The Story of Melis

Melis hand-crafted, 100% natural perfume has been created to literally awaken your senses.

The Beautiful Truth of Natural Perfume.

Many commercially available, big brand perfumes are made using synthetic fragrances that allow manufacturers to create memorable, consistent and unusual scents.

The downside is that these perfumes often contain phthalates, parabens and petrochemicals. Given that the chemicals are absorbed directly into our bloodstream, some research suggests these ingredients can have a serious impact on our health, playing havoc with hormone function and even fertility.

When Melissa was pregnant with her first child, she was determined to avoid synthetic body products and medications. Instead, she turned to the beautiful, restorative aromas of nature and ancient practices and thus Melis began to take shape organically.

Melis 100% natural fragrances are derived purely from botanical species you would likely recognise, including rose, jasmine and even the kaffir lime tree.

Like liquid nectar, they’re created from only pure essential oils and botanical ingredients - a gift directly from Mother Nature.

Inspired by Nature.

Natural fragrance can create complex scent profiles that change in depth and character when in contact with skin. Melis natural perfumes meld with your own natural aroma to create a completely bespoke personal fragrance.

Intricate blends of fine, pure botanical extracts, essential oils, resins and absolutes are carefully curated to not only delight the wearer, but also therapeutically soothe the soul and inspire greatness.

Melis has been crafted for those seeking simplicity, beauty and nature’s inherent truth. Our greatest intention is infused into every drop via meditation and *crystals to further inspire connection.

*The vibrational energy properties of crystals (charoite, rose quartz, clear quartz, sodalite, emerald, white selenite and tiger's eye) are infused to elevate the generous energetic properties of the perfumes.

Honouring its Process.

Nature is our inspiration and so care for the environment is paramount to our philosophy. All Melis products are free from artificial fragrances, colours, phthalates, parabens and synthetic ingredients. All of our products are 100% cruelty free. We do not test on animals.

Our highly concentrated perfume oils are blended in a base of certified organic jojoba that is rich in Vitamin E & B and has been domestically and sustainably sourced. We chose a roll-on bottle (not an alcohol-based spray) because we want everything in our perfume to contribute to your wellbeing.

Made with Intent.

Melis was created to inspire a more conscious, natural and connected way of living with ourselves and those around us.

Melis founder, Melissa Italiano has always been cognisant of the power of scent as a bypass for stressful moments in her own busy life and its ability to assist in her journey, via the senses, to live a mindful life in the ‘now’ with more intent.

Honouring this profound impact, Melissa recognised an opportunity to create Melis to help others use scent to take stock, recalibrate and appreciate ‘Melis’ moments. Connecting back to yourself by smelling your favourite scent and mindfully selecting your brain’s memory imprint elevates your personal vibration and wellbeing.

All perfumes are included in Melissa’s personal Mahat meditation* practice, a sacred meditation that connects you to the Melis intention - for you to know and live your own personal truth. We welcome requests for personalised intentions and placements for individual orders.

* Mahat Meditation was founded by Melaney Ryan of the Melaney Ryan Institute of Applied Consciousness. mriac.com.au

‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty
- that is all ye know on earth,
and all ye need to know.’
John Keats

“I think our sense of smell is underutilised. It’s part of our story-telling and how we remember things. It makes sense to use it to provide grounding, focus and clarity.”
Kat Snowden

Meet the Perfumer ~
Kat Snowden

Perfumer, Aromatherapist and Cosmetic Chemist Kat Snowden is the artisanal perfumer of MELIS’ debut 'Olivia' collection. A self-confessed perfectionist with a generous spirit, Kat is a leading light in the field of natural skincare and perfumery. The exhilaration of experimenting with new combinations of scents and learning the intricate details about the way the individual components interact with each other was enough to lure Kat Snowden to embark on a career as a professional perfumer and scent designer.

That pursuit has led her to undertake extensive study both locally and abroad, adding to her existing skills making wholesome, all-natural cruelty-free skincare. Her business, Clean Slate, revolves around creating natural scents and skincare products and teaching others about natural perfume blending techniques.

When Melissa attended one of Kat’s perfumery classes with the intention of developing her own range of scents, Melissa's personal story, appreciation of natural perfumery and the desire to incorporate certain base notes, resonated with Kat and the two organically conspired to collaborate.

Kat is aligned to Melissa's philosophy that scent is a powerful tool for evoking memory and emotion and she hopes MELIS will empower more people to use scent to make better connections with their own personal journey.

The ‘MELIS’ Concept

It was never the intention of founder Melissa Italiano, to name her perfume brand after herself, but after many alternative options were considered, her brand designers proposed the name ‘MELIS’ after both her name and its derivation from Greek language for 'bee' and 'honey'. After initially declining the suggestion, she sat with it and realised how apt it was.

Melissa explains, “Part of my life’s challenge and journey has been to connect with and allow my feminine side to shine. I have conditioned and patterned myself to be a doer, always striving and pushing through life. For a long time my masculine side dominated my existence, largely because of my inability to embrace vulnerability.

MELIS is a much softer and more feminine sounding name than Melissa and so honours this journey. Natural perfume helps us nurture and connect with our femininity.

MELIS is very much a celebration my discovery of different aspects of myself. Energetically, we all have a masculine and feminine side (yin and yang) and these energies need to be balanced and then fuelled in order for us to flow through life and thrive. When one is more dominant than the other it can be more difficult to achieve this flow.”

Goddess of the Bees

It has been said that the mythical Goddess of bees gave her priestesses the name Melissa. It was also the name given to an Ancient Greek/Minoan Goddess of Bees. And so the bespoke Goddess of Bees symbol featuring on the MELIS packaging has become an integral part of the MELIS brand.

Additionally, the inherent characteristics of bees in their hive is a natural display of spiritual practice - they are really what we strive to be as a conscious individual. As a result, they impart their energy to the modern-day Priestess of Bees (beekeeper).

• The entire hive is constantly living in service to the hive or community
• They are highly intuitive
• They’re always working as part of the whole for the good of the whole
• They live in the present
• They are calm
• They are focused
• They are attuned to cosmic forces
• They completely express consciousness and have respect for and maintain natural order

“Working with the bees, the modern day Priestess of bees aka the bee keeper, learns to approach the bees in the same manner using all these same qualities. Beekeepers are respectful, calm, focused and orderly. Over time, most beekeepers develop a sense of devotion, reverence and gratitude for the bees and that energy is transferred from the bees to the beekeeper just like the relationship of the Priestess to the Goddess.”

Excerpt from “Blissing Out with Bees – The Bee Goddess and Her Priestesses” By Kimberly Moore, Founder of Motherhouse of the Goddess.

The Melis hexagon shaped packaging

The hexagon is one of the most powerful geometric shapes in sacred geometry. It is found throughout nature and represents a symbol of harmony and balance. It is one of the principle governing patterns that is dominant in the natural world and it is at the core of mankind.

The hexagon shape is the dominant form in a bee’s hive. The geometry of the hexagon means it uses the least amount of material to hold the most weight which is why the shape is sometimes dubbed the building block of creation.

It was a natural choice for the hexagon to become central to the design of our product packaging.

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