As more and more department stores and perfume boutiques continue to close in New York City — a situation that pre-dates Covid and has only worsened over the past year-and-a-half — I have fewer and fewer opportunities to try certain niche perfume brands. Back in the days when I could spend my lunch breaks at Barneys or just swing by Twisted Lily on my way home from work, I had a better idea what was out there, scent-wise. (Of course, the ever-spiraling annual number of new releases doesn’t help.)
Dusita feels like a luxury niche line that I might have encountered somewhere like Henri Bendel (to name one sadly missed store) if the brand had existed back in the earlier 2000s…