Darley Eau de Parfum

Gorgeous ROSE-Mint perfume! Darley is such a darling perfume, surely not only for men.. I found this one the most unisex out of the Marly's. It is warm, herbal, rosey, minty and the dominant cinnamon note reminds me of advent time:) a little early now in august, but winter will come..the overall impression is a heavy oriental, creamy oily spiced up rose! I am very short of falling in love with this scent. Could have been an Amouage..

I must love this genre of fragrance. I own Amouage Reflection Man, JPG Le Male, JPG Le Male Le Parfum, and Creed Original Santal as well as Darley. I agree with some of the comments below - this smells like a combination of Reflection Man/Le Male and Creed Original Santal. Is it original? Nope. Does is it smell great and can you wear it almost all year round as a signature scent? Yes.

There is a lot of love for other PDM scents - typically ones that are a little heavier - Herod, Layton, Pegasus, Oajan, Carlisle, etc. I like all of them, but I find most (outside of Layton) I reserve for Fall/Winter. Darley is a bit more versatile than the other PDMs I have listed. I prefer it over Le Male and Reflection Man and right up there with Original Santal.

under rated. very beautiful beast mode fragrance. not le male carbon copy, more spicier beastly cousin of original santal. its very high end designer like. it will work all year round, go easy on trigger. love the transparent bottle. loving it. its cheaper than other PDMs but quality isnt sacrificed at all.

So, I've tried Darley. My thoughts???

It's definitely a very good, nice, gourmand-ish type fragrance. Starts out on my skin with heavy, powdery lavender. The mint is there and it's ever so incredibly sweetened by the Tonka bean that's right by it. There is some amber, but the Tonka and lavender squeeze it away. The African orange flower is also a major player in the beginning to about the 3rd or 4th hour.

My bottle is from 2020. I get 8+ hours longevity and sillage is huge at the first 3-4 hours, then it softens for the remainder.

This is not to say that I regret my purchase at $154.00. I don't. This is a special time fragrance for me that makes me feel good. So, I don't need to use it that often because I always feel good most of the time.

But, this is a special fragrance in my collection.

Layton, Herod, Sedley, Carlisle, etc, get all the attention, and it is well deserved. But when you get into PDM, you find this criminally underrated scent. Similar to how PDM took Abercombie and Fitch's Fierce....made it higher quality and longer lasting...then called it Percival, I can see the similarities here with Le Male and Darley. Great year around (except may be winter) fresh minty scent, that can be a very unique signature scent if you have the money. Performance is very solid, not quite Layton or Herod, but solid performance.