Layton eau de parfum parfums de marly

Simply put, this is an addictive spiced vanilla. It smells absolutely fantastic. Compliment god. Every time you pass by your fragrance collection, you'll pull the cap, smell the atomizer, and whisper: "Damn."

Layton smells like Cleopatra held an orgy at a barber shop in which an apple pie was being baked. I don't care whether I'll get to eat it or ***** it, I just want in on the party. And who wouldn't?

My first review/comment on this site..

Relatively new to this game and have just started building a small collection of different male scents.. mostly designer ones..

Came across PDM Layton on a YouTube “top 10” best review a week or so ago (can’t even remember which review it was) and so I got a decant from a reputable online seller. It turned up in the mail 3 days ago. From the first spray I was totally in awe of this fragrance. It is something really special. I’m not gonna bother discussing the actual notes etc.. it’s all been said here already.

Bit of background Before I go on.. In my line of work I’m half office/half site based. Climate where I live is sub tropics and we’re coming into summer. It gets hot and humid.

Today was the first day I actually put it on in the morning before work and put 2 sprays on either arm and one on the neck/shirt collar area.

Today was 27 degrees C and humidity around 88%. Yes, I ignored the reviews stating this wasn’t a scent for high temps/heat. Off I went In my air conditioned work vehicle to the Air conditioned office really pleased with the beautiful scent that was lingering around me. It wasn’t over the top strong/loud by any means..

After a couple of hours in the office I had to go out and do a site inspection so jumped in the work vehicle and off I went. once I got to site i got out of the vehicle and undertook my inspection which took half an hour walking around in the heat. Got back in the vehicle and drove back to the office. Half way back to the office I turned the aircon in the vehicle off cause it was getting cold and then once I parked I had to walk a few hundred metres to my office buidling entrance basically in the hottest part of the day..

Let me just say WOW... I can’t believe what the heat did to the three decent sprays of this juice that I put on 4 hours before.. It went from being something that I could sense was lingering around me to something that I could taste in the back of my throat and was LOUD..

Seriously it just exploded off me.. I sat down at my desk and about 5 minutes later one of my work colleagues (who was there in the morning before I left to go out to site) who sits about 5 metres from me on the other side of a partitioned desk stood up and said “what is that unbelievable smell in the air”..

Although I’m pretty certain she didn’t find it offensive, after all the beautiful smell was still a beautiful smell just bloody well stronger, I was shocked that something I’d sprayed on at around 6am in the morning and hadn’t really seemed very strong had morphed into this after adding the heat of the day and heat from my body from walking in a humid heat at around 11am. Does this happen to others here?, is this normal?

Lesson learned I guess.. and at the time I was more than a little worried that I’d subject those around me to something overpowering and potentially offend them.

I got home from work around 4pm and it had faded back down to being much less obtrusive but I was still getting some nice wafts of it (mainly off the collar of my work shirt that I was still wearing) nearly 10 hours after application..

This juice is an absolute powerhouse on my skin and I as stated I absolutely love the smell of it but I just don’t know how I can wear it again.. even in winter here where I live it doesn’t get cold.. most winters days are 25 degrees C, sun out cloud free..

Edit:

I wore Layton again on Friday and only went two sprays.. it’s was a milder day and whilst I could definitely sense a cloud around me it never got out of hand anywhere near what it did the day before.

So.. I pulled the trigger on a full bottle.. dear as poison but worth it. I figure I’ve got plenty of other good juices to wear on hot days so I’ll use the Layton selectively according to weather forecasts and whether or not I know if I’m going to be in or out of the office etc that day..

It’s far too great a scent to not try and make it work!..

My signature scent. Elitists will point out it is a niche fragrance with designer notes... as if this is a bad thing... to me it is the best of both worlds. Layton possesses the "style" of a designer fragrance with the ingredient "substance" of a niche fragrance. Compliments abound, appeals to most ladies; Layton is a fruity/vanilla symphony with a balance provided by lavender, cardamom and sandalwood. This fragrance is... FUN! Highly recommend to all but the snobbiest elitist.

Let’s forget about both niche and designer categories for a second. We throw the word generic around much too often. Bleu De Chanel was extremely disliked by fragcom when it first released because it was too “generic.” They said it was generic and dated yet 8 years later it inspired many top sellers. Is something truly generic? Or is it just a phrase too over used in fragcom?

Layton is in my opinion a brand new take into a masculine sweet fragrance. A borderline gourmand but with a fresh bite. A rich apple note with warm cinnamon with vanilla that’s aggressive, yet inviting. The opening does come off a bit like other openings of designer realms such as bergamot based openings but the scent is far from over. 15 minutes after you’ll start to detect the warm cinnamon and creamy sandalwood. I smell some rose in this somewhere in the heart, but not at all off putting. The apple in Layton is with the fragrance basically throughout the life of it. This is an amazing scent.

The snobs will tell you this is generic and not even niche. But ask yourself this, when have you ever smelled something like Layton out there? There are other offerings from the house that indeed smell similar to designer fragrances. You can say Eros, ultra male, boss bottled, but none of those even come close to this creation. Do not pay attention to the niche snobs, you will smell like nobody in everyday life with this. Well done Parfums de Marly, you’ve done what most niche houses are afraid to do. And that’s make a crowd pleasing niche fragrance. Exclusif to my nose is wonderful but I prefer the sweetness of the original. If you’re into a woody or darker fragrance choose exclusif.

I get 9+ hours on my skin with 5 hours of projection and a very nice complement getter