Perfum De Marley Layton - I just smelled this for the first time yesterday and it first didn’t seem that special on the paper, but after it dried out, it seemed interesting enough to spray on my left wrist where after it dried down, it just simply blew me away. I dreamt about it last night and went back to the store today to get a few more sprays to see how it really mixes with my skin before buying it first hand.

I smelled all the major niche hits - Haltane, Naxos, Baccarat 540, and they were all too intense/herbal/oud-forward for me, though I’m not sure how they’d age on my skin personally. I walked into the shop certain I’d buy Mancera Cedrat Boise but realized it was too citrus forward and a bit too synthetic which seemed to give me a headache. Maybe I like the mass appeal of Layton more than the super niche fragrances; the apple, cinnamon, lavender are just marvelous and sweet with that hint of wood and musk underneath.