Narciso Rodriguez
For Him Bleu Noir
Woody
Amber
Warm spicy
Xerjoff
Layla
With Layla, Xerjoff composes a golden and magnetic amber fragrance. It opens on clove and nutmeg, reveals cedar and ylang-ylang at its heart and rests on a base of amber and white musk.
Main accords
Pyramid & evolution
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Opening First minutes
Clove · Nutmeg
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Cedar · Ylang-ylang
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Base Several hours
Amber · White musk
What its composition says
- 2 materials on top, 2 in the heart, 2 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
- Clove: its rarest material, which only 36 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 55.
- White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
- Spicy, woody, amber, floral and musky: 5 registers of raw materials share its palette, with spicy supplying 2 of 6.
Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.
Scent profile
Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.
Wear time
Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection
Generous
fills a room
Ideal seasons
Time of day
Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).
Ideal occasions
- Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
Avoid if…
- you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.
If Layla by Xerjoff seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.
Our picks
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Narciso Rodriguez
For Him Bleu Noir
Woody
Amber
Warm spicy
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