Parfums De Marly Valaya Exclusif

Mostly soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry. Underneath that, creamy heady flowers like jasmine and gardenia, rich and full.

It opens on almond, mandarin and bergamot, moves through powdery notes, white flowers and orange blossom, and settles on vanilla, ambroxan and akigalawood.

• almond: sweet marzipan, sometimes with a cherry-like edge
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

It lasts well and carries into a room.

Built from the note listing and the measured performance figures. We have not smelled this one.