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...

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…
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