Day 31: Parfums de Marly Layton Exclusif

The opening on Layton Exclusif is one of the more unique ones that I have smelled. The first thing that I smell on this opening is a woody note with hints of oud in it. There is also a very nice coffee bean note as it dries down a little. Behind all of this though there is a stange strong very pungent musky or animalistic note that radiates from the background of this fragrance. After the first 15 minutes this all mixes together into a very nice scent profile with the coffee and animalistic notes taking the lead.

Performance on Layton Exclusif was quite good in both longevity and projection. Longevity wise I got 9 hours of total wear time with about 7 hours of that wear being strong. It stuck around fairly well on my clothes as well, actually fading a bit faster than it did off my skin. I would give it an 8/10 for longevity. The first 7 hours had very strong projection, slightly within my arms length. The last two hours saw it fade to more of a skin scent and by the end of that time it has basically vanished from my skin. I would say a 7/10 here.

Layton Exclusif is a very good smelling within itself. The hard part for me is that while it smells good, it doesn’t feel particularly wearable to me and I don’t think I would really reach for this one often if I did at all. I like the musky wood coffee combination that I smell here but there is just something slightly off about the animalistic notes here that just isn’t entirely pleasent and stings my nose slightly. Layton Exclusif just feels like it slightly more into the category of art and experience then wearable fragrance. While I very much enjoyed it for these qualities and it was a fun experience to smell it, I’m going to rate it a 5/10 overall because it doesn’t feel particularly applicable as a wearable fragrance.