Darcy Parfums de Marly for women

A lot of people compare it to Chanel Mademoiselle but I only smell the patchouli as a similarity. This is more citrus than CM. It's a pretty scent, nothing special, overpriced, and honestly just pretty is all I can say. I let it macerate for a few days and it didn't get better unlike other frags I did this to. Save your money 🖤✨️

Straight up Flintstone Vitamins…..brings back memories of my childhood!!!!!

coco Mademoiselle nothing special

I’m surprised at the negative reviews. This smells lovely to my nose. Both my mom and I bought bottles after trying this as the store. It smells sweet, floral and expensive. My mom and I are 30 years apart but this works great for both of us. I love Coco Mademoiselle but to my nose these don’t smell the same. This is Darcy is much more grown up. This is a perfect signature scent and could easily work for many occasions. Is this groundbreaking? No. But sometimes I just want to smell beautiful and that’s definitely this fragrance.

This perfume was rather lackluster for me and nothing to write home about. I was surprised that it was a fragrance for women, sincw it smelt somewhat (but not strongly) masculine to me.

The patchouli and woody notes in the base were overpowering for me and seemed to stomp on most of the other notes in this perfume's composition. I also found the citrusy notes in the opening notes sort of reminiscent of dishwashing liquid and it wasn't my favorite.

The rose and the jasmine combined with the sweet notes was nice though and I really wish there was more of a sweet/floral element to Darcy. Maybe some ylang ylang or narcissus would be a nice addition to this? Maybe some lemon or orange blossom too.

Darcy had a strong projection that I found slightly overpowering and a wear time of 6 hours on my skin. I'd say it is more of a fall/winter fragrance, but it could work for spring too. I only think it would be appropritate to wear during the evening though.

Altogether, I'd give Darcy by Parfums de Marly a very average score of 5/10. Not offensive smelling by any means, but nothing that blows my socks off either really.

I sprayed it around me and on my wrist and I keep thinking... Where have I smelled this before? And when I saw the notes, I got an Ahaa moment... this is a generic sweet patchouli scent. My elderly neighbour has a perfume bottle for 3.50€ from Lidl (Chanel wannabe, i think it's called Sunday or Sunny?) and it smells better than this! Darcy is very flat, uninteresting, a bit of a headache inducing (not heavy, just a bit too sweet on me). Luckily, it didn't last long. I sprayed Cassili around and felt immediately better.

Overall impression with PdM is that I can do better for a fragment of this price. Don't get me wrong, they are nice, but they are not those I have to hold myself with all my strength from buying right away.

Also, I ordered one small (75ml) bottle and the package I received was so unnecessarily big I couldn't but wonder, why would they do such a thing. I mean, our local bakery got their package boxes custom made to perfectly fit their cakes and 250€ parfumery can't find a suitable box for a small order? They could fit 10 boxed fragrances in that package and still needed the polystyrene filling! (I know. Totally unrelated, but probably another reason to buy something else next time).

I really liked this in the store, sampling from the tester bottle - it was a feminine, rounded, fruity patchouli.
I kept thinking about it and nearly blind bought it without sampling on my skin. Looking back, I'm glad I didn't.
I have Coco Mademoiselle EDP and the Intense version as well.
I don't quite get the Coco Mademoiselle resemblance the most here (Coco is more bright/tart citrus + patchouli; this one is candied-fruit patchouli) - the one that jumps out to me is Le Parfum Royal by Elie Saab. It's a very sticky-sweet, fruity patchouli. I like patchouli, and this is definitely pleasant. However, overall, on my skin this just turns WAY too sweet. And practicality-wise, it's just way too sweet for me (I stay in a humid, tropical country), and I'd never have a chance to wear this without giving myself a headache.

Also, interestingly, while this is SO strong and sweet when first sprayed, it doesn't last very long on the skin. Considering the notes, it has average to poor longevity (maybe four hours or so).

If you own Chanel Coco Mademoiselle, you likely don't need Darcy. You then already own a much more superior experience to begin with :-) - including longevity, projection and craftsmanship. Unless you are a big fan of the PDM house in general, then of course....
If you are still unsure - go with Chanel.

What a flashback of my mom back in the 00s! Definitely a bit more of a candy version of the floral coco mademoiselle🍬. It's very feminine, and I would say warmer than the Chanel perfume👀. I would wear it going to a family social gathering of you want to make a good impression💃 Very elegant and classy✨️However, doesn't last as long as I thought it would but still a delight to wear.

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Fruity, citrusy, slightly powdery floral. Warm w/ a frisson of sensuality. There’s a bit of chocolate swirling around in here. If Mugler Angel, JM Nectarine Blossom & Honey and Coco M entwined in soft perfume po*n, this would be the scent wafting from their bacchanalia.

Looking for a bottle of this please! US

There is undeniably a resemblance to coco-mad.throughout. .! ..Initially it seems a little more citrus sweet to me, but there are so many nuances within. Sometimes it smells warm smooth and delicious, sometimes it feels perhaps a little harsh at first. Sometimes there's a facet you see of Angel mugler for a while. Either way it's definitely a real festival and i just can't keep away from it - nicer than Coco Mad to me - it misses that aquatic plastic like note Coco - Mad has that I smell sometimes.
Be ready for sweets fruits in a mirage like powdery and chocolatey nuance. A smooth ride. Lasting power could be questionable ? Darcy is Divine !!

Opening smells strong : soapy florals and synthetic wood. Outdated and déjà-vu. Bunch of notes similar to Chanel, in the same order.

Dry-down on paper smells like Coco Mademoiselle, with weaker longevity.

Disappointing, unoriginal, overpriced.

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Projection, sillage, longevity : 3.5/10
Originality, presentation : 0.5/10
Quality, value : 0.5/10

1.5/10

It is very lively in top and mid notes.
Finish is lightweight and musky - wisper soft.
Reminds me of parfum concentration of Coco Mademoiselle.

It's sparkly, soft, feminine and polished, I am tempted to buy it - a big bottle of a perfect impression of the Coco Mademoiselle Parfum, mmm, it lifts better from my skin, too.
The new Chanel products like Coco M Intense do not smell alive but castrated in sterile white lab. Darcy does not.
In a way I am happy the most loved and feminine scents are immortalized and perfected by Parfums de Marly.
Surely a woman or a man in love wanted to save them and polish them to maximum beauty and pleasure.

@mejevika - Coco Mademoiselle is close to 200 Euro my place and one of the few I immediately bought upon its release. I also regularly buy other scented products from its range whenever I am out of any.
Which is why I feel confused when reading your comment.
No one forces you to buy Darcy.
Why do you think it is o.k to devaluate 2 great scents after sniffing them once and never using?

This smells 100% identical to Jo Malone Nectarine Blossom & Honey to me. For the price difference, I'll stick with the Jo Malone because the longevity and silage are also identical.

@Dasboots review (2 below mine) is what made me buy it and they were 100% right! Smells like a gorgeous fig!!! I’m in love 😍

Smells very much like Coco Mademoiselle. Why would anyone pay €200 for it, I don't know.

I am the oddball out. I love this. It smells like fig on me. 😳 I’m new to the fragrance world but it smells like a beautiful fig fragrance :)

Beautiful bottle and scent but not I was expecting. I have a full bottle with the box if anyone is Interested please email me. Thank you

I also got this in the discovery set . I do find it has a resemblance to Coco mademoiselle but I find Darcy a bit too heavy on the jasmine for my nostrils . Its just an ok from me. I prefer CM but no longer wear it as everybody and their dog wears it. Darcy is just too screechy for me.

PDM for 30+ crowd. kind of heavy, not obsessed but i could see people liking it.

Dark, heavy, earthy patchouli rose that's just iconic. Definitely have smelt something similar before, maybe TF Noir de Noir? The dry-down resembles Coco Mademoiselle a bit, but not a dupe because it's doesn't have the Chanel powdery/soapy undertone. I don't get any of the "sweet notes". This is not your typical pretty girl scent, this is very unisex and niche-smelling.

I got this in the discovery set, and also get coco in this.
It opens with a spicy licorice to me, almost anise, but I do not see any in the notes!
I don't get much citrus once it dries down - mostly spicy, woody florals. It almost smells like a vintage perfume to me, a bit like Chanel!

Very citrus-y, it's quite pleasant and refreshing on my skin. I see it mostly as a morning fragrance and it could be unisex because the opening has some elements. I'm wearing Oriana on the other hand and I think it has a better character. Darcy reminds me of Le jour se leve by Louis Vuitton or a similar vibe.

I got this with a Parfums de Marly discovery set. Darcy is a sweet, rosey, patchouli bomb. Similar to scents like
Coco Madamoiselle, Sofia, and Miss Dior 2017 and Into the Night by bath and body works (Into the Night smells a bit cheap but overall the same smell in the air). This is not a scent profile that I enjoy anymore. If you like any of these then you may like Darcy!

I love this! I reminds me of Coco Mad, but not as sharp. I don't understand how anyone could strongly dislike it.

I get a harsher Coco Mademoiselle mixed with something akin to cigarettes from this - it's sharp in a very odd way. Something chocolatey comes through the longer I wear it, which is welcomed, but I can't bring myself to stick around for it after the weird first hour or two.

From the PdM's feminine discovery set this one is the only one I would call characterless. It has a sweet-ish fruity opening but very shortly after that it becomes very bland. Salty metallic dry down. Very mediocre and forgettable, not worth the money. There is not much to be said.

This is one of the worst fragrances I have smelled. It's so overwhelmingly screechy and noxious from the opening. It feels like it punched me in the nose. The dry down is wicked too. I would first use Odoban as perfume instead of Darcy. Darcy is too strong and dated. It smells like a cocktail of rotten citrus fruits. I had to wash my hand off with dish soap and then spray Delina so I could try to forget that horrible experience.

Before going to sleep I sprayed on a bit from a decant and I was bombarded with the harshest explosion of something that made Lysol Lemon Cleaner smell soft and lovely in comparison. To be honest, I was so shocked that I went to Fragrantica to check the notes, clearly believing something was amiss!
The odor became almost nauseating (I attribute that to those gummy notes) with a very synthetic sweetness. Fortunately, as it calmed down the patchouli quickly came to the fray and all during the night I got wafts of what others thought was reminiscent of Coco Mademoiselle.
While Darcy's bottle is elegant and reflects the immense price tag of this Parfums de Marly, Darcy, the perfume, is neither elegant nor worthy of such an inflated cost, and NO Chanel would be caught dead in its unpleasant company!
Very disappointing.

Tom Ford's Black Orchard. That's what this reminds me of. And just like Black Orchard this has tenacious staying power and sillage.
I'm a middle aged woman and this is a "younger" fragrance to my nose. A club fragrance, specifically. Its edgy, complex and deep. I like it but the long drydown is not a enjoyable as it could be

The dry down was exactly like coco mademoiselle😊 it was so funny because I was wondering …. “Did I spray coco today on me?”

Loud, screechy fruity scent that feels quite generic. I didn’t like it & had to scrub it off.

Wow! I really like this.
Yes I am getting the Coco Mad vibes!
However... There is a note in Coco Mad that I absolutely cannot stand.. not exactly sure what it is. This perfume does not have that note!!!
At this price point I would expect better sillage and longevity though. Some of the other frags from PDM are much better in that regard. Will continue to test Darcy and consider if FBW.
Update:after further testing sample, longevity is severely lacking which is unfortunate

There’s something shameless about Darcy.

Not the scent, which is as generic as they come, but rather the fact that it’s a watered-down copy of Coco Mademoiselle with zero sillage, terrible longevity, and an obscene price tag. If you want to smell like this, get Coco Mademoiselle instead of this completely superfluous dupe.

It starts similar to Coco Mademoiselle, but the drydown is somehow very close to Creed Erolfa

So to give you a landscape of my PdM (feminine scents) tastes, the ever-popular Delina is okay to me, but overrated. Athalia is my absolute favorite (thus far), and Meliora is far and away my least fave PdM scent. Darcy's got a sharpness and a sweetness, like a funky weird hipster version of Sangria. It smells a little vintage-90s to me. I feel like one of my middle school teachers wore something similar back when. That said, it comes off more mature to me, middle-aged woman or older. Or an artsy edgy younger woman, I can see that too. I would say this is more nighttime if you're younger, and daytime if you're older. Just how I picture it when I smell. I feel like this perfume wears glasses like Janine from Ghostbusters.

What can I say.. I had a little extra money yesterday and I ordered a bottle! From Ebay, for $175. So I didn't pay full retail thank goodness. It does smell very similar to Coco Mademoiselle so I am in fact sampling Darcy on my left hand and Coco Mademoiselle on the left. I must say the Darcy has a nice soft creaminess in the drydown that the Coco M doesn't. I dig it! I am excited for my bottle to get here. Since Coco mademoiselle in itself is a flanker of the OG Coco, which has been one of my signatures, and I have basically always been offended by CM, I prefer Darcy.

I really enjoy this scent. The patchouli is very very pretty in combination with the jasmine and rose. It’s a beautifully warm and feminine scent. Pretty unique to my nose. I can kind of see the comparison to Miss Dior. They have vaguely similar DNA, but Miss Dior is much more generic & has more crowd appeal imo. Miss Dior smells like every single airport Duty Free section; Darcy smells like Miss Dior’s extremely wealthy and sultry older cousin.
I can also see why some people might say it’s unisex, but I couldn’t see a man pulling this off. It’s a little too sweet for me to classify it as unisex. I think the citrus + woods combo is what makes some people feel like it’s more masculine.

This has meh sillage. I wish it were stronger so I could justify the price.
I love the scent (probably my 2nd fave from PDM) but it’s not strong enough to warrant $320 price tag. I would spend $150 on this max. Maybe one day I’ll buy it...
7/10

This opens like ”Suddenly Madame Glamour” from Lidl ( a good knock-off of Coco Mademoiselle) - Artificial.
And then it smells like Coco Mad intense....

Do NOT waste your hard earned money on this buy a bottle of ”Suddenly Madame Glamour” in stead.

I very much dislike this. 👎🏼
Smells like a guy. Zest, 🧼
fresh, acquatic. That’s all.

-Straight-up honey scent, as other reviewers have commented.
-Generic, single-note scent that lacks the complexity I seek from niche perfume houses.
-Dries down to a slight lipsticky scent.
-Longevity: Low-Medium. 5 hours as a skin scent.
-Projection: Low.
-Not worth the niche price tag. (-)

This is subtle ,pretty and totally intoxicating. It's one of those scents that you can't stop thinking about after your first test. This is a confident woman who doesn't need to shout or scream about anything. Wearing this,you will be noticed,but this is understated elegance. I need Darcy in my life. I cannot live without out it. I'm saving now!

A day later and I still love my tester. The dry down is a less sweet slightly muskier than Coco Mademoiselle, with far more intrigue and sophistication. Beautiful.

LOVE IT! ONE OF MY FAVORITES FROM THIS HOUSE!

I love Darcy. So underrated i think. Does it have a familiar Dna? Yes, does it smell like a designer perfume? NO.

PArfums de Marly quality is front and center, so natural smelling. This is a rich, earthy, chocolatey vibe with a hint of fresh on top. Very thick, plush, dense, cozy yet opulent. A total fall perfume if you ask me. I think of brown, amber and gold tones. Velvet comes to mind.

This one can be elegant, casual as well but in a chic way. This smells expensive and feminine. The patchuli is done well, it doesn’t smell dirty, but earthy and warm.

A hidden fall winter gem.

Notes from the PDM discovery set booklet:

Top Notes: bergamot, orange
Heart Notes: rose, jasmine
Base Notes: patchouli, musk

Opening: citrus and orange blossom. Jasmine comes in surprisingly strong after just a minute or two.

Drydown: It definitely has that Chanel vibe to it in the drydown. I'm not sure if it's necessarily Coco Madmoiselle, but it's got that refines white floral Chanel class. You can smell the rose but it's not super strong. I don't really detect woods, so I'm guess its like soft white woods or something.

Overall: Okay. You can get the same thing for cheaper. It feels like it could be many other designer perfumes.

This reminded me of Coco Mademoiselle as well. I really enjoy wearing my travel-sized bottle which came with the discovery set but would not buy a full bottle as I would go for Coco Mademoiselle (intense) instead, as it is way cheaper. There might be some nuances for sure and it might last longer (?) But that doesn't justify the much higher price point IMHO. If I would want to splurge that amount of money I would go for Coromandel which is also beautiful plus has niche quality.

This really doesn't smell "just like Coco Mademoiselle" to me. I own the whole Coco line so it's easy for me to compare them. I will concede that there are some notes in common, but Darcy is very special! It has a plush, chewy texture along with being much warmer and much less citrusy/ zingy, with much less sharp patchouli. I can't figure it out but it just has something about it that's so sensual and gorgeous, maybe a musky accord that comes out in the dry down. Fragrantica used to use a praline-like image for the "sweet notes" and I felt that suited the fragrance better. Now it's some sugary/fruity candy, but that's not what you get here. It's more smooth and inviting than that. Anyway, I love this fragrance! Thank you for reading my review ❤

Fully agree with all the reviewers who say this stays more masculine on skin and that it also reminds in some way of Coco Mademoiselle. I also detect some strong honey note, like when one opens a golden dark sticky multy-flower dark honey, that kind of scent. It is a truly nice fragrance, but way too masculine for my taste.

This is almost a dupe to Coco Chanel . I hate both so take that with a grain of salt. Too spicy and yet too sweet at the same time.

This is totally unisex. I would actually find it too masculine for my taste. Still, very nice fragrance and awesome longevity!

To me, this smells just like Coco Mademoiselle. I don't have Coco Mlle, and I haven't smelled in a month or so, so I can't say for sure if they're exactly the same. But if someone walked by wearing this, I would immediately think they were wearing Coco Mlle. No question.
I wouldn't recommend this, simply because Coco Mademoiselle is much cheaper.

I really love this scent. It's like Coco Mademoiselle, but better in every way possible. Unfortunately, this fragrance isn't really my vibe for me to be spending this much money on it, but I might come back to it in a few years.

@Wednesdaychild41: For the Marly brand the perfume title are the names of horses, not the names of persons.
To Mr. Darcy from the novel no link_

Too harsh patchouli bomb, indeed very similar to coco mademoiselle which I own.
I prefer Coco Mademoiselle lighter, more pleasant.
Buy Coco Mademoiselle intense instead of Darcy.

This one wouldn't let me give up on it. I had a sample for the longest time, abandoned and forgotten. For some reason, it popped back into my mind so I dug it out and wore it for a whole week. The sample is now gone and I miss it.

Funny how scents become relevant at different times.

Well now I want a bottle!!

So basically it's a musky, chocolaty, slightly sweet berry type fruit smell.

Not sure why, but it kinda reminds me of Angel, but softer and quieter. I'm not that fond of Angel, but this is like a smooth, less offensive version. It just sits nicely on my skin.

It isn't ground breaking and is definitely reminiscent of other Fragrances. Also it starts out like it's already reached its dry down scent.

It's really not worth it's retail price too. But I still find it appealing, and so comfortable.

Mr Darcy. . I will be looking out for you. On Sale only though!

I'd bet on that "horsy", on that thoroughbred "horsy" :)

Darcy - amazing perfume : thick, lush, bright, the sweetness here is not usual & not familiar. I would say that it sweetness dustely- dry as a hay in the stable.
In the aroma i guess the barberry lollipops, dried citrus peels, valuable species of wood and roses, covered with jasmine powder
and they melt on the skin so magically, putting me on an aura of hot chypre notes. At the finish it turns into grassy-woody sounding. Darcy Parfums de Marly is loud & intriguing scent.

Coco Mademoiselle of course will not replace, but in this fragrance reads the same dignity.

On me, it literally smells like powder, and yes it smells like iconic Chanel N5 for me. But no too strong like Chanel. Let's say more like a younger version. I do enjoy this perfume. Sillage is also good! Just to sum up it is a skin scent.

It is pleasant but not highly unique (as others said, it's similar to Coco Mademoiselle or Miss Dior) It is clean, feminine while also in my opinion being office-safe. Very professional and pretty, sweet but not cloying.

When i first smelled this i dont know y it reminded me of royal mirage deodorant becoz my uncle wears it soo much lolz

Oh Darcy how I love thee...... wow burst of citrus at the opening then calms down with jasmine and patchouli kicks in and the dry down of sweet gourmand goodness and warm musk woody notes!! I have tested Coco Madamoiselle and Miss Dior and really wasn’t impressed by those two......so much hype but not for me. I’m a mature sexy woman that enjoys her scents for her age..... not teenybopper over rated Designer disappointments! The house of Parfums de Marly fragrances are a joy to spritz on and gives sweet tingles to senses. The bottles are very unique with the curved lady like feminine shape and draped double tassels to the jewel topped cap. Such beautiful scents and amazing presentation.... any one of their fragrances would make a memorable gift.

Niche perfumers pull off the best versions of any genre because they dont have to comply with club standards. Thats what youre paying for. But yes exactly what this smells like is miss dior 2013 or coco mademoiselle with sweet notes instead of vanilla. This is probably what the current formulations of miss dior would have smelled like had parfums de marly not beat them to the punch

This is awful...sorry I rarely flat-out dislike a fragrance, but this is not wearable. It has the same stomach-churning ingredient in it that Coco Mademoiselle does...I can't.

It's always quite depressing to see a luxury or niche brand starting to copy mainstream best sellers. As justly mentioned by other people and the 'reminds me of' comparisons, this fragrance is closely related to fragrance such as Coco Mademoiselle and Miss Dior. It's one thing to see big mainstream corporations copying one another, but this feels extra cynical. As to the fragrance itself, if you want to smell like everyone else while still having the pleasure to say you're wearing something different and pay double the price, then this is for you.

This smells very similar to Chanel Coco Mademoiselle... Only less citrusy and it is sweeter.

Respectfully I have to disagree with some prior reviews here. This can absolutely be a mans scent. It's not that far off from Le Male.

Opens with a blast of citrus and sugar and woods. Drys down fast though and while it remains sweet and creamy, it looses some charm. Not as long lasting as I had hoped (not that most PDM are).

Shorter then average longevity for a PDM on my skin and virtually no sillage make this a "no" for me.

Scent 7/10 unique and very pleasant but not the best.
Sillage 2/10 basically none.
Projection 5/10 it had a small projection eary on but quickly diminished.
Longevity 4/10 only got 3 hours of real skin scent after the near-immediate drydown.

don´t like it to much mix-mash, to sweet. Hope they can do something more diverse. Nothing for a man to wear very feminine.

Patchouli done right! This fragrance is right up my alley, as I love a dense, rich-but-not-over-the-top patchouli with sweet accords.
The patchouli is present from opening to dry-down. Not a 'dirty' patchouli, but voluptuous... sensual... warm...
In the opening it deliciously melts together with the citrus notes. Not before long, another sweet note joins in lending a gourmand touch to the blend. My nose tells me it's pralines and it brings to mind these in-chocolate-covered-orange-segments, delicious!
When the citrus notes tone down, the rose reveals it's, sensual, velvety soft petals, which play around with sweet, delicate praline notes and patchouli.
Moderate to long lasting with moderate to soft sillage.
♥♥♥♥♥

I received a vial of this today and I have to say I knew nothing of this house, But now I do!! Oh boy! The citrus mingled with Patchouli is so dang good. But the best part is the sweetness it's like a very nice candied rose... And the sandalwood is present but not too much. It kind of reminds me of Montale roses elixir but not as sticky in the sweetness. Beautiful but FB worthy? No, but absolutely decant worthy...