Parfums de Marly
Shagya
Woody Aromatic · 2009
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Strong
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
Lime and bergamot open sharp over pink pepper, then a dry oud and Virginia cedar take over with geranium adding a floral thread. It projects well while staying cool and austere, a fresh-woody oud with little sweetness.
Taste Profile
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On Zenyra's five taste axes, Shagya keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and carries across a room and announces itself.
Shagya sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 35th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Shagya carries across a room and announces itself. That is 93rd percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Shagya sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available.
Shagya 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 59th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Shagya keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is among the lowest in the catalogue 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.
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