Parfums de Marly Althaïr Eau de Parfum 125ml

Parfums de Marly Althaïr — A Modern Tribute to French Haute Parfumerie

Created collaboratively by Julien Sprecher, Hamid Merati-Kashani, and Ilias Ermenidis, Althaïr by Parfums de Marly is a bold, opulent, and deeply sophisticated Oriental Woody fragrance for men — a modern tribute to French haute parfumerie and the woody-vanilla-amber fragrance family, built around some of the most exceptional, most precisely sourced raw materials in contemporary luxury perfumery. Named for Altair — the brightest star in the constellation Aquila and one of the brightest stars in the night sky — this is a fragrance of extraordinary luminosity, warmth, and commanding presence.

The fragrance opens with a magnificent, multi-faceted accord of orange blossom absolute — the most concentrated and most intensely fragrant form of orange blossom extraction, rich with honeyed, narcotic floral depth — luminous bergamot from Italy, warming cinnamon from Ceylon — the finest, most delicate cinnamon in the world, lighter and more complex than Cassia cinnamon, with a warm, slightly sweet, almost floral spice character — and exotic cardamom from Guatemala — one of the world’s premier cardamom-producing regions, prized for its clean, intensely aromatic, eucalyptus-tinged character — creating an opening of extraordinary warmth, spice, and luminous floral complexity. The heart is where Althaïr reveals its most magnificent, most defining character: rich, creamy Bourbon vanilla from Madagascar — the most prized vanilla in the world, cultivated on the island of Madagascar, with a full-bodied, rum-like depth and extraordinary natural complexity far beyond ordinary vanilla — alongside elemi from the Philippines — a rare, resinous gum of fresh, citrusy-spicy, slightly pine-like character, prized in perfumery for its ability to add luminous, resinous lift to the deepest, warmest compositions — creating a heart of extraordinary richness, warmth, and quietly opulent depth. The dry-down anchors everything in a clean, skin-like base of Ambrox — the synthetic ambergris molecule of extraordinary warmth, transparency, and skin-fusing sillage, one of the most prized fixatives in modern luxury perfumery — guaiac wood praline — the resinous wood of the guaiacum tree given a warm, slightly sweet praline character of remarkable depth — and soft musk, creating a base of extraordinary warmth, longevity, and effortless, magnetic presence.

• Top Notes: Orange Blossom Absolute, Italian Bergamot, Ceylon Cinnamon, Guatemalan Cardamom
• Heart Notes: Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla, Philippine Elemi
• Base Notes: Ambrox, Guaiac Wood Praline, Musk
• Perfumers: Julien Sprecher, Hamid Merati-Kashani & Ilias Ermenidis
• Fragrance Family: Oriental Woody
• Concentration: Eau de Parfum
• House: Parfums de Marly
• Size: 125ml
• Gender: Men