Parfums de Marly
Herod
Oriental Spicy · 2012 · Olivier Pescheux
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Office/Daily
Seasonality
Summer
Cinnamon and tobacco leaf give a sweet-spiced warmth over cedar, vetiver and patchouli, with vanilla rounding the edges. It projects a polished woody-spicy character, dense but smooth, familiar in its comfort.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Slow Depth
A rich and warm centre of gravity. Change is part of the journey.
Everything around you may shift but this stays constant. The depth here takes time. It opens slowly and rewards patience. Some things get richer the longer you stay.
See your own Taste Map →How Herod smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Herod carries across a room and announces itself, and sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.
Herod sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 70th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Herod carries across a room and announces itself. That is among the highest in the catalogue for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Herod sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 43rd percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Herod sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 90th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Herod carries sweetness without letting it define the scent. That is 66th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
Rate this
More from Parfums de Marly
Similar Profiles
Not sure if Herod is right for you?
Find fragrances like this →