you before the cool of very late Summer, just before giving into Fall. I read the notes in this one and eagerly went for a sample. I have worn it four times now, the last diving in with several dousing sprays on my skin.

Like others, the beginning is nearly overwhelmingly bright and this petitgrain is not as woodsy as others I have experienced. I struggle with fully agreeing this is herbal, but it certainly leans more green (in the beginning) than the notes suggest; if that makes any sense. Maybe that's because the petitgrain is a bit over the top? I struggle to find the hay note in this, even in the dry down. Which, oddly enough, Dusita's Le Sillage Blanc seems to hold much more of a hay note of (yet not listed)?

What I do get with Erawan, is after that initial burst when you get to the drydown, a strange chocolate note becomes more prominent. Chocolate layered with some sage and vanilla, but not in a gourmandy or even in a cocoa way. For me, it's not a pleasant chocolate experience. Maybe it's the vanilla that others find lactonic, I am not sure. I think the chocolate is offset by an uncomfortable cloying sweetness, like what happened when you first tasted a liquid saccharin drop. That saccharin drop that hits you right under the nose and lingers as a big nope? It's that, "I'll never do that again," moment.

Also, I am a huge fan of cedar and oakmoss - I find very little of either of these in there toward the end. Someone in here mentions it reminds them of being in a heavy smoker's home and gosh, do I get that vibe, too. It doesn't smell like cigarettes, but yes, I agree that it carries the sense of a layer that covers the scent of a smoker's clothes or home. Absolutely. I am sure for others this is a lovely scent but for me, it's, unfortunately, one I would encourage you to test rather than blind buy. But that's just me!

Okay I am on the fence with this one. The opening is very bright herbal. It almost has a citrus like quality. Like some herbs being blended with a dash of citrus juice. And while you are mashing some herbs with a dash of citrus there is a light hay breeze wafting. This isnt a cool morning, its a summer morning. It is already warm. Then it enters kind of a weird phase where I get hay and a bit of vanilla. The drydown is like a summer vanilla and the hay makes it quite interesting. It is a comforting lazy scent.

Personally I do not know if it is for me. I am going to keep trying the sample. I think it could be worn in the warmer months and is pretty inoffensive. I would say it is a mature scent. Kind of reminds me of like a mid forties woman wearing a breezy linen outfit chilling outside.

ETA: I do quite like this. I agree that it has a smokers house or tea vibe. However I can only smell it when I put my arm to my face. It lasts a long time but I hardly smell anything unless huffing my arm.

Drinking sweet bubble milk green tea at some dirty downtown joint.

Opening has 3 notes: Green tea, A sweetened milk tone and a strange funk. I appreciate how the green tea note here is more herbal and gourmand, most perfumes opt for a very soapy tea. This tea note is closely combined with this lactonic milk tone that has a very mute sweetness from the vanilla. It's reminiscent of a syrupy vanilla they serve inside drinks at Starbucks. Together they smell like bubble milk tea! Lastly, the funk comes across more than grime and dirt in a restaurant. I'm surprised since I think this funk note comes from the Hay and Oakmoss but this note doesn't come off as herbal or natural in the slightest!

The dry-down is quite hard to pin-point. The tea disappears. The milk here stays as a feint lactonic note with the vanilla disappearing all together and the funk still remains... It's more animalic now but it sticks very close to the skin. It's interesting in that I couldn't tell you what it reminds me of but it's not alluring...

Meh.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This starts with hay, herbs, petitgrain and large doses of sage.
At this stage I feel it rather retro reminding me of the thick smell of laundry soap.
It takes me back to past years, sultry hot days when grandmothers washed clothes in public fountains.

As it dries, I get woody notes of cedar and vetiver on a vanilla background with musk and the green and wild sweetness of liatris.
It has a familiar, retro, sultry flavor, a little melancholy between lavender and lily of the valley, sweet vanilla and tonka.
Assertive.

The finish is pleasant, more floral and soft, honeyed like a freshly crushed pitosporum flower, before unraveling in an almond powder and a cocoa butter on the skin.

Overall not offensive but with an ancient flavor a bit boring for my nose.
Step.

Bright green then hay and grass... like a big pile of old hay. Smoky in a way, lots of sage, and almost tobacco. Deepens. sweet, with vanilla and wood. Not sure if this is for me... interesting though.

Quite far from my expectations. It opens up strong when I thought it's going to be soft. First note is sharp and very herbal.. Smell a lot like strong herbal tea being brewed. Or other herbal drinks I have yet to recognise. Never have I smelled smth like this before but yet it feels familiar.

Entering middle note, I feel like being in an isolated Buddhist temple in the middle of the jungle. Green trees surrounding the spot where I stand, incense burning and the smoke mixed with the forest wind. The temple picture is very clear on my mind which is so so fascinating. It's lonely but peaceful. Tough but mellow. A bit eerie but also very comforting.

Hours later, Erawan has turned a bit sweet.. Not sweet as in gourmand but floral sweets. The scent is getting softer and softer but still transforms into another scents. This is so complex. Doesn't smell like perfume at all..more like a really good second skin smell. And moments before it disappeared the floral sweetness have once again transformed into powdery, woody accords. Something about this make me so peaceful and calm and I just wanna smell my wrist over and over again.

The petigrain is so dominate in this fragrance that nothing else develops until the dry down and that is a mild watery toned cedar. It does read unisex to both my husband and myself but we thought this perfume lacked character. It is just very dull in our opinion.

Very beautiful. It’s a little sweet and mostly herbal, reminds me vaguely of chamomile - not the tea, but the dried flowers before tea is made. According to the website there’s no chamomile in this, but it’s the closest in my perception. Reminds me also of summer, drenched in the sun, in an arid or semi-arid setting like Greece or the west coast of Turkey. It smells like mountains and hills - a land scent, but a land by the sea. I think that’s the clary sage. I have never smelled anything like it from a bottle, though I feel as if it always existed in my memories. It also has a very calming quality to it. I hope one day I can get a full bottle of this.

Dusita can do no wrong. I love and respect every fragrance from this house. Erawan is tied with Issara as my very favorite, although they are so different. Erawan opens simultaneously bitter and earthy. I smell strong galbanum and literally brown dirt. My first reaction was that I was a taken aback, curiously pondering, "Wow, what is this?!" Within a few minutes, the composition smells chocolatey and herbal, reminding me a lot of Covet. Not that they smell the same, but they both do an herbal chocolatey thing that is really unusual, but it works. In the heart, I was expecting lily-of-the-valley, but it honestly smells lot more to me like honeysuckle! A favorite flower, and one that is so hard to capture in perfumery. At this point I am positively enchanted with Erawan. As it dries down, I get more of the musty, sweet hay along with a tiny bit of oak wood. I like that the perfume never gets sweet. And honestly, if there is vanilla here, I don't smell it. Very skillful use of vanilla to temper the fragrance without overwhelming it.

Erawan calls to mind the long-discontinued Green by Byredo. It kills me that I didn't buy a bottle while I could! Erawan is not the same, not a replacement, but they have similarities. I see Covet in the same category as well. All three are distinctly their own creation, but they are in the same vein of a chocolatey, herbal, nutty green, exotic floral, with an underlying sweetness. With Green, it was more almond than chocolate. In any case, all three are wonderful.

This opened with a vivid smell of a freshly painted room. It was actually uncanny how like paint it smelled in the opening. I waited to scrub it as the reviews definitely seem to indicate that chemistry plays a role in the performance of this fragrance. It settled into a nice bitter petit grain before fading, but still wasn’t a fragrance I’d be interested in experiencing too many times. This is an absolute try before you buy.

-Opens soothing, like yerba mate tea.
-Has a herbal, watery quality to it.
-Dry-down is faint but it reminds me of the interior of a freshly-cleaned car. (-)

A treasure. A talisman. An antidote to anxiety. An ode to coumarin & clary sage. Very green but not at all sharp. Very gentle but not all weak. A portal to the sacred (if your sacred is nature).

More than merely lovely, after last year this scent is essential. Medicinal. At this point my response to its pacific charm has become so Pavlovian that opening the drawer of the vanity to take out the box is enough to start calming me.

As per Pissara Umavijani, Erawan is a forest sanctuary in Bangkok named after the elephant god of kindness. This scent evokes the glow of dappled light playing behind closed lids as you nap under a tree after reading all afternoon. Smells like quiet joy.

The opening is extremely green and dry, lots of vetiver and hay. Minutes later, a sweetness of something only reminiscent of chocolate blooms and ends up creating a slightly bizarre and unprecedented accord with the hay/green note. In addition to this, there is an undercurrent of musk which becomes more and more significant as the top notes wear off which is basically the final nail in the coffin for me.

There's something about Erawan that reminds me of Tea Escape by Maison Martin Margiela (besides the strong matcha note in that). They have a similar sweet, warm, comforting vibe but Erawan has weaker sillage. I sprayed both on my wrists and scrubbed a bit of Tea Escape off since it's super strong, and they smell very similar (Erawan a little less sweet).

This is the ONLY Dusita that I actually enjoy that's worth the price tag! I can't even believe that the only one I love is the green fragrance, but it's so amazing. I love hay in fragrances and the note is so well blended with the light green notes that it gives me such comforting feelings. The longevity and sillage are moderate, but even though the fragrance isn't a beast, it has more throw then something like a Jo Malone or an EDT. Plus, the good vibes alone is more than enough to warrant an extra spray, if needed. Especially since I can't really compare the scent to anything else in my collection. I'm not gonna go into a weird story in an attempt to describe the scent (since I think that's a little creepy when I read some reviews that do that in great detail).

The opening smells like freshly cut hay. I smell a bit of aromatic greenness.

Drydown smells like dry hay with aromatics and a bit of sweet vanilla. Very interesting. I can imagine this smelling great on others but it's not FBW for me. Great ingredients blended to perfection though.

This fragrance shines brighter in the drydown. It becomes creamy, sweet and soft after the hay fades. It kind of smells like Issara with more green notes. -

A very pretty but ubiquitous sweet herbal coumarin vanilla. Too soft and unremarkable for the price.

What a gorgeous olfactory experience.
The first 30 minutes of Erawan is one of the most pleasant perfume experiences I've had.

The opening is green, gently herbal,with a pinch of zest. Almost immediately, tobacco comes to my mind, even if this is not listed as an accord.

A sweet, summery hay emerges, supported by intoxicating flowers and a lightly smoked earthiness. There is an unfamiliar but superb accord of liatris leaf which really adds another dimension to the heart.
I wish I could capture this delicate heart of Erawan forever - how beautiful!

Unfortunately, the perfume begins to dry down too quickly. Vanilla and gentle woods emerge - the scent grows more coumarinic and earthy. The vanilla is aromatic, a little dark, with just a hint of sugar.
A delightful and slow final phase: a presentation of sweet, dried and lightly smoked hay.

Erawan never goes beyond arms reach for me, and recedes close to the skin inside an hour. Longevity is solid - this stays for around 8 hours as a skin scent.

Overall, a wonderful study of hay and liatris. Elegant, gentle, but alluring. The overall imagine for me is a barn surrounded by autumn woods and harvested fields. Hay bales, small flowers, drying grass, trees with mossy bark, and filtered afternoon sun.

I would love to smell this on a lady, and would certainly wear Erawan myself if it had more potency (perhaps too polite for my personality).
Absolutely beautiful!

Gentle, subtle, sophisticated and rather mysterious magic - tantalisingly close to hay heaven.

Soft and gentle, but clever and interesting too - seductive enough to lead me all the way down its path, a fresh-mown strip down the middle of a hayfield in full sun with some beautiful tingles of aromatic herbs as well. Feels gorgeously organic and real, utterly unisex, full of nuances and details and little twists & turns as you move through that imaginary space, crushing different plants along your way and releasing their gorgeous aromatic notes into soft, warm, humid late-summer air. (It conjures this even in a much colder climate and on grim, grey days - it's all in your head, but it really, really works.) Erawan just feels natural and light and right all the way through. It caresses you and whispers, rather than singing or shouting at full voice. That might sound a bit twee, a bit 'hello clouds hello sky' but this is far more than just a dippy-hippy girly skip through the meadow - it's a really adult, sophisticated character.

It doesn't smell exactly like anything else, but there are echoes of other gentle-green scents I love. Some of the lovely, completely un-bitter greenness with underlying sweetness does remind me a little of the opening phase of Elephant, but this is far softer and more complex. With those huge stacks of almost edibly wonderful hay, for me it most strongly evokes Lutens Eau de Paille, but prettier, and then the - equally frustratingly quiet - green serenity of Garden Gnome. Henley's lovely Mown (which I own) has the hay in common, but is far, far louder and sweeter and more burnt-fruity, a stronger scent all round, but without Erawan's unique and distinctive herbal charm. That's the only real drawback for me - the smellscape is exceptionally great but I want it more intense! Like all the other Dusitas I've tried EXCEPT the notoriously reeky Oudh Infini, it's so discreet (and the longevity a little too weak for comfort), and the price so high that I can't really see myself rushing to a full-bottle buy. Feel deeply conflicted by that, though, and it seems so likely I'll change my mind in the end.

Shy botanical beauty, but so worth the time spent getting to know and explore it better. Really deft, sensitive, intelligent work. Deserves a crown of the prettiest, tiniest daisies to garland its lovely head.

Blind bought a bottle of this and I’m so glad I did.

It takes for me some of the ideas I think Pissara had with Issara and pushes the fougere aspect further to give this clean, yet mossy and grassy field/forest feel to me.

I don’t get too much of an idea of chocolate like others have mentioned so far, but more of a feeling of a pine infused mild soap in the opening phases. If you’ve smelled the opening (not so much the drydown) of Mousse Illumine by Rogue and its slightly bracing take on green notes I get the same sort of feeling here.

As time goes on Erawan gets a touch smoky too, giving more of a herbal green tea sensation.

Loving this. I think if you are the sort of person that enjoys herbal, green and tea scents you would probably love it too.

On my female skin, changes dramatically through development. Work of art. Goes on like a campfire. Quickly thereafter a honeyed-vanilla warmth overtakes it. It mellows into a constantly evolving salty-green chypre.

This is the perfume version of savoring a slightly peaty but well-balanced Speyside single malt scotch. Think Talisker Storm with a touch of Balvenie Carribean Cask.

Moderate to long duration (8-12 hours), moderate projection (3-5 feet), moderate-to-long sillage (~3 minutes by air, 24 hrs by contact).

goes on a bit herbal like vetiver, petitgrain and lavender then the soft hay rounds out like a cloud with some liatris lending a floral, honeyed and vanilla quality; the most perfect hay scent but wish it was a little stronger, projected more and lasted longer

Like Issara, Erawan is about that velvety, slightly bitter sage note that smells so chic to me. In here it is tastefully blended with soft, creamy vanilla, while lily of the valley adds a touch of freshness. Vetiver infuses the fragrance with a chocolate-like undertone.

Erawan is soft spoken, pastel colored and quite unique; it is both creamy and fresh, both green and subtly gourmand. The quality is outstanding and the composition is seamless and very original. Longevity is good but sillage is very poor, which is something to consider in this price range. Though as far as beauty goes, a bottle of Erawan will be money well spent....

Erawan is such an unique, indescribable scent...

I will try.

I always feel like a princess when I wear Dusita perfumes.

La Douceur de Siam is the classic beautiful princess from hundreds of years ago, walking around the imperial gardens, donning all her finest silks and jewelry. She and everyone else is well aware of her exquisite beauty, elegance and royal status.

Fleur de Lalita is the poem about a princes walking in her own palace, surrounded by sumptuous gardens of white flowers in full bloom on a balmy summer evening.

But Erawan...

It's when the princess has had enough of it all.
Some days she just runs off into the wilderness behind the palace.
Incognito, she dresses like a servant, takes a stick and wacks the bushes and the tall grass, frustrated with all the court gossip and pretenses.
She then rolls around the sun dried herbs, gazes upon the clear sky and inhales the last sun rays upon the golden greenery that surrounds her. Dreaming of a simpler life.

Her hair is still infused with precious oils, her robe has a faint scent of the finest incense, but as she is laying on the warm earth, she just inhales the moss, the grass, the bushes, the wind travelling between the trees and she feels free.

Erawan smells like freedom to me.

Erawan wasn't love at first sight for me: because of the bottle shock the LotV note and liatris were too strong for my taste, so I let it rest for a couple months. Turns out, Erawan is chocolate-y hay with floral overtones and just enough of slightly dirty (sometimes even skanky) woody base notes.

Oh, and the quality of the ingredients is outstanding! I'm allergic to so many modern materials (some of the woody musks) which makes every perfume sampling a risky thing to do, sbut not with Dusita. I'm not a richie rich at all, but I realised that I'd rather have one bottle of something I LOVE than ten bottles I like (at best). Life is short, there's no time to wear perfumes that don't make us feel awesome :)

So for some reason, I'm not allowed to make a comparison on this perfume... very strange. Fragrantica seems to have the weirdest and inconsistent rules for how they let people compare things to other things... I'm wondering if it's financially motivated. But anyways, onto the objective review of this fragrance!

I had just a few drops left in a sample from luckyscent. It has a creamy sweetness to it, but it also has an undeniable green base. It's very nondescript. I can't exactly pinpoint where that greenness comes from, but it's very inoffensive and pleasant as well. Some green perfumes can come off as abrasive and hard to wear. This one has that sweetness. It says vanilla, I believe I read another review mention chocolate and I can agree much more with that one... actually it has a sweetness to it that's very similar to the cotton candy note used in 212 Sexy now that I think about it. But I'm not even going to attempt to input that one, the Michael Scott meme is actually quite annoying and childish and puts me off of voting...

But again, back to this fragrance! For just 1 drop or 2 of fragrance, it has a very nice performance. I would love a bottle of this actually, if it were more in my price range of $100 or so. But for what it actually goes for, I don't think I can justify it. If you're comfortable with niche prices, this is a really good one, and I'm not saying that it's unworthy of its price. Just that I am a mere commoner who can't afford it :P

The fragrance I was trying to compare this to, not even intending to write a review:
Smell Bent's Brussels Sprouted. This one may be a bit sweeter and more creamy, and that one had more of a soil tincture. But the greenness in these two are very reminiscent of each other. If you ever tried that one and liked it, but now you can't find it: this is a much more wearable, and refined version of that.

Edit: It turns out, I can justify this! It is just unlike anything else I’ve ever smelled, completely beautiful. I need to buy one more sample as a little drop on my wrist one time isn’t enough for me to shell out $200 something for a 50ML! The longer this wore on my skin the more it really captivated
me. I can’t imagine finding a cheaper dupe to this, so this just became my motivational graduation present. If they ever put it on sale at Luckyscent, I may just buy it right there on the spot, but one thing is for sure: this is truly special. This is the only one I’ve tried from this house, but if they all smell anywhere near this good I totally understand the hype.

I just tried my sample. I am excited to try as many Dusitas as I can.. This is very nice, very natural and its dominant note is definitely hay. I don’t think this is the one I need. I don’t think this is a safe blind buy. So far my fave, the one I must have is Siam! A classy floral.

Update a year later! I think I do love this. I love the sweet hay note that it settles down to. I would love a bottle of this. I (by now) do own Siam, but I now also want this one for its complete unconventionality and also Fleur de Lalita. heck maybe I need them all!

It took me a while to fully appreciate the beauty of Erawan even though I've been a Dusita fan since 2016 : when I received my bottle, I was only able to detect a strong muguet/liatris presence which I'm not a fan of (one of the reasons I got rid of Ann Gerard's Perle de Mousse). A few months passed, and now I can't get enough of this chocolate-y grassy essence. Pissara Umavijani has a gift of painting not only watercolors but perfumes that smell like beautiful scenery. She's a true genius.

I am in love with this fragrance. It brings me back to my childhood. I grew up in the tropics with a big tamarind tree in front of our house. This reminds me of a nice, breezy day with vanilla ice cream.

What i really love about Erawan is its opening. It's different than any of the perfumes that I ever wore. It smells herbal, green, bitter, tea-like, even though there is no tea note here, it is the hay.

The dry down is still pretty, and the vanilla add sweetness to it, however for me the dry down is less fascinating than the opening.

Erawan has good longevity with medium to weak silage. The kind of perfume that one wears for themselves, maybe for meditative purpose. Think about paddy field when it's all green.

My goodness this one is a really really unique fragrance, I would say even signature scent worthy, can be worn all year around, comforting yet interesting, slightly sweet, slightly fresh, slightly creamy and the most important - it smells like quality :)

Comforting and refreshing.

My childhood in a bottle. Memories of a little girl in Japan with tea and rice. Summers at my grandparents' house in fields of alfalfa.

Ms. Umavijani was inspired by the idea of an elephant crashing through a leafy and grassy jungle.

This is unapologetically green and fresh, and I love to wear it.

Erawan is an interesting perfume but not my kind of smell. The opening is too weird for me... I have readen lot if oeople saying that they find a chocolate tea infusión... But what i get is a mix of vegetables boiling together (cabbage, epinards, zuccini...)... Some minutes later i can smell some aromatic and floral notes without loosing the Green vibe and It begins yo become an easywearing and pleasant fragance. The dry down is the BEST parte, sweet and with a noticeble charge of flowers (maybe the petit gran and the Lilly of the valley). I smell Aldo an ácido and synthetic note which makes me think of some cleaner or Air freshnair that i am not able to recognize.
The longevity is good but the sillage is very moderate, with a projection close to the skin almost from the begining. I think It is an ahreable unisex perfume, suitable for a daytime use even with wsrm wearther, however i dont know if It really worths the price. Dusita has other perfumes where you can really get the quality and which really gives something different for the amount you Pau, but i think It is easy yo find in the market many perfumes similar to this one for 4 or 5 times less.

Scent: 6
Longevity: 7
Sillage: 6
Originality: 7
Versatility: 9
Quality/price: 4
Global: 7

Very interesting that people smell chocolate in Erawan. I don't think I see it anywhere in the notes' description or in the pictures of the notes. As a lover of chocolate, I wonder what I would think of Erawan. The list of notes does not contain anything I have doubts about, so I wish I could get my hands on this.

Erawan puts me in the mind of Atelier Cafe Tuberosa except the openings are completely different. The opening of Erawan is very bold. You initially get a blast of chocolate, hay and fresh grass. I was not pleased. After a few minutes it completely settles Into a beautiful chocolate vanilla gourmand delight. It will definitely make you want to sniff nonstop.

Whereas Erawan is not the most creative, the quality is superb. I will say if you own Atelier Cafe Tuberosa or even Tom Ford Noir de Noir, it may be redundant to own this one. The similarities are striking.

Overall rating 7/10

Cooling and pleasant, steeped Thai tea, the vetiver appears on the roots, hints of creamy chocolate and vanilla sweeten the cup,the floral keeps it all tied, even with a stale tobacco note, this is stuff of legends.

I try to block out all the noise I hear about certain fragrances and perfumers but it's hard to consume your favourite blogs and reviewers without Pissara coming up somewhere.
I was curious about the Oud and Splendiris which were both good and very different but not until I dig into the proper florals she is famed for, do I get a true impression of what Dusita perfume is about. A friend very kindly sent me a comprehensive set of the samples I hadn't tried and this one was the first I sampled and I have to say it's pretty special.

I get three main elements, but this is a fragrance that twists and shimmers with different looks, moist then dry, light then dark, fragrant then almost dulled down. This is my kind of experience...a trio of vibes, spring from this one.
Orange blossom/neroli, going from herbal and bitter green edged neroli material, to perfumed, waxy, citrus orange and fleshy, orange blossom type of white florals.
Then bam!!! where did all this dryness come from? It smells like summer as child, straw fields and the substance of hay absolute.
I also get a milky tea, it's not hugely metallic or quintessential green or black tea, at least the way it's conventionally used in fresher fair.

None of which is listed in the notes here!!! haha
(Apart from the hay)
Okay so...
Lilly of the valley is likely giving all the white floral effect, there's gotta be some citrus even if it's not that pronounced?
The hay is very strong and obvious in the heart.
The clary sage/petrigrain and moss, account for the bitter herbal edge, and perhaps the tea effect too? Vanilla could be the milk in the tea and sweetness lend more sweetness with the hay?
Very interesting stuff and superb quality and clarity of concept. As much of a contrarian as I like to think I am I have to admit that Pissara's sorcery is very really and I think it's working on me?

Erawan opened in the most unexpected way: a chocolate infused gourmand. Looking at the notes — hay, vetiver, sage, oakmoss, cedar — I did not expect this, and for a moment I thought my decant might be mislabeled. Maybe it’s the pettigrain, vanilla and liatris that is creating this illusion? In any case, I’m intrigued but also confused.

Drydown is a brighter version of the opening. I’m still picking up on the Chocolate gourmand note, but it’s further back in the composition, and I’m now picking up on a hay note and a lily of the valley. It’s greener but still sweet.

Erawan is a major chocolate, herbal shapeshifter. It’s as delightful as it is perplexing. I might buy a larger decant before forming a solid opinion. I’m glad I tested this scent, it could be a big love perfume.

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Flashback to 1992, visiting my grandmother in Central Florida—her nicotine-stained house, popcorn ceiling yellowing overhead, a vase of small white flowers on an old wooden dresser with a lace doily. It’s grey, humid, and chillier than you expected. The memory is visceral, and recalled precisely by the first 20 minutes of this perfume.

That moment passes, and it settles into soft soft hay with a hint of cedar and vanilla. The tobacco-vibe lingers, but fortunately, it’s a pleasant note, not the stale cigarette of its opening. Some will love this, I’m sure, but I’m haunted by it.

Opening is a hay and Vetiver plast which I love but quickly turns into a foul smelling rockmelon on a dusty dirt gravel road smell. I’m glad this doesn’t last long on my skin.

This is scent must be laced with lithium. One spritz and my high heart rate goes down, my headache moves on, my chakras align, and the walls of my home office melt into a an ocean view. But for me, there is a magic trick to Erawan. Spray and don’t smell for the first ten minutes. Like a good wine that meets air you want to let this one mellow. I imagine the perfume molecules need to take off their sugar-chocolate clothes before they lounge on the nude beach of my skin. A perfume like this allows me to become a better friend to myself. One sniff and an eye opens in the day's hurricane.

I wear Erawan for myself. It's not a general compliment getter. For me, it's a beautiful, comforting scent. I wear it on days when I can openly sniff my wrists, scarf, collar and not care about people wondering what I'm doing.
Erawan opens with a cut grass/hay scent. It evolves into a Tonka and slightly tobacco aura.
Addictive...

For me Erawan is Dusita’s best release up to date, Issara is close second. The quality is top notch, very natural. It’s very unique and interesting, I don’t think I have smelled anything like this before. Hay note is super addictive, and nicely blended with smooth vanilla and woody notes, together with a delicate floral touch. If you smell it up close you can find some familiar Fougere vibe underneath.

I think you can wear this all year around. It has a great longevity, last around 10 to 12 hours with good projection. Just two spray will do. I like the name “Erawan” very much:). It will be a brave blind buy, but unlikely you will not fall in love.

Addictive hay, tobacco and vanilla. Dusty, grayish green. Nothing comes close.

Interesting, so excited to try this house out, heard so many good things!

Now, erawan is pretty linear from start to finish on my skin, its like a green hay vanilla, very soft, I was hoping the vetiver would be pretty dominant but cant really smell it... its very pleasant and light but nothing special. 7/10

Darn. This one is expensive. Really nice sweet hay, pollen from a white flower, smooth base. Love the first few hours. It dries to Imperial Opoponox though, which saves me. The powdery opoponox dry down is not a love. But that sweet hay onset is wonderful. Love that bit.

call me crazy but to me this smells super gourmandy , at first it starts very smokey i guess is the hay then it turns very sweet almost caramel like for a while at the very end there is a mini vanilla scent lurking , sillage is ok , not my cup of tea but it is a nice fume

I got a sample of Erawan from Parfums Dusita when I bought a bottle of Le Sillage Blanc. This review reflects my first impressions of Erawan. I found this very unusual, almost suffocatingly musty, and oddly sweet, which created an overall creepy sensation to me. Something in it smelled a little chocolatey to me, possibly the vanilla and/or liatris, as I sometimes find that I conflate the smells of vanilla and cocoa butter. I found this one a little disturbing and I'm not sure I'm ready to try it again yet.

6/10

Tobacco hay dust.

A BUFFED haze of green sheer curtains in the green field, a tobacco pipe, & hints of lavender vanillas fields. This is very lavendery hay sage vetiver blend with doses of tobacco
in greeny balmy texture. Very smoky thick greens.

This isn't far from Dusita's stamp as i can sense their natural greenish within. Interesting but too strong.

Edit (18th Jan 2021) WOW! i revisited this blend again after i saw an email from Dusita for some offers, and i saw that "Erawan" was a FiFi Award winner! Erawan is beautifully blended with that heavy dose of tobacco, hay, and beaten quite well with a mild none cloying sweetness of vanilla, just the perfect dose of sweet to lightens the strength of the tobacco, hay mixture. This one screams elegance with strength and i believe it's not far from what i've reviewed back then in 2018. I can see now how this blend became a winner. Beautiful.

Smells like heaps of cut grass. Very natural and pleasant, a true unisex frag. Longevity is about 6 hours with moderate silage. It probably won't boost your confidence, give you a sense of identity, or seduce anyone, (unless they're the most zealous of vegans), but it sure feels nice to have on.

One of the best masculine green fragrance !

An extremely pleasant green aromatic woody fragrance, this subtle and lovely offering from Dusita evokes the beauty and aura of lush Thai forestscapes and countrysides with trees, flowers and elephants. The perfume begins on a nice herbal note where one can also discern petitgrain. As it begins settling, one detects floral notes of lily of the valley, liatris, vetiver, hay and sage. Upon complete settling, a mossy powdery woody base of oakmoss, vanilla and cedar with these light herbs hovering in the background remains. The perfume is therapeutic and soothing and never overpowering. Created using a fougere structure, this unisex beauty is well blended with moderate sillage, projection and good longevity. Indescribably simple, haunting, unique and beautiful, this is yet another triumph for perfumer Pissara Umavijani. Enjoy!

The unique part of Erawan is it doesn't smell like perfume per se. I was up in the mountains the other day 160 miles from home in Mammoth Lakes, California. I get out of my vehicle and started walking towards a restaurant I was going to deliver some bread. I noticed a flower or plant smell I've never smelled before.

I started walking around trying to figure which plant I was smelling, I loved it so much. All of a sudden I realized it was Erawan I was smelling. It smelled so natural I had no idea perfume could actually smell like what I believed was nature.

You can wear this in close settings like the opera, the gym and where your going to come into close contact with people. No one will even think it's the perfume your wearing when they get a whiff of this intoxicating non-perfume smell.

For those times when you want smell nice, but don't want to smell like perfume. I think for me after I've smelled Erawan, will be most of the time from now on.

Definitely one of the most interesting composition of the house. To me, the opening smells like a weird (in a good way) green chocolate. I kept reading the notes and ingredients but found nothing related to cocoa or any of the sort. The dry down is also very amazing with the harmony of vetiver, sage, and oak moss.

After a long stretch of disappointing samples (from other houses), I am happy to say that I found a winner. No, I found a breathtaking, stunning masterpiece. For anyone who has a love of hay - dry hay or fresh cut alfalfa, Erawan somehow manages to offer both the rich, floral, earthy, sweet fresh cut smell and also the dry, toasty, warm dry smell within the dry down of this stunner. I mean I'm literally smelling my wrist right now, and I am transported to a childhood memory of freshly baled, dry (of course), green hay being transported to the second story of a hobby farm barn. What an absolute treat.

If you aren't a fan of hay, or clary sage for that matter, which certainly plays a key role - you will more than likely find this to be a "meh" scent. But for those of you who love hay, or green scents in general - you have to get your hands on this.

As another reviewer points out, I think the best way to apply this is spraying close-up and directly on the pulse points... wrist, inner elbow, maybe on front of your neck.

Totally unisex. I don't know if I'm going to get into subjective terms like "seductive" or "elegant", because those words don't do justice to the magic that is in this bottle. I have been looking for this scent for so long. Slumberhouse was close with one of their offerings, but unfortunately they tend to get a bit heavy-handed (not always a bad thing).

10/10 and simply breath-taking

Erawan is easily my second favorite of the line after Oudh Infini. Honestly it smells like nothing I’ve tried before it’s hard to put it in a box but if I had to choose I would say it’s a green fragrance with a gourmand backbone. I mainly get the strong hay note with hints of dry unsmoked tobacco and lots of unsweetened vanilla and powdery tonka that eliminate any sharpness you might get from the green elements in this composition and manages to make Erawan one the most comforting fragrances I’ve ever smelled it's a fluffy green fragrance if you can believe it. Lastly, it doesn’t smell too much like a perfume but more of an aromatherapy you would experience at a spa very natural smelling. I get 12 plus hours of longevity and an excellent projection.

Not a fan of hay and sage, two of the prominent notes, but I respect the quality in the fragrance. Longevity and sillage are good and not an issue. I'll pass on buying a full bottle but for those that like green, sage/hay infused notes, this is for you.

The most uniquely satisfying perfume in the world. A bitter, citrusy opening with tons of mossy greens. Heart has a gorgeous bitter chocolate note along with powdered vanilla giving it a dry, creamy touch. As it dries further, it blows my mind away with that cedar. It's so rich like wild spicy Papuan Oud. A soft balsamic, suede like leather accord lingers in the air throughout. Like the actual whiff of dry tobacco leaf. The most unique perfume I have ever sniffed. I am falling for it.

quel parfum EXTRAORDINAIRE c'était conçu avec ERAWAN !
j'ai testé pour mon frère gemelle et c'est un odeur masculine le moment les notes primaires, les microboules olphactives, émulsifient comme bulles crepusculaires, particules aerosoles se disseminer dans l'air nous inhaleront. quelle notes pas 'par d'usage' mais éNORMEMENT
EXTRAORDINAIRES fontainer et circumferencer dans nos têtes et nez's. j'avait voir les notes: [hay, vetiver, oakmoss, clary sage, liatris, lily-of-the-valley, petitgrain paraguay] et les toutes sont un COMBINAISON FORMIDABLE ET EXCEPTIONELLE. DUSITA est en route par avenir un chic haute parfumerie parisienne. l'ouvert est sec et demi/sombre que j'adore, pour un homme. vous êtes un génie Pissara Umavijani avec la FLEUR DE LALITA, et ERAWAN çe sont les deux nouveaux parfums ravissantes et avec tout les surprises pour les parfumistas. bravo pour cette unique concoction ensemble des liatris, lys de la vallée et la vanille celles s'offrerent cette parfum un caractère doux et amère après l'heure deux-troix. sublime ! [le liatris j'ai réchercher....]