Parfums de Marly · 2023 · Hamid Merati-Kashani and Ilias Ermenidis

Althaïr

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Parfums de Marly asks $400 for 125 ml
75 ml$290
125 ml$400
200 ml$545

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright bergamot and mandarin over orange blossom, cinnamon and cardamom, melting into bourbon vanilla, smoky guaiac wood and praline.

Parfums de Marly says

You’ll smell bergamot, mandarin, elemi, Orange Blossom, cinnamon, cardamom, Bourbon Vanilla, guaiacwood and praline.

More from Parfums de Marly’s description

It also mentions Vanilla, Bourbon vanilla from Madagascar, Guaiac wood, Ambrox and Musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Althaïr’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, mandarin, elemi, orange blossom, cinnamon, cardamom drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Althaïr, top notes: Bergamot, Mandarin, Elemi

Heartas it settles

Althaïr, heart: Orange blossom, Cinnamon, Cardamom

Dry-downwhat stays

Althaïr, dry-down: Vanilla, Guaiacwood, Praline, Cetalox (ambergris), Musk

What’s inside it

What the label names

4 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals

Herbs & lavender1

3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Liquid BrunFrench Avenue · shares bergamot, elemi, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cinnamon and 6 moreabout $45 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Althaïr’s $400
OutlandsAmouage · shares bergamot, elemi, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cardamom and 3 more$475 for 100 ml
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares bergamot, mandarin, elemi, cardamom and 3 more$66.67 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Althaïr’s $400
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.