Parfums de Marly
Parfums de Marly
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Heliotrope dominates immediately with its powdery, almost plasticky sweetness, whilst cumin adds an unexpected warmth that borders on skin-like. The bergamot barely registers beyond a citric shimmer, serving mainly to lift that heavy almond-cherry accord that heliotrope naturally conjures.
The jasmine emerges gradually, its indolic quality adding depth to the sweeter elements whilst bitter orange provides crucial astringency. The almond transforms from extract-sharp to marzipan-soft, wrapped in vanilla that's beginning its slow takeover, though the composition still maintains enough spice to feel dynamic rather than soporific.
Pure comfort—sandalwood and vanilla merge into a buttery, amber-dusted skin scent that's predominantly sweet yet somehow sophisticated. The powder accord intensifies as the fragrance settles, leaving a warm, almost edible trail that clings tenaciously to fabric and skin, sweet without being cloying, woody enough to maintain structure.
Pegasus is an exercise in controlled indulgence, a fragrance that wraps bitter almond and heliotrope in enough vanilla and amber to make it dangerously wearable. The opening is deceptive—that heliotrope brings a cherry-tinged marzipan quality that mingles with cumin's savoury warmth, creating an almond accord that's simultaneously gourmand and unsettling. It's not the polite almond of frangipane tarts; there's something more volatile here, a hint of extract and bitter skin. As jasmine weaves through the heart, it softens the edges without neutering them, whilst bitter orange cuts through the sweetness just enough to prevent the composition from collapsing into pure confection. The sandalwood base is buttery rather than austere, melding seamlessly with vanilla that's been tempered by amber's resinous depth, creating that powder-soft finish that hovers somewhere between a luxury shaving soap and an expensive patisserie. This is the scent of a man who's realised he can wear sweetness without apology, who understands that almond and vanilla don't have to signal weakness when they're bolted to a chassis of warm spice and wood. It's evening wear that could sneak into afternoon meetings, a fragrance with exceptional tenacity that announces itself without shouting. Those stellar longevity and sillage figures aren't marketing speak—Pegasus genuinely projects for hours before settling into that skin-close sweetness that makes people lean in.
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