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06/08/2021
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Landshark321
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Nice fresh woody citrus oud, year-round men's niche signature-type scent
Parfums de Marly Shagya is an earlier release from this French house of many hits this past decade, though there are still some older offerings in its catalogue that I’ve never tried. Shagya smells like a woody oud with a slightly heady citrus/floral/spicy mix that gives it some attitude, versatility, and freshness. The standout notes are lime, pink pepper, oud, geranium, vetiver, and cedar. The oud and vetiver aren’t particularly dirty, instead of forming the bassier part of the sharpness throughout, achieved on the higher/brighter end by the geranium, especially. It feels constructed like a men’s signature scent, perhaps a bit more for the colder weather than warm.
I quite like Shagya as a more year-round-friendly alternative to the also-under-discussed Nisean, a darker mix featuring patchouli and oud, but Shagya falls slightly short of Nisean’s richness/boldness, though this makes sense, given that Shagya is surely the more agreeable of the two.
Shagya performs very well, perhaps not as well as the stronger PDMs (Herod, Nisean, etc.). Currently the best price I see for it on the market is $170 for the larger 125ml size on FragranceX, generally about half of the retail pricing of most PDM perfumes.
7 out of 10
I quite like Shagya as a more year-round-friendly alternative to the also-under-discussed Nisean, a darker mix featuring patchouli and oud, but Shagya falls slightly short of Nisean’s richness/boldness, though this makes sense, given that Shagya is surely the more agreeable of the two.
Shagya performs very well, perhaps not as well as the stronger PDMs (Herod, Nisean, etc.). Currently the best price I see for it on the market is $170 for the larger 125ml size on FragranceX, generally about half of the retail pricing of most PDM perfumes.
7 out of 10
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