Parfums de Marly · 2015

Carlisle

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Parfums de Marly asks $460 for 125 ml
125 ml$460

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Crisp green apple, nutmeg and saffron over tonka, rose and osmanthus, drying to vanilla, patchouli and resinous opopanax.

Parfums de Marly says

You’ll smell Green Apple, nutmeg, saffron, Tonka Bean, rose, osmanthus, davana, vanilla, patchouli and opoponax resinoid.

More from Parfums de Marly’s description

It also mentions Apple.

The house’s page

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The drawn Carlisle bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Carlisle’s scent picture, a draft: apple, nutmeg, saffron, tonka (coumarin), rose, osmanthus drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Carlisle, when you spray it: Apple, Nutmeg, Saffron

As it settlesheart notes

Carlisle, as it settles: Tonka (coumarin), Rose, Osmanthus, Davana

What staysdry-down notes

Carlisle, what stays: Vanilla, Patchouli, Opoponax

What’s inside it

What Parfums de Marly names

Green AppleNutmegSaffronTonka BeanRoseOsmanthusDavanaVanillaPatchouliOpoponax resinoid

What the label names

8 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals1 sweet3 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals1

Benzyl salicylate

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices3

EugenolIsoeugenolCinnamal
3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

Smells like it

For about the same

Blessed BarakaInitio · Many of its own wearers say it smells like Carlisle$410 for 90 ml · about the same as Carlisle’s $460Its notes add amber, sandalwood and musk and leave out opoponax and davana.

“To me, this is definitely a woodier version of PdM Carlisle.”

Reddit comment, r/fragrance, 2020 · 3 votes

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

1 Million ElixirRabanne · shares apple, tonka, rose, osmanthus and 3 more$168 for 100 ml · about half of Carlisle’s $460
OutlandsAmouage · shares saffron, rose, davana, vanilla and 2 more$475 for 100 ml
LA LA LovePerfumehead · shares nutmeg, saffron, tonka, davana and 1 more$615 for 100 ml
See 5 more10 more share half its notes
NefsNishane · shares nutmeg, saffron, rose, osmanthus and 1 more$665 for 50 ml
HalfetiPenhaligon's · shares nutmeg, saffron, tonka, rose and 2 more$330 for 100 ml · about the same as Carlisle’s $460
NoirTom Ford · shares nutmeg, rose, vanilla, patchouli and 1 more
Oud CadenzaMaison Crivelli · shares saffron, tonka, davana, vanilla and 1 moreabout $465 for 100 ml
TerraRayhaan · shares saffron, rose, vanilla, patchouli and 1 moreabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Carlisle’s $460
See 5 more5 more share half its notes
Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares apple, nutmeg, tonka, vanilla and 1 moreabout $29 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Carlisle’s $460
Como MoiselleMaison Alhambra · shares tonka, rose, vanilla, patchouli and 1 more$22 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Carlisle’s $460
CabanYSL · shares tonka, rose, osmanthus, vanilla and 1 more$330 for 125 ml
SerpentineRoberto Cavalli · shares saffron, tonka, rose, vanilla and 1 more$130 for 100 ml · about a third of Carlisle’s $460
ZafferanoAcqua di Parma · shares saffron, tonka, rose, vanilla and 1 moreabout $343 for 100 ml · about the same as Carlisle’s $460
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.