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Détour Noir Al Haramain

Ranked 60 in Unisex Perfume

8.1 / 10 2363 Ratings

A popular perfume by Al Haramain for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is sweet-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Spicy

Fruity

Woody

Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Apple

Lavender

Jasmine

Violet

Heart Notes

Vanilla

Bergamot

Patchouli

Mandarin orange

Base Notes

Cardamom

Gaiac wood

Geranium

Sandalwood Pepper

Pepper

Ratings

Scent

8.12363 Ratings

Longevity

7.92281 Ratings

Sillage

7.62278 Ratings

Bottle

3.32278 Ratings

Value for money

9.22233 Ratings

Submitted by Darkbeat, last update on 11/19/2025.

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What the fragrance is similar to

Layton

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Détour Noir Exclusif

Reviews

151 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/15/2021

10Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Kostis60
2 Reviews

Kostis60

Very helpful Review 4

PDM Layton 1:1

Very close to PDM Layton.
Longevity is over 8 hours. The first 4 hours it projects heavy and then it gets closer to the skin , but still holds really good.
On clothes it can easily last all day and more.

02/18/2022

9.5Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

MrHonest
118 Reviews

MrHonest

Helpful Review 5

The Apple of my Eye

Summarized in one sentence - the best clone of PdM's LAYTON that I have ever experienced. No question that the current notes above are incorrect because it has NOTHING to do with Pegasus - not even a hint. Purchased a tester and from I can tell, it's part of the new white-boxed batches with the lighter coloured juice. Don't care. It's still mag-effing-nificent.

Terrible shame that it's so difficult to find nowadays, but despite the rising prices, I'd legit pay double for what it was originally going for, it's that good. Up close, there's an unmistakable chemical harshness in the opening from what I can tell is a geranium/minty accord. Otherwise, it's a piercing blast of warm, stewed apple with a thin glaze of caramel. Combined with that uplifting mintiness in the background, it's one of the best renditions of apple pie or strudel I've ever smelled - FAR moreso than Hugo Boss #6, which is actually a woody VANILLA fragrance with some bright, synthetic fruitiness up top.

After about 15 minutes, the sillage is basically identical to Layton. And it keeps on kickin' and kickin' for a solid 8 hours plus. Plenty of projection to go around. Careful when smelling it up close though. After a good 24 hours of sitting on paper, I went in for a sniff and that chemical harshness nearly made me recoil. Bit gross actually. Wasn't projecting as much, but the difference in quality was significant. Nevertheless, the performance and sillage are EASILY worth the compromise. On clothing, I could even pick up subtle whiffs of Carlisle over the next couple of days. Would've bought a couple of backups if the stock hadn't run out so quickly.

As far as the bottle goes....yeah it sucks. The label was half rubbed off when I got it and there's no batch code or sticker on the bottom. It'll stand up just fine, but the cap is awfully cheap and you have to point the atomizer to the side instead of the front in order to get a good grip on it (the side in which the cap 'points' for a right-hander). Tip - when replacing the cap, point it on a slight diagonal until it goes all the way down and then turn it flush. Yeah, finicky - plastic - cheap - still don't care. Phenomenal apple pastry fragrance. Definitely could use a bit of refinement to get that hint of minty chemical weirdness out of there; but other than that, a near perfect copy. As fat Tony's associate would say, "Supuyb!"

02/22/2023

8.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

PedroCabral
147 Reviews

PedroCabral

Helpful Review 4

The closest relative

It starts with an explosion of almond, then the wonderful vanilla comes in (reminiscent of PDM Layton) that continues screaming and strongly projecting this almond/vanilla aroma. Then something kind of woody comes in, I think it's cedar or sandalwood.

It continues to exhale this velvety mixture of almond with the creaminess of vanilla. During its transformation, I felt something floral in the middle, but quite faint.

Excellent scent for autumn days and I would even say on spring nights, because the vanilla doesn't get that sweet thing that gets sick easily.

It has a great similarity with PDM Layton, I would even venture to say that it is the best low-cost option as an alternative. Of course, in PDM the notes have a much higher quality and an absurd fixation, but believe me that Al Haramain did an excellent job of approximation.

It may seem synthetic (for the price and natural as it is), but I didn't find it that synthetic, the notes work in such great harmony!

01/15/2022

7Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Experter
4 Reviews

Experter

Less helpful Review 4

Clone of PDM Pegasus not a clone of PDM Layton according to note breakdown!

According to note breakdown of Detour Noir here it indicates that it is a clone of PDM Pegasus and not for PDM Layton.
I've searched online and according to Notino and other websites the notes of Detour Noir are as following:
Top notes: Bergamot, Green Apple, Lavender, Pepper, Tangerine
Middle notes: Cardamom, Geranium, Jasmine, Violet
Base notes: Guaiac Wood, Musk, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Vanilla
If this is the case then it would be a clone of Layton otherwise it is a clone of Pegasus.
When I read several reviews on Parfumo, Fragrantica in addition to 2 reviews on YouTube and elsewhere and compared the reviews for Pegasus I see that there is a misleading in information from reviews of 90% of the reviewers. Everyone is giving his review according to other reviewers opinions, who never smelt neither PDM Layton nor Pegasus.
So please, this information of Detour Noir needs to be reviewed and corrected.
Also reviewers should give their review according to their real experience not the experience of others, because the informations given of 90% of the reviewers are misleading and ending up buying a perfume that does not match ones expectations.
For me this is an opt out as it has a strong cardamon sillage out of all other notes.

01/11/2022

9Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Amazon1975
6 Reviews

Amazon1975

Helpful Review 2

Laytonish

Its a pdm Layton clone which I have tried and yes it's very very similar maybe 90-95 percent close. Notes suggest Pegasus but it definitely is not. As for the bottle it is solid but the spray is awful and very spitty and the cap is absolutely horrific as it is incredibly tight and the whole neck of the bottle threatening to come off but that is a small thing for such a very good fragrance. Perfectly unisex. Bought from the Al haramain UK website. If you can get it for a good price I think it's a very nice pick up for the money.

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