Godolphin
Godolphin by Parfums de Marly is a masculine-leaning eau de parfum from 2016 in the niche price tier. It opens with saffron, cinnamon and bergamot, moves into leather, tobacco and damask rose and dries down to oud, sandalwood and white musk. Expect around 9 hours of wear, and it projects strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Saffron Leathery, medicinal and slightly metallic. The signature of modern niche.
- Cinnamon Sweet heat. Reads festive, sometimes to a fault.
- Bergamot Sharp citrus with a faint bitter edge. The opening of about half of all men's fragrances.
Heart
- Leather Smoky, dry and a bit animal. Can be a new jacket or an old saddle.
- Tobacco Sweet, dried and honeyed. Nothing like a cigarette.
- Damask Rose The rich, jammy, honeyed rose. Deep and slightly wine-like.
Dry-down
- Oud Resinous, medicinal, barnyard-adjacent wood. The most expensive note in perfumery.
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
- White Musk Clean, soft, laundry-like. The 'smells like nothing but better' note.
Smells like this
- Swiss Arabian Dehn El Oud Shaheen
- Lattafa Ana Abiyedh Leather
- Lattafa Oud Mood
- Afnan Supremacy in Oud
- Versace Dylan Purple
- Mancera Red Tobacco
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