Parfums de Marly · 2023 · Quentin Bisch

Valaya

VersionEau de Parfum

Parfums de Marly says

You’ll smell bergamot, mandarin, White Peach, Orange Blossom, White Flowers, White Musks, Akigalawood, vanilla and vetiver.

More from Parfums de Marly’s description

It also mentions musky base, Orange Flower, Nympheal, Ambrofix and Musk.

The house’s page

The drawn Valaya bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Valaya’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, mandarin, peach, orange blossom, white musks, akigalawood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Valaya, top notes: Bergamot, Mandarin, peach, Sweet orange

Heartthe first hours

Valaya, heart: Orange blossom

Dry-downhours later

Valaya, dry-down: White Musks, Akigalawood, Vanilla, Vetiver, Nympheal, Ambrofix, Iso E Super

On the label

What’s inside it

10 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

4 citrus3 herbs & lavender1 florals1 woods1 sweet

Citrus4

Bergamot oilLimoneneBitter orange oilCitral

Herbs & lavender3

Linalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals1

Geranyl acetate

Woods1

Iso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet1

Vanillin (vanilla)

Not in Ingredients yet4

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetAlpha-terpinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

Named by Parfums de Marly, never on a label

MandarinWhite Peach, not in Ingredients yetOrange BlossomWhite Musks, not in Ingredients yetAkigalawood (agarwood oud)VanillaVetiverOrange FlowerNympheal (lily of the valley)Ambrofix (ambergris)

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 10 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.