Parfums de Marly Decants and Samples

Parfums de Marly wears its opulence like a court gown. This is perfume built for entrances, plush and rounded and unmistakably rich, the kind of scent that fills a room before you do and lingers in the doorway long after you have left. There is a glossy, well fed quality to the house, a sense of fruit polished to a shine and florals set against warm resins. It rewards sampling precisely because it is so generous. A little goes a long way, and the character of each bottle reveals itself over hours, not seconds, which is exactly why you want to live with a decant before you commit to the full flacon.

Every Parfums de Marly decant here is poured from a bottle we bought at full retail from the house, never the grey market. We fill to order with lab grade Socorex syringes, offered in the real decant sizes on the shelf (commonly 1ml, 2ml, 5ml and 10ml), each one measured and sealed the day it ships. It is the honest way to try before committing to a full bottle, and it means what reaches you is exactly what the house intended.

The Parfums de Marly range

• Delina Exclusif. A radiant rose dressed to the nines, opening bright and juicy with litchi, pear and pink pepper before turning deep and smoky over turkish rose, oud and incense. Romantic, enveloping, built for evenings that matter. From $15.
• Valaya. A soft, luminous white floral that shimmers on aldehydes and ripe white peach, then cools into a watery heart of orange blossom and lily of the valley. Clean, airy and quietly luxurious, easy to reach for by day. From $19.

How to start

Start with a 2ml of whichever pull draws you in, and wear it across a full day to see how it settles on your skin. If you cannot choose, take both at the smaller size and build a little set. When one becomes the bottle you keep reaching for, size up to a 5ml or 10ml, and only then think about the full flacon.

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