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Anamcara Dusita 2021

7.5 / 10 190 Ratings

A popular perfume by Dusita for women and men, released in 2021. The scent is floral-fruity. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Fruity

Sweet

Woody

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Tunisian orange blossom

Italian blood orange Freesia

Freesia

Heart Notes

Indian jasmine sambac

Indian tuberose absolute Peach

Peach

Apricot

Tea

Bourbon vanilla absolute

May rose

Base Notes

Australian sandalwood

Indonesian patchouli

Virginia cedar

Haitian vetiver

Perfumer

Pissara Umavijani a.k.a. Ploi Umavijani

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Ratings

Scent

7.5190 Ratings

Longevity

8.1152 Ratings

Sillage

7.6154 Ratings

Bottle

7.9131 Ratings

Value for money

6.793 Ratings

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Reviews

9 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/22/2023

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Kurai
388 Reviews

Kurai

5

Happy happy happy

As a fruity floral-woody, this may be not the most unique composition, but in terms of quality this leaves those from the department stores far behind. Plus, what makes this really stand out is the way it evokes a "sunny day in spring” mood.

Anamcare combines fluffy white florals and juicy fruits without too much sweetness. The brightness is lifted by a huge solar accord. In the back, there is a touch of green tea and that is about as tangy as it gets.

Even more than sister Fleur de Lalita this fits in the harmless good-vibes-only section. Wedding day material. And that is exactly why I am going to let her go after today. This is all a bit too adorable for my taste. I need a bite, a little venom.

06/10/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV

2

At the depths of my Celtic soul pool a sticky orange syrup

The fact that something as weird and borderline confrontational as Anamcara by Parfums Dusita was workshopped in a Facebook group known for its strict ‘say something nice or don’t say anything at all’ policy is hilarious to me. This is a humongous, syrupy fruity-floral that lurches at you with a pina colada in one hand and a baseball bat in the other. Though striking, it is more feral than pretty. Think less Juliette Binoche and more Béatrice Dalle.

If you are familiar with the pungency of some floral absolutes in the raw, like jasmine, with its grapey nail solvent highnotes, or ylang, with its banana fuel-spill aspect, then you’re going to love Anamcara, because it features a massive overload of natural orange blossom. If you’re unfamiliar with just how jolie laide naturals can smell or are new to the more artistic corners of niche-dom in general, however, Anamcara could be something of a shibboleth.

Because this is not the polite orange blossom of, say, Orange Blossom (Jo Malone) or Eau des Sens (Diptyque). Rather, this is the weirdly medicinal gunk of cough syrups, hard-boiled orange throat lozenges, and vitamin C gummy bears sold in rickety little apothecaries all throughout Provence. It reminds me very much of a holiday in Uzès, where everything from the ice-cream, honey, and chocolate to the bread (gibassier) seemed to be expensively infused with orange blossom or lavender essences and hyrosols. I think of this perfumey oddness as distinctly French.

In Anamcara’s opening notes, I smell a dense ‘brown’ floral syrup diluted with a pour of carbonated water for an uplift that reminds me of the orangey Coca Cola fizz of Incense Rosé (Tauer). This is shot through with the fresh, lime-green bite of petitgrain, which also smells very French to me, recalling the openings to both Eau Sauvage and Diorella (Dior) as well as the later Mito (Vero Kern). I can’t think of anything that smells quite like Anamcara in its totality, though. I suppose that Rubj (Vero Kern again) in eau de parfum format is the fragrance that comes the closest, in terms of a shared focus on the medicinal ‘boiled sweet’ aspect of orange blossom. But where Rubj piles on the sensuality with a shocking cumin seed note, Anamcara focuses on the weirdness of orange blossom alone. There is also a savory or umami element to Anamcara, possibly from the sandalwood, that reads as more Asian than European.

If I had a criticism, it would be that Anamcara is overdosed (on something) to the point of being oppressive, a monolith of floral muck so densely muscled that it’s hard to make out the shape of any of the tendons or veins. This will be somebody’s idea of floral bliss, no doubt, just not mine. I can’t wear fragrances like this – they wear me down, defying my attempt to parse them out. I do, however, respect the hell out of Pissara Umavijani’s refusal to color inside the lines on this one. Despite the ‘rainbows and unicorns’ vibe of its origin story, Anamcara will push buttons as well as boundaries.

Note: As widely reported, Anamcara translates roughly to ‘soul friend’ in Irish (and Scots Gaelic, which is similar), though ‘soul mate’ is probably closer in modern parlance. As an Irish person (and Irish speaker) myself, I can tell you that the vocative form of ‘cara’ is used very often in day to day speech, i.e., ‘mo chara’ to say ‘yo my fine friend’ and ‘a chara’ to mean Dear Sir/Modom when writing a letter to the Irish Times complaining that last week’s crossword puzzle was wrong or that the banks are running this country into the ground, etc. So it’s funny to see these words appear on a fancy French perfume.

07/05/2022

Plumediris
15 Reviews

Plumediris

1

love birds' dream

Anamcara is an exotic, solar and opulent floral. A wind of fresh air blows in the rainforest, an orange light filters through the canopy : tangy tea pearls fizzle and bring an airy delicacy. A myriad of yellow and white flowers bloom amidst the dense tropical jungle. Their velvety petals are fragrant with honey, chocolaty patchouli and creamy vanilla. Pissara Umavijani created an enchanted forest where friends live happily ever after, where all is calm and beauty. Anamcara is lush, elegant and voluptuous.

03/21/2025

7Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Raluko111
460 Reviews

Raluko111

2

Citrus with incense and white flowers

Anamcara is saved from being a simple banal citrus scent by the note of incense that appears a little silent at first but becomes more and more prevalent. You have to be a big lover of white flowers to like this mixture and indeed, the ingredients used by Dusita are of high quality and you can feel it. Unfortunately, like many other perfumes from this house, the projection and the trail are a bit poor in relation to the price.
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Anamcara este salvat de a fi un simplu banal parfum de citrus prin nota de tamaie care apare un pic tacuta la inceput, dar devine din ce in ce mai predominanta. Trebuie sa fi mare amator de flori albe ca sa iti placa aceast amestec si intradevar, ingredientele folosite de Dusita sunt de mare calitate si se simte. Din pacate, ca multe alte parfumuri de la aceasta casa, proiectia si siajul sunt cam slabe relatate la pret.

09/16/2025

Museumgirl
1 Review

Museumgirl

1

My Favorite Child

No it is not syrup. To me, that would be Dolce Melodia. It is not overly sweet, it is just sweet enough. When I wear it, it feels like I’m stepping into sunshine wearing a peach-osmanthus silk. Yes, it opens with a bright, juicy citrus, but it soon blossoms into a beautiful (modern) white floral bouquet. There is a comforting, sweet and slightly smoky/green tea accord beneath the florals, and some woods, vanilla and patchouli in the base but I enjoy, no love, every second of the journey. To me it feels alive, uplifting and radiant. I wear it when I want my perfume to glow rather than just sit quietly on my skin

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