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Tuxedo

Tuxedo

Inspired by Layton, Parfums de Marly

50 ml glass bottle (Eau de Parfum)

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Inspired by: Layton, Parfums de Marly
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PRODUCT DETAILS

Tuxedo is an eau de parfum, 50 ml, with around 20% fragrance oil. It costs €25, the same price on every scent we make, an affordable way to wear that warm vanilla every day. Shipping is free from €49, and delivery inside the EU usually takes 2 to 5 working days.

Layton by Parfums de Marly, the original this dupe is built from, is sold as an eau de parfum, and Tuxedo matches that concentration rather than a lighter eau de toilette.

Longevity is 7 to 10 hours with strong initial projection that settles by the afternoon. Like every fragrance we make, the oils are French, the filling is done by hand, and nothing is tested on animals. You have 15 days to exchange it if it isn't right for you.

NOTES

Top notes

Apple, bergamot, lavender, mandarin

Heart notes

Geranium, violet, jasmine

Base notes

Vanilla, pepper, guaiac wood, patchouli, cardamom, sandalwood, coumarin

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Tuxedo is our perfume dupe of Layton by Parfums de Marly, an amber floral fragrance built for anyone who wants that warm, powdery vanilla as an everyday scent. It opens on apple, bergamot, lavender and mandarin, moves into a heart of geranium, violet and jasmine, and settles into vanilla, pepper, guaiac wood, patchouli, cardamom, sandalwood and coumarin.

The apple and lavender opening reads fresh and a touch sweet, then the floral heart softens things before the vanilla, cardamom and sandalwood base takes over. That base is the part most people recognise, warm and powdery rather than sugary, and it smells like the original from across a room. Sillage is strong for the first few hours and the trail lasts well into the evening.

Parfums de Marly Layton is one of the most copied amber florals on the market, and Tuxedo is our take on that Parfums de Marly Layton profile rather than a clone stamped out on a factory line. We call it an alternative because the accord is built from scratch rather than lifted, and as a fragrance dupe it keeps its middle notes present longer than most of the perfumes chasing the same idea. Ask anyone who wears Parfums de Marly Layton and the vanilla base is the giveaway: it is one of the amber fragrances that leans into powder rather than spice.

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Perfume concentration

EDT, EDP or EXDP - what you are actually buying

The difference between these labels is not quality but how much perfume oil sits in the bottle. That decides how long the scent stays on your skin and how far it travels.

EDT Eau de Toilette 5 to 15% perfume oil

The lightest of the three. It opens fresh and fast, but fades after three to five hours. Pleasant in heat and at the office, as long as you top it up during the day.

Our choiceEDP Eau de Parfum ~20% perfume oil

The middle ground that became the standard. It lasts six to eight hours, one spray in the morning is enough, and the scent stays recognisable into the evening without filling the room.

EXDP Extrait de Parfum 20 to 40% perfume oil

The densest form, worn in drops, and it can last over ten hours. In return it loses that easy opening, and the price per bottle climbs the most.

Why we chose EDP

Every Chez Pierre perfume is made in Eau de Parfum concentration, with 20% perfume oil. That is not by accident.

An eau de toilette would mean carrying the bottle with you and refreshing the scent after lunch. An extrait would push the price up, and only someone counting hours would notice the gain. EDP sits exactly in between: one spray in the morning carries the whole working day, and the scent opens and develops instead of settling on the skin at once.

So we don't make lighter and pricier versions of the same scent. We make one, in the concentration where that scent works best.

How a perfume is measured

Longevity, projection and sillage

Three things describe every perfume, whatever the price or the name on the bottle. Once you separate them, it is easier to say what you actually want from a scent.

01

Longevity

How many hours the scent stays on skin

Measured from the moment you spray to the moment you can no longer smell it up close. It depends on the concentration, but also on your skin: on dry skin every perfume lasts less, so a dab of unscented cream before spraying helps.

02

Projection

How far it travels around you

Strongest in the first hour, it tells you how much space the scent takes up. Big projection is great for evenings and colder days, while at the office or in a meeting it usually gets in the way more than it helps.

03

Sillage

The trail you leave behind

Pronounced „see-yazh“, it means the trail a scent leaves behind you. It is the reason someone turns around as you pass. A perfume can last a long time and still leave a small trail, and the other way round.

Strong is not the same as good. A perfume with huge projection quickly tires both you and the people around you, while one without any trail stays your own private thing.

That is why every one of our perfume descriptions says how it wears, not only how it smells.

CHOOSE YOUR LIFESYLE

Tuxedo

Inspired by: Layton, Parfums de Marly

Tuxedo works through every season, though it comes into its own from autumn into winter, when the vanilla and coumarin base has cooler air to hold onto. In summer the apple and mandarin top keep it light enough for daily wear.

It moves easily from the office into an evening out, so one bottle covers most occasions. Layton has always read as unisex and Tuxedo is no different: some find it leans slightly masculine, others say it reads softer and more feminine. As much for him as for her, in other words, since the amber vanilla base doesn't pull hard in either direction.

Choose our Inspiration

Parfums de Marly is a French luxury fragrance house that borrows its name and branding from an 18th-century royal stable, which is why so many of its bottles carry a horse on the label. Layton launched in 2016 and became the house's best known designer release, worn about as widely by women as by men.

People usually search for Parfums de Marly Layton by the full name, and that amber floral is what most perfume dupes on the market, ours included, are chasing. Layton picks up a strong review nearly every time a niche outlet covers amber florals, and it is rare to read a review of the category that leaves it out.

Why choose us?

Tuxedo is our alternative to Layton by Parfums de Marly, and one of the warmer perfumes in the range. It's our own blend, made with French fragrance oils and filled by hand in small batches, and it carries no licence from the original house, which is exactly what makes it an alternative rather than a clone.

We make it as an eau de parfum because that's where this vanilla and coumarin composition holds up longest, and among the amber fragrances we make it is the one that stays similar to the original longest into the day. If it doesn't smell like what you expected, send it back within 15 days and we'll sort an exchange.