Memoire de Daisen-in Ella K Parfums 2019

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7.6 / 10 80 Ratings

A popular perfume by Ella K Parfums for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is floral-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Fresh

Sweet

Woody

Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Nutmeg

Bergamot

Kumquat

Heart Notes

Rosa alba

Musk

Peony

Base Notes

Ambroxan

Maple wood

Perfumer

Sonia Constant

Ratings

Scent

7.680 Ratings

Longevity

7.171 Ratings

Sillage

6.669 Ratings

Bottle

7.463 Ratings

Value for money

5.732 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 05/29/2025.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/03/2024

7
Scent

DogiCoco
621 Reviews

DogiCoco

1

Peony without frills

This is a clean, non-fruity peony, which is new to me and kind of rare in the perfume world. When I think of peony, scents like Chloé EDP or PDM Delina come to my mind. Memoire de Daisen-In is different.

It has a clean vibe, not completely unlike Chloé, but with almost no sweetness. This peony is so fresh that it's bordering on sour and sparkling. Bergamot only emphasizes that effect. As so often, peony is paired with rose here, and I find it difficult to identify where one begins and the other ends. The nutmeg note, which lends a bit of dry, warm spiciness to the opening, is the most surprising note here.
The base on the other hand is a predictable white musk with the fuzzy woodsiness of ambroxan blended in.

There are some Ella K perfumes I love, namely Baiser de Florence, Lettre de Pushkar and Rose de Pushkar. I also liked Pluie sur Ha Long a lot. This one is a bit plain in comparison, to me personally it's not worth the price. But I think it will find its niche with people who really love straightforward, unsweetened florals.

01/08/2025

Ebichuunee
98 Reviews

Ebichuunee

1

Too much roses for me

I’ve been nursing this fragrance for a while, mostly because my sample bottle was defective, making it tricky to test properly. Packaging issues aside, the scent itself is a pretty and elegant floral.

The opening is bright and tangy, thanks to the kumquat’s acidic kick. However, the florals soon take center stage, and to my disappointment, I detect roses rather than peonies. As someone who isn’t fond of rose, I have to admit this fragrance doesn’t align with my personal taste. While beautifully crafted, it’s simply not for me.

04/20/2021

6
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Pollita
252 Reviews

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Pollita

Top Review 36

Would you like something pink?

I'm glad that I always sniff fragrances first without bias. Would I look at the notes before the first test or even the ratings, then I could no longer be objective. Is it the same for you? Everyone likes certain components of a fragrance and others not. And if you see what you can expect, then you are biased. That would definitely be the case with me. That's why I let a fragrance work on me first. I listen to me inside, what I smell and only later is 'spickelt' here.

If I had risked a look at this beautiful rose fragrance by Ella K. before, then it would have scared me first. Why? I'll just say Ambrofix. That sounds evil to me. If you spend a little time with this treasure, then it quickly becomes clear that there is nothing evil here at all. What reads a bit like another, fully synthetic rose, as for example Delina of PdM is one, is actually something quite different.

My first thought was Stella by Stella McCartney. I was 26 years old when I first encountered this fragrance and was deeply in love. The fact that I actually can not stand roses, I was at that time but so not care. But I never owned Stella anyway. Because on a visit to a trade fair in Hanover with my employer at the time, I encountered this rebellious, fresh, slightly green and yet somewhat sexy and sensual rose at almost every stand. Check off. Done. Forgotten I have this beautiful fragrance nevertheless never.

What Mrs. K's rose also reminds me of are the first fragrances of the creaky Julia: Miss Charming and Lady Vengeance. Memoire de Daisen-In moves between Kurkdjian's two JHAG classics for my nose. It's as sweet and endearing as Miss, while also being a bit wicked and sexy like Lady. So if you can't decide between these two, Ella K. now makes it easy.

Of course, none of this is anything new or particularly innovative that the brand is coming up with here. But we have a very nice rose fragrance that knows how to convince despite synthetics. The listed notes I can not sniff so - I smell only rose, peony, musk and maybe a little amber - but this is a perfume with which you, provided you like roses, actually makes no mistake. Whether it's worth the price is something everyone has to decide for themselves. Needless to say, this is not a bargain brand. By the way, in the case of Memoire de Daisen-In, the bottle design also fits as here we have a pink scent unlike Baiser de Florence from the same house that I own. Therefore, do not wonder why I have rated this bottle here better than that of my fragrance.

Dear thanks to Violett for the testing opportunity. A fragrance that I can recommend.

04/02/2021

2
Pricing 2
Bottle 9
Sillage 10
Longevity 5
Scent

Valrahmeh
19 Reviews

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Valrahmeh

Top Review 20

The temple in the bottle

Apparently, Ella K's scents are meant to trigger wanderlust. That's especially nasty in Corona times, because who wouldn't like to sit in Ha Long Bay with an aperitif or listen to the cry of the Kalahari, whatever that is. I was there once, at least in the "miserable half", where it is dry. Nothing screamed there, at most a few grumblers in the tour group for water. And from the smell, I'd guess dust with sand. No idea what Ella K aka Sonia Constant smelled there. Probably nothing, because her publicity people probably came up with this pretentious stuff in front of the screen. But this is all about the memory of Daisen-In, that is, a wonderfully poetic temple near Kyoto. Which smells of delicate roses, that's the idea. If you bought ten bottles of it, you would have the equivalent of a ticket to Kyoto, which would be much more exciting than Ella's expensive rose water. The bottle looks like it came from a drugstore, so even the heavy cap doesn't help. Perfume closures that are reminiscent of Merovingian coffin lids in terms of weight (Heeley, Different Company, etc) should be out by now...
And what's in it? The fragrance is a delicate rose, wearable anywhere, quite fresh, even slightly bitter, which wins me over to the scent. It floats pleasantly in the room, is charming and light-footed. Short of facial tonic. Suitable for summer dresses and suits alike, definitely not for sweatsuits. But Daisen In has nothing to distinguish it from 100 other light rose scents. Of course, it lasts a long time, doesn't change into a rancid floral, or sag on the wearer's skin. No, the rose remains a rose remains a rose. That comes at a price for a fresh, elegant rose water with no unique selling point. Still, you can't go wrong with it, not at a restaurant, not at a dinner party, not at Grandma's 80th birthday party, not at your own wedding or someone else's wedding. You can wear the fragrance at 18 and at 80 - and you can throw it at yourself all you want, it will always remain equally delicate. Maybe that's its secret: a built-in boom reducer. This is a recipe Ella/Sonia could share sometime. It would be a gift to troubled noses that perish from Angel, Samsara, Alien or Amarige

04/04/2019

Marquise27
176 Reviews

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Marquise27

Top Review 14

The Japanese Soft Rose

This beautiful fragrance is Japan for me - very soft and delicate. In this country it is considered impolite to bother one's fellow men with a strong perfume, should also sometimes apply here (this only on the edge). Here we are surrounded by a very fine, fragile and extremely delicate rose which is embedded in the softness of fruity aromas with a finish of a noble wood. I see these incredibly well-groomed and artistic geishas in front of me all day long, hour after hour spending looking good and smelling especially fine that every man is positively paralyzed. This scent holds very well but only very fine scents come scattered throughout the day to float to us. This is what I call elegant, very fine, excellent individual ingredients that together make up my personal land of smiles. This fragrance is really just for this one very special person who shares with me the tender closeness and can interpret my mystical and mysterious smile. The scent is very close to the body, a little naively pure but also with the power of an unhappy love, where pale peach coloured cheeks turn into a cheeky cheeky red when caught. the delicate tea rose awakes and blossoms to a splendid life. it is not a cheap perfume, but it is absolutely worth it.