50ml
50ml
50ml
MARISSA ZAPPAS
DREAM SEQUENCE
Eau De Parfum
Unisex
Sizes
Starting
$175
Description
Dream Sequence by Marissa Zappas is a captivating floral fragrance that evokes the powerful imagery of a lilac tornado, swirling with greenery, earth, and vibrant purple petals under an August sky. It opens with soft lilac and vegetal ambrette, creating a surreal and meditative experience that floats between ethereal and earthy. As it develops, a gentle heart of vanilla and citrusy petitgrain emerges, leading to a dry-down featuring musky neroli and tonka. This scent aims to leave you feeling soporific and in awe, like an ecstatic natural phenomenon, exploring the boundary between the material and the imagined. Perfumer: Marissa Zappas
Scent Profile
Floral
Earthy
Green
Powdery
Fresh
Musky
Vanilla
Notes
Top Notes
Petitgrain
BergamotMiddle Notes
Lilac
Neroli
Ambrette SeedBase Notes
Musk
Tonka Bean
VanillaSoil
About MARISSA ZAPPAS
Marissa Zappas is a perfumer, scent designer, and poet based in New York City, whose ethereal and nostalgic fragrances blend fantasy, reality, the gothic, and the modern, drawing from her anthropology background and admiration for early 20th-century avant-garde perfumes. Her signature Redamance collection, launched in 2022, features olfactive portraits of overlooked historical women like Imperia La Divina, Ching Shih, and Queen Nzinga, using notes that reflect their eras, personalities, and environments to connect past and present through perfumery. What makes her unique is this poetic, anthropological approach, creating personal and collaborative scents that evoke history, death, and sensory transport.
Perfumer
Marissa Zappas
Marissa Zappas is a New York City-based independent perfumer, writer, and poet whose approach merges her anthropology background with admiration for early 20th-century avant-garde perfumes. She trained at Givaudan, starting as a receptionist and apprenticing under master perfumer Olivier Gillotin for two years before freelancing in 2017, and holds an M.A. exploring perfume's history, death attitudes, and cemetery construction. Her ethereal, nostalgic fragrances like Annabel’s Birthday Cake blend fantasy and reality, gothic and modern, often through collaborations with NYC artists and projects like co-founding Gumamina with Courtney Rafuse.
Reviews
Community Insights
Reviewers often describe Dream Sequence as a unique floral experience, highlighting the prominent lilac note alongside earthy and green facets. Many find it to be a fresh and clean scent, while others perceive a "purple," plush, and even slightly beachy quality, making it quite distinctive.
Pros
Unique Floral Profile: Many appreciate the distinct combination of lilac with earthy and green notes, creating a fresh and sometimes "purple" or plush scent.
Warm and Musky Vanilla: Some reviewers enjoy the vanilla aspect, noting it as warm, musky, and sunny, avoiding any boozy undertones.
Versatile Wear: The fragrance is considered suitable for both day and night, as well as casual wear, potentially fitting well in creative environments.
Cons
Synthetic Impression: A few reviewers have noted a synthetic or low-quality oil impression, leading to clashing notes and an overall artificial smell, with floral notes sometimes resembling rubber or even engine oil.
Limited Longevity: Some users have experienced shorter longevity than desired from the fragrance.
Unpleasant Opening: A specific concern was raised about a brief "BO" or "armpit" note in the initial opening, though it reportedly fades quickly.
Comparisons
Reminds reviewers of Iris and Jasmine: Some users initially perceived notes of iris and jasmine before looking at the official note breakdown.
Vibe & Emotions
Dreamy and Meditative: The fragrance is often described as surreal and meditative, evoking feelings of memory, warmth, and dream logic.
Soporific and Awe-Inspiring: The scent can leave wearers feeling soporific and in awe, akin to experiencing a powerful natural phenomenon.
Nostalgic and Ethereal: Consistent with the brand's style, the perfume often evokes an ethereal and deeply nostalgic mood, blending fantasy with reality.
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