Parfums de Marly
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Lychee syrup meets the tannic snap of rhubarb stalks, creating a tart-sweet tension that's immediately arresting. Bergamot adds citric brightness whilst black currant deepens the fruit into something almost vinous, and that peculiar nutmeg heat starts to build at the edges, signalling this won't be a simple fruity-floral affair.
The Turkish rose blooms in full Technicolor, plush and slightly jammy, whilst peony adds a peppery freshness that keeps things from going cloying. Musk and Petalia create a soft-focus effect around the rose, like looking at flowers through frosted glass, and vanilla begins its slow creep into the composition—sweet but not saccharine, more like rose-scented skin than dessert.
Cashmeran's woody-musky blur dominates, wrapping the remaining whisper of rose in something cosy and indefinably soft. Incense smoke curls through the base, never overwhelming but adding a meditative quality, whilst caramel and cedar create a sweetly resinous finale that clings close to the skin like expensive body oil.
Delina is Quentin Bisch's study in contradictions—a rose fragrance that refuses to be merely pretty. The opening salvo of lychee and rhubarb creates an almost tart freshness that stops you expecting another sweet floral; there's a vegetal greenness to the rhubarb that cuts through the tropical fruit, whilst nutmeg adds an unexpected prickle of spice. This isn't a demure rose. The Turkish rose at its heart is full-blooded and opulent, but Bisch cleverly tempers its richness with Petalia (that sheer, translucent magnolia molecule) and a hefty dose of musk that lends an intimate, skin-like quality. The vanilla and caramel never veer into gourmand territory—instead, they meld with cashmeran's woody-musky haze to create something more akin to rose petals pressed between the pages of a sandalwood box. The incense whispers rather than shouts, adding just enough resinous depth to anchor the sweetness. This is for women who've grown tired of safe florals, who want their rose with edges and interesting angles. It's the scent of confidence without ostentation—worn by someone who knows exactly how good they look in that perfectly cut blazer, but couldn't care less about approval. Wear it when you want attention without asking for it, when you need armour that smells like silk.
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