Athalia Parfums de Marly perfume

My favourite fragrance from the house; so underrated.

I love love love my irises underpinned by animalic musks. Athalia is exactly that recipe, well blended then left to macerate in the freezer, and at the end, thawed out with just the right amount of orange blossom.

As a Woman of a Certain Age, when I am at the table as a one-woman gang, faced up against negotiators, the only back up I need is Athalia. Three sprays and game on.

My current top three 'for women' from the Parfums de Marly house are:
1. Delina (original)
2. Athalia
3. Safanad

Athalia. She took me by surprise.

I have a lot of trouble enjoying 'formal wear' fragrances. It's me, not them.
Whenever I get my nose on a black tie hyped up frag I usually find myself thinking 'meh' and swiftly moving on. I also feel like I don't personally resonate with formal fragrances very much ... because I don't really have many formal events I attend? And I don't see myself as a 'seriously sophisticated' kind of woman.
So for years I was having trouble finding a perfume that made me want to put my big girl pants on.

Until I smelt Athalia for the first time and lost my inelegant ****ing mind.

Powdery but powerful, there's something about her that draws you in and once I was there, I was hers.
She's floral, but not a floral scent per say. On me she lofts an inch above my skin demurely sweet and slightly balsamic. There's something airy and light about her sensuality but also deep, smooth and silky.
During my first impression wearing her I felt a vulnerable strength that I resonated with.

Unlike Delina and Safanad, this perfume gave my nose a story. A story that I could picture myself confidently yet comfortably featuring in.

She's a sleek black dress with a daringly-low draped back. Classy, slinky and kinda kinky.

(Side Note: These perfumes DO NOT SMELL the same. It's more about the feeling, and again, the story they tell - but Dior Addict EDP (the original formula, not the updated) gives the same kind of classy sensual vibe. Dior Addict is much sweeter, way more in your face rich and seductive and leans more tonka-floral than powdery-iris. But these two girls have been invited to the same club, possibly in black silk blindfolds.)

Hello i tried this perfume recently and i bought it immediately,it is the most sensual and sexy perfume i have ever smelled!!

i love it i get compliment each time i wear it and people ask me where i bought it and what it is.

i love the mix of amber and Iris delicately mixed the lasting is above average and projection is very good.

Ugh I love this. I was hoping I wouldn’t fall head over heels for any PdM scents, but here we are.

Athalia is sexy as hell. And by sexy, I mean that I could imagine Jessica Lange wearing this. It’s “mature”, but that’s what I personally love and look for. I might be in my 20s, but I want to smell like a rich aunt who may or may not have killed her ex husband.

Iris, orange blossom, musk, amber. Some might call it every grandmother’s dream, but it’s also mine. If you love powdery perfumes, this is definitely one worth trying - especially if you enjoy M. Micallef's Royal Muska. The listed notes are simple, and exactly what I personally detect. They all come together perfectly to create a scent that is classic, but never boring.

The sillage is good (this is not the kind of perfume you want to be choking other people with), but I do wish the longevity was a bit better - it’s nowhere near as bad as is the case with Meliora though.

In the Marly family, Delina is the innocent young girl - she's pretty, polite, but also a bit unremarkable. Athalia is the elegant aunt who rarely shows up for family gatherings, but when she does, she’s wearing heels and a custom fitted dress, all black. You don’t know much about her personal life, you just know it’s been lived to the fullest.