Masculine Signature Collection

Althaïr Parfums de Marly 2023

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Ranked 13 in Men's Perfume

8.4 / 10 3761 Ratings

A popular perfume by Parfums de Marly for men, released in 2023. The scent is sweet-gourmand. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Gourmand

Creamy

Spicy

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cinnamon

Orange blossom

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Bourbon vanilla

Elemi resin

Base Notes

Praliné

Ambrox

Gaiac wood Musk

Musk

Perfumers

Hamid Merati-Kashani, Ilias Ermenidis

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Ratings

Scent

8.43761 Ratings

Longevity

8.33525 Ratings

Sillage

8.13509 Ratings

Bottle

8.03413 Ratings

Value for money

6.93268 Ratings

Submitted by Spl3xx, last update on 07/06/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Masculine Signature Collection" collection.

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Reviews

30 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/22/2025

9
Pricing 9
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Hamudi
19 Reviews

Hamudi

Top Review 21

Althaïr Parfums de Marly für Männer

PDM Althair neueste Veröffentlichung, die im August/September 2024 weltweit erwartet wird. Ich habe es aus einer Flasche vor der Veröffentlichung getestet. Erstaunlicher Duft und ich liebe ihn. Beast mode performance. Es ist eine Mischung aus Kalan und Pegasus mit etwas cremigem Vanila und Oud mit einem Hauch von Gewürzen - das ist es, was ich davon habe. Es ist super glatt mit pdm dna. Ich gebe diesem Duft eine 9/10 und wird meine Nummer 1 unter den pdm Düften sein.

Die Leute haben Rezensionen geschrieben und ihn bewertet, ohne ihn überhaupt zu testen, das ist einfach schlecht für die Duftliebhaber. Traurig

09/03/2023

8
Pricing 8
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Omnipotato
260 Reviews

Omnipotato

Very helpful Review 5

Warm and comforting vanilla

Althaïr by Parfums de Marly is a soft, comforting fragrance. Vanilla, of course, is the main star here but the other player is a woods and musk accord that is reminiscent of fresh laundry.

Opening with a good amount of citrus in the form of bergamot, Althaïr gives me a bit of Ani Extrait de Parfum vibes when it is first sprayed. Citrus, some spices and florals to round it out, with the vanilla in the background. However, that’s where the similarities end with the Nishane fragrance. While Ani heads deeper into the gourmand space, Althaïr introduces the aforementioned woods and musk accord, listed as guaiac wood, musk, and ambroxan in the note pyramid. I am reminded of Creed Original Santal or Montblanc Individuel Eau de Toilette but without the eponymous sandalwood. Instead the creaminess is provided by vanilla and the floral notes, listed as orange blossom. The vanilla itself is described as "bourbon" vanilla and it does give some boozy or tobacco tones. Although vanilla is the main note, I wouldn't really describe this as a gourmand fragrance per se. For me, the cinnamon and praline are not that prominent, and the scent profile is better described as woody and sweet.

It is a powerful fragrance. Projects well over 5-6 hours and lasts all day on the skin. Overall, really happy with my blind buy! It seems I’m enjoying all of Hamid Merati-Kashani’s creations of late. I even got a sample of Pegasus Exclusif with this purchase that is definitely full bottle worthy!

06/02/2025

8
Scent

Jesskins
2 Reviews

Jesskins

4

Althair is a unisex fragrance, not a men's fragrance.

https://parfums-de-marly.com/collections/to-share

Eight of Parfums De Marley's men's fragrances are officially recognized as unisex fragrances by the brand. Six (Herod, Pegasus, Kalan, Oajan, Carlisle) are also properly classified as unisex in Parfumo, but only Althair and Perseus continue to be incorrectly classified as men's fragrances.

Requests for correcting legitimate information are being rejected due to the strange stubbornness of certain management. As you all know, Parfumo's information is unreliable and full of errors. Information on released fragrances must always be followed from the 'official website'.

02/13/2025

6
Scent

celeblas
119 Reviews

celeblas

3

Best of the Worst of the Top 50

For context: There isn't a single fragrance in the top 50 "men's" list on this site that I can even tolerate, let alone enjoy. I dislike them all, except this one.

On first spray I get an opening that reminds me of the medicinal herbals of Brecourt's Mauvais Garcon with the same fresh aromatic opening and underlying depth of spice, amber, and vanilla. On the one hand cozy, on the other hand clinical. This provides a composition that allows you to experience both warmth and cleanliness at once. The contrasting nature of the layers only appears when sprayed for me, and it opens into this clearly intended juxtaposition of the two.

This is the kind of fragrance where I don't mind a few powdery notes, a note I usually dislike because it smells like baby wipes or powder to me personally - but when it's in a composition like this it becomes a binding agent bringing together the herbal and sugary notes of a fragrance. I don't think it's especially unique and it has the same profile as a lot of others, it's a safe scent that doesn't stand out. It's acceptable, nice even, and though not interesting to me I don't dislike it - which is saying something for one of the top 50 in men's perfumes.

09/24/2023

3
Pricing 6
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 3.5
Scent

NicheOnly
84 Reviews

NicheOnly

5

Freshly laundered vanilla ice cream

Safe to say this year there has not been anything as overhyped as Althaïr and TLDR: the underlying product does not justify as much as an ounce of this hype.

The red lights are glaring into your nose as soon as you spray it on. Prominent synthetic tones, the first accords I get are sweet & white floral. But perhaps more importantly, I instantly notice that it's not a masculine fragrance. As the scent dries, those that have experience with Marly's women's catalogue might even find this scent to be leaning feminine.

The notes in terms of their blending & quality remind me of 2 fragrances: Silky Woods and Vanille Leather. The new BDK, ignoring the misleading name, actually smells white floral & dark woody with shreds of vanilla; while the Goldfield & Banks scent that came out in 2021 smells like an intense vanilla with some white floral tones and woody undertones.

I cannot figure out what everyone is smelling to justify this 8.7/10 rating across nearly 400 individual reviews. The core scent is of vanilla ice cream & orange blossom with mild praline, or alternatively, vanilla ice cream & laundry detergent. Blend quality is not great - this could easily be a designer scent and you wouldn't know. Sillage is good at around 7/10 with the longevity appearing to land in the 10-12 hour range based on a handful of wears.

At the end of the year, Althaïr and Lovers will be competing for biggest PR bottle darling within the YT/IG fragrance community with both products being complete jokes.

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