Parfums de Marly · 2026

Althaïr Exclusif

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor men

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Sweet amaretto, saffron and bergamot over cinnamon, cardamom and orange blossom, ending in heavy Bourbon vanilla with praline and woods.

The drawn Althaïr Exclusif bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Althaïr Exclusif’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, almond, saffron, cinnamon, orange blossom, cardamom drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Althaïr Exclusif, top notes: Bergamot, Almond, Saffron

Heartas it settles

Althaïr Exclusif, heart: Cinnamon, Orange blossom, Cardamom, Praline

Dry-downwhat stays

Althaïr Exclusif, dry-down: Vanilla (vanillin), Guaiacwood, Cetalox (ambergris), Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

19 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

5 citrus4 herbs & lavender3 florals1 woods3 sweet2 spices1 powder

2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Liquid BrunFrench Avenue · shares bergamot, cinnamon, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cardamom and 4 moreabout $45 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Althaïr Exclusif’s $460
AlthaïrParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, cinnamon, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cardamom and 4 more$400 for 125 ml · about the same as Althaïr Exclusif’s $460
OutlandsAmouage · shares bergamot, saffron, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cardamom and 2 more$475 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.