Valaya Parfums de Marly 2023 Eau de Parfum

Valaya (Eau de Parfum) by Parfums de Marly

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7.3 / 10 804 Ratings

A perfume by Parfums de Marly for women, released in 2023. The scent is floral-fresh. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Fresh

Synthetic

Fruity

Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

White peach

Bergamot

Italian mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Nympheal®

Orange blossom

Haitian vetiver

Base Notes

Musk

Ambrofix

Akigalawood® Vanilla

Vanilla

Perfumer

Quentin Bisch

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Ratings

Scent

7.3804 Ratings

Longevity

8.4716 Ratings

Sillage

7.9699 Ratings

Bottle

8.8684 Ratings

Value for money

6.0589 Ratings

Submitted by multiple users, last update on 09/03/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Feminine Signature Collection collection.

Smells similar

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Reviews

34 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/02/2025

3
Pricing 3
Bottle 3
Sillage 6
Longevity 2.5
Scent

Erelley
7 Reviews

Erelley

Helpful Review 2

Clean? Maybe too much.

Honestly I'm not trying to offend anyone with this hot take, but my nose can't stand this cleaning product! Literally reminds me of a toilet that is promised to cause headaches, with screechy lemon/peach notes and alcoholic base that just can't seem to work with my skin chemistry nor wash off with soap! I was promised a clean girl scent based on other favourites I have, but unfortunately the cleaning quality is a bit too intense and synthetic.
(Side note on the bottle: I love vintage looking things, but I find it so tacky when it's paired with this silver, modern cap. Of course this is just a personal preference, like everything is).
All in all, disappointing, and not for me!

05/03/2023

2
Pricing 7
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 9
Scent

Mlleghoul
451 Reviews

Mlleghoul

5

a pastel amazon holding court in a feminist salon

Valaya from Parfumes de Marly is lively and elegant and immediately brings to mind the heroine of a period romance, someone you might describe as beautiful, free-spirited, and headstrong. And she probably doesn’t want to marry or have children or live by society’s standards or conventions, and she may, in fact, get kicked out of finishing school because she punched one young woman in the mouth and kissed another young woman in the same place. She runs away to Europe, holds feminist salons, and becomes both a secret political power and an ungovernable poet of no small renown. She smells of crisp cotton and luxurious linen pantaloons, the dozens of verdant, woody ferns which adorn every square inch of her Parisian apartment, and the delicate, musky nectar of a ripe peach which she is frequently seen biting into, her sharp, small teeth pausing to smile enigmatically between juicy mouthfuls.

10/01/2023

5
Scent

DogiCoco
621 Reviews

DogiCoco

Helpful Review 3

Fleur Narcotique (Lemon hand wipe remix) turned uuuup

Oh dear, this is a loud scent! Valaya is a cousin to Ex Nihilo Fleur Narcotique, and I love Fleur Narcotique with all its synthetic cleanliness, but this one here is just too much for me. I actually tried this for the first time before I even knew Fleur Narcotique, and it made me a bit suspicious of the original.

This starts out quite peppery and sharp, and then quickly takes a turn into citrus territory. It's fizzy like a soda, sweet like peaches and mandarins, but there is also something about it that reminds me of the packaged lemon towelettes you get in Turkish restaurants after eating. Imagine that mixed with sweet fruits and a huge dose of the persistent musk molecules found in many modern niche fragrances, add a wisp of creamy white florals, and you're pretty close to Valaya. I don't hate lemon towelettes, and there are moments where I enjoy Valaya's freshness, but still... this is not something I want in a perfume, especially not amped up to eleven with strong musky fixatives.

Overall this scent feels cold and harsh to me. It's not scratchy on the throat or anything like that, not quite as obnoxious as Erba Pura or Kirke (sorry to the fans, but these are two scents I just can't deal with!). But it gets on my nerves after a while. Most other female releases by PDM are much more elegant and fine-tuned to my nose. Delina for example is not exactly a quiet scent either, but it feels so much rounder and better blended.

And Valaya just won't go away. I sprayed it on my leg wearing shorts and it still managed to be noticeable on my sweater the next day. It gets reactivated in the shower, so you really have to scrub to get it off. Good for those who love the scent, I guess, but I find it obstructive.

03/05/2025

6
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 6
Scent

Elina2150
20 Reviews

Elina2150

Helpful Review 1

Too chemical for me

At first in was in love with Valaya because she is fresh, fruity and full of sunshine. The top notes are what I really liked but as the perfume dries down, she gets very powdery and super chemical and this lasts forever. On clothes you can still smell her after several weeks. So the performance is damn good, unfortunately this is now one of my least favourite perfumes from PDM as I just can’t live with the strong chemical cloud I get from her. Also I haven’t received any compliments when wearing her.

08/11/2023

7
Sillage 8
Longevity 6
Scent

Kurai
388 Reviews

Kurai

4

Nice and fresh

It may have Quentin Bisch' (and Julien Sprecher's) name on it, but this stuff comes straight from the Givaudan factory. All prefab materials ready to be put together. Forget traditional perfumery and artisanal fiddling. This is big corporate at work, conquering the selective markets with maxed out ROI.

The scent profile is highly reminiscent of detergent with a lily-of-the-valley touch. It combines fresh citrus top notes with minimal fruity sweetness and a drop of vanilla to round it up. Utterly artificial, but you know what, who cares? Not every perfume is made for the snobs, the unicorn hunters. Behind this uninspired commercialism lies a scent that actually works. Easy-going, focus group proof and most importantly: plain "nice and fresh”. Nothing wrong with that, once in a while.

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