Detour Noir Exclusif

* Complex, unique, intense and animalic * Great clone of Layton Exclusif * Heady blend of citrus, woody, oud, almond, vanilla, spicy, powdery, animalic and floral notes * Ultra masculine scent * Very strong performer * Great for social occasions * Niche quality for discounter price * Not unisex * Animalic nature might not appeal to some noses * Strong notes kill off what makes the original so likeable in the first place Al Haramain's Detour Noir Exclusif is a clone of Parfum de Marley's Layton Exclusif and a flanker to the original Detour Noir which is a clone of PDM's Layton. They could not be more different. Whereas Detour Noir is a straightforward sweet and refreshing vanilla fragrance, Detour Noir Exclusive is complex and rather unique. It's very intense and has animalic qualities not present in Detour Noir. It's a heady blend of citrus, woody, oud, almond, vanilla, spicy, powdery and floral notes with a barnyard floor animalic note. The fresh citrus opening immediately gives way to the complex and aromatic mid and drydown, where the vanilla, wood, oud and animalic notes make their presence known. This is very masculine and makes quite a statement. It's an incredibly stronger performer and people will definitely notice you are wearing it. It's great for social occasions, but do note the animalic and oud notes might make this not appeal to some noses. This is very masculine and definitely not unisex, despite the marketing. Those who love Layton or Detour Noir should approach with caution, this can be barely be considered a flanker and is very much it's own thing. Liking Detour Noir is no guarantee that you will enjoy this. You have to be confident to wear this but it will reward you greatly if you do. Highly recommended, especially at the great price. Niche quality for discount pricing, you can't go wrong here.

Bought this specifically to do a direct test and compare with Layton Exclusif. This is essentially a 1 to 1 clone and dupe for Layton Exclusif. Notes on Fragrantica are the same for both scents. It smells very very close But performance differs significantly. How so? Those of you who owns Layton Exclusif will know, it starts off very strongly and loud enough from the Opening sprays and it's longetivity and strength will last at least 8-12 hours on skin, probably longer on clothes. Detour Noir Exclusif cost about 1/7-1/8 the price of Layton Exclusif so don't expect the same performance. It's performance from the opening is clear, it's the weaker of the 2, a lighter Edt and cologne version of the og, it pales in comparison in projectivity, loudness, strength to the og. However it smells so close that it's suitable to save some juice on the og and have it as a layering combo together with the og or perhaps if the og is your signature scent or one of your favorites you can get Detour Noir Exclusif to use when there's no need to reach out for the og. Based on the strength of Detour Noir Exclusif I'll say it will last at least half a day too +-6hrs max on skin. The og is easily 8-12 hours though. Pretty sure the concentration and definitely most can nose the quality differences. So end of the day. It's a good 1 to 1 direct dupe which doesn't have the same performances but cost you much lesser, just put in a lot more sprays perhaps. Still a good dupe for a fraction of them price of the og.

I got a decant of this fragrance for free while buying another 11 decants. It was immediately my favorite and I bought a whole bottle. I'm new in the scent game but it has something unique about it. A warmth and woodiness to it that it's hard to pin down. I truly believe this to be a unisex scent, it has a sweetness and warmth to it that makes it suitable for a woman, and some darker oud and woody accords to make it suitable for a man as well. This strikes me more like a mature fragrance, it wouldn't suit a 20 year old at a party. Performance is kinda hard to tell, either I'm getting noseblind, but I can catch some whiffs of it after 2-3 hours with 3-4 sprays, but after that it becomes pretty much a skin scent; On clothes, if i shove my face in my shirt I can smell it overnight. Given the price, can't complain about it. If you wanna get an idea of what it smells like, take CDNIM (one other decant I got), strip away all its fruity, citrusy, fresh notes and replace them with woody, oudy, darker and warm notes. If CDNIM is a brisk spring peppery oakmoss, Detour noir exclusif is a cold fall or winter in a dimly lit slightly spicy warm wood tavern.

#1063 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Al Haramain released "Detour Noir" a wonderful Parfums de Marley "Layton" clone, a while back. Eventually Maison Alhambra released "Leyden" and a whole line of Parfums de Marley clones. Parfums de Marley responded with their "Exclusif" versions of their most popular scents. Al Haramain and Maison Alhambra started releasing "Exclusif" versions of their PDM clones themselves. And the tit for tat just keeps getting better for all of us. Gotta say I like the Maison Alhambra bottles a lot better than the awkward "Detour" bottles Al Haramain came up with, but I do LOVE what's in them. "Detour Noir Exclusif" is a damn fine dupe of "Layton Exclusif." There ain't a damn thing wrong with "Layton Exclusif" but the price, and there ain't a damn thing wrong with "Detour Noir Exclusif.", including the price, and it's actually more potent! We have all been released from the fragrance enthusiast Hell of having to fork out $300 to smell this amazing. Car pool, elevator, small office safe. Good for business or evening wear. Absolutely brilliant blind buy

I continue to be impressed with how far these brands have come. My first bottle of OG Detour Noir had an awful atomizer, leaky collar and finicky cap that both wouldn't stay on or come off. This is such a massive improvement right off the bat that it's hard to overstate. Pressurized atomizer, heavier glass, the cap (still fugly though) has a nice click and comes right on and off. Immediately feels like a much more expensive bottle. Now the fragrance itself - I almost shed a tear. The PDM Exclusif DNA is right there in your face, and the Layton unsweet apple pie accord hits you immediately. It's almost 1:1 which is very impressive for this relatively complex scent profile. The dry down (which starts pretty early on this) starts to lean into Pegasus Exclusif territory just like the PDM, but maybe a little more so. The apple note does seem to fade (but not disappear) after an hour or so which is probably the biggest difference between this and the real deal. For $20-25, if you like the Layton family, this is absolutely essential.