Byerley (2014)
by Parfums de Marly

You’ll be tuff pressed to find a better woody fragrance than this. Lots of Cedar and Vetiver.
Although Sandalwood is not listed you can be sure it’s in there.....along with Malted Barley?
I kind of get a bourbon barrel thing happening.
Almost like all of the bourbon has been drained out of a barrel and all you can get us faint hints of it beneath the wood of the barrel.
Reviewers below suggest that this is a soft one. I don’t necessarily agree that it’s soft so much as I feel Its smooth.
I also don’t get the comparison to Equus. I loathe Equus.....I love Byerley.
A winner for sure in my opinion

Smells a lot like Lalique pour Homme Equus. Has a frankly horrible wood note in there that I simply do not care for. One of the only fragrances ever that I had to scrub off.

3/5

......so I find myself, ever few minutes, sniffing my wrist; this fragrance although strange, is really intriguing. Strange, by that I mean a very different vetiver.

Byerley has this citrusy (from the lime) yet creaminess that the notes combined create. Very interesting how the essence of campfire and smoke could be bottled up and presented as a fragrance. A vetiver that is not typical, not your pungent traditional vetiver smell, perhaps that is due to the merge of smoke; a vetiver that is almost too complex [IMO] to conjure words.

The cardamom registers as clove on my skin, and thus this scent delivers a perfect rendition of a pink carnation! Not at all what I was expecting. I found the wood notes to be quite weak, and likewise the vetiver.

Parfums de Marly Byerley seems to be a less featured fragrance in the house, and for good reason. While it's a safe wear, it's a bit uninspiring, especially given the niche pricing.

It's primarily a mix of guaiac, cedar, and vetiver, with slight touches of cardamom and vetiver. So it's a slightly dirty/smoky mix of woods.

It's a relatively safe blend but sufficiently uninteresting at $175 for 125ml (on Notino, contra the retail $275). Perhaps at a much lower price point or with some twists, I'd be interested. But overall it's just a good, safe wear, mainly for winter, mainly for men.

7 out of 10