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Sedley is one of those fragrances that is really hard to judge. Above it hovers the eternal question, does a niche fragrance necessarily have to be special and as unique as possible, or can it also be linear and trivial?

I think here they will separate the camps, as they often do. If you're a friend of Parfums de Marly, you'll be looking for the good and special things in the fragrance because you want to be true to it. He knows other, more complex scents of the house and if he searches long enough, he will find that special something about Sedley. It's just a question of wanting to.

Those who are sceptical about the brand anyway, will probably not discover anything in all their attempts that would qualify them for this price range. The prejudgement, coupled with the very ordinary fragrance, will not be able to create an inspiring impression here.

It is fresh, minty and very pleasing. It will also bring compliments. But so will many people for half price. Percival from the house remains a little stronger, more striking and somehow more interesting in my memory.
For my part, I find that not every niche fragrance has to reinvent the wheel. And for what Sedley wants to be, it at least meets the good standard, so that a lover can find a certain appeal in it. If only he looks for it fast enough, because Sedley doesn't stay long, which makes it a little disappointing for me

Honestly, the bottle had me from the first second on. If Kalan had gone out of the first 20 evaluations with 2.5, I would still have taken him directly. My skin gets along extremely well with PdMs and I have consistently had good experiences with the brand so far, smelled about 8 out of the house and owned 6.

With the colour of the bottle I expect the direction of the fragrance. With the existing association to a Ferrari one would have had here a perfect direction also fitting to the strengths of the house. Prolific, sweet and powerful, in any case the playful direction, something above the pleasant, so that you just don't know if you like it or not and then you are polarized according to the motto: Is too much show for me, or do I find horny. Just like looking at a Ferrari.
And the teaser video about Kalan had also given me hope that this direction would be taken.

But what comes out with the actual fragrance can't be described any differently than disappointing. Not because Kalan smells bad, but simply doesn't find any connection at all to what he could (should?) be. Red as a signal color and color of romance or whatever you associate, followed by a sour, herbaceous scent. Hardly sweet, hardly proliferous, not attractive, not marly.
He is not unpleasant, that what was created is not badly done and something in it also has a good charm. But with that medical, sour note, I personally don't get warm yet.

And maybe that's why it's the Ferrari, a car that sounds big and attracts attention, everyone knows it and most people dream about it. But when you sit in it, you understand that it's just the name and the direct competition makes it a lot better.

Sauvage, a little more spice, a little more pepper.
Writer, a little more fruity, a little more unobtrusive.

Sauvage, normal lid.
Writer, with magnetic cap.

Sauvage, almost 10 hours shelf life with strong Sillage.
Writer, almost 8 hours shelf life with good Sillage.

Sauvage, 100 ml somewhere between 60 and 90 euros in sale ? (don't know exactly)
Writer, 100 ml for fucking 15 euros. Also cheaper if you want.

In the end, Writer makes the big Dior a little ridiculous. By far not a masterpiece, it is based on Sauvage (more on EdT), but one of the best copies I ever smelled. Packaging even more than equivalent, sprayer with cap even better. The bottle is the same, the performance is just about the same. Scent as mentioned even softer, more pleasing, although 90 percent identical.
The price difference makes you doubt how much money you can waste. How can such a perfect imitation be so massively cheaper without even saving anywhere in quality? It's more like the role model.
If it becomes better known, Dior could take its top seller out of production in a hype-free world

This is my first comment here on a fragrance I've been expecting for a long time. Then he also comes to the slightly inappropriate season, but I try to make an assessment anyway.
In itself it begins exactly as I had hoped, starts very rich in impressions, slightly sweet, spicy, floral, very warming, like a winter scent should do, a bit smoky, but only a little. Immediately notice the slight resemblance to Layton, the other PdM I have. But Carlisle is much less sweet and in my nose more versatile, he doesn't kill you as bad as the Playboy Layton (which I still like very much). Especially the rose gets through extremely with me, for example the floral aspect in general. Initially with this warming, whisky-like effect, later somewhat drier and calmer. So exactly how it should be in terms of odour technology, I have already received the first positive reactions. Quite clear fragrance progression from Juicy Intensive - over Calm Intensive to Dry Pleasant in Drydown.
I can't say much more about the actual smell, as already mentioned above, just very masculine, but also floral.
The great thing about it, or even the problem, is the durability.
Sure, a strong scent for cold seasons must last a long time and project strongly and it seems to be rather due to me when I read from the other experiences, but with me it lasts about 14-17 hours. I don't know what's going on, I'm not the one who can hold the perfumes forever, but Carlisle is drifting to the extreme.
And as beautiful as the scent is when I've had it on for 12 hours or however long it's been during the day, at some point I also want my nose to rest, but somehow it just keeps on projecting. And where I liked him so much yesterday, for example, 13 hours a day, he disturbed me at the dinner table in the evening. Then I want to smell my food and not my perfume which still roars, JUHU here I am, how great or ?
The day before I have him 19 o'clock on it to show a friend, then home, to bed and the next morning (about 9 o'clock) he was still present. I think it gets better in winter, hopefully he won't last too long and unfolds his effect more discreetly, until then he has to stay in the closet, but it's not his fault, he wasn't created for the warmer time.

If you are looking for a strong, unique and very versatile winter scent, with PdM typical DNA (although a bit more elegant) and don't mind the 280 Euro price (you can also get it good for 220-240), you are welcome to pay him a visit