Parfums de Marly · 2018

Percival

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

Bergamot, mandarin and pink pepper over lavender, iris and cardamom, drying to fir balsam, tonka, ambergris-like woods and musk.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Percival’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, mandarin, pink pepper, lavender, iris, cardamom drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Percival, top notes: Bergamot, Mandarin, Pink pepper

Heartas it settles

Percival, heart: Lavender, Iris, Cardamom, Citronellol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Percival, dry-down: Fir balsam, Tonka (coumarin), Cetalox (ambergris), White musks

What’s inside it

What the label names

9 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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet3 spices

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

LibreYSL · shares bergamot, mandarin, lavender, tonka and 1 more$190 for 90 ml
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares pink pepper, lavender, orris, cardamom and 1 more$550 for 100 ml
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares bergamot, mandarin, pink pepper, lavender and 1 more$66.67 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Percival’s $400
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.