Parfums de Marly Valaya collage using brand images © Michelyn
Parfums de Marly CEO Julien Sprecher and the multi-award-winning Givaudan perfumer Quentin Bisch worked for three years to develop the new perfume Valaya. Quentin Bisch is one of my favorite noses and has signed many niche, designer and luxury fragrances (his self-written Young Perfumer essay has hundreds of thousands views, it is one of the most read posts on ÇaFleureBon). Parfums de Marly Valaya is the fifth fragrance Quentin Bisch composed for the brand (Carlisle, Delina, Delina Exclusif and Delina La Rosée); I once wrote of Delina, “Seldom is a fragrance so exquisite that a perfumer creates three different iterations; each unique but sharing the same DNA.”–Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief
Quentin Bisch courtesy of the perfumer
It is an honor that we read Quentin Bisch’s artistic process for Parfums de Marly Valaya in his own words:
“It was to be a white bottle. With this transparent / opaque quality of glass. I wanted to work around the idea of skin. It had to be a musk. But a super modern one. Cotton on skin, skin on cotton. Chose a white flower bouquet centered around orange blossom. Woods give vibration and modernity and even a cleanliness. It features a real sensuality as well, velvety musks, vanilla and akigalawood. Parfums de Marly Valaya is the way I like to write perfumes. Simple yet complex. Bold yet fluid. minimalistic but faceted.”-Quentin Bisch
Top Notes: Bergamot, Mandarin, White Peach; Heart Notes: Orange Flower, Nympheal© (Givaudan muguet synthetic), Vetiver; Base Notes: Akigalawood©(a bio-degradable synthetic molecule with a profile similar to patchouli, combined with a hint of pepper and oud), Ambrofix© biotechnology-based alternative to authentic ambergris that also brings a woody sensuality),Vanilla, Musk
Video Editor Steven Gavrielatos reviews Parfums de Marly Valaya
photo courtesy of Parfums de Marly
Thanks to Fine Fragrances Distribution, the distributor of Parfums de Marly in USA and Canada we have a 75 ml of Valaya for a registered CaFleureBon reader USA and Canada ONLY, so if your name is selected and you live elsewhere you forfeit the prize. If you are not sure if you are registered click here (you must register on our site or your entry will be invalid) and a Redolessence subscriber. To be eligible please leave a comment ON THIS SITE with what you enjoyed about BOTH STEVEN’S YOUTUBE REVIEW AND WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM QUENTIN BISCH’S INTRODUCTION by 1/27/23. Winner will be announced within two weeks.
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Disclaimer: Steven and Michelyn received bottles; Steven’s opinion is his own.
Editor’s Note: I added explanations of the synthetics used; all Givaudan©. Michelyn tested Valaya on her 35-year-old male neighbor and he wanted to buy it for himself.
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