DELINA

Delina : The Queen From Parfums de Marly

 

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When I tried Delina Parfums de Marly a few years ago when it was launched, it wasn’t love at first sniff. That said, I fell in love with the innovative packaging since the bottle alone looked like a Renaissance piece of decor, and I also fell in love with the name because it reminded me of my daughter whose name is Delfina, (like Delina with an “F”).

My rational self rang a bell, and I thought “is it smart to buy a 2.5 oz bottle, at that price tag, just for the name and the looks? Of course, the answer was a big no, and I didn’t buy it.

Fast forward a few years later, the hype started, and conversely to what happens to many people who have the “next shiny object syndrome”, I’m quite the opposite. I never rush to buy hyped items because in my experience, only a small percentage of what’s being hyped lives up to it; the rest dies over time, let alone when something new takes center stage putting the previous queen or king of the moment in second place.

When something becomes so popular, I’ll test the object in question even deeper. My thought process is basically, I need a reason to be sold to it. Since I fell in love with Parfums de Marly back in 2010 when I bought my first bottle of the house (Darley), I decided to give Delina a chance. Now I can tell a different story. This ultra feminine fragrance stood the hype test, and my appreciation for this Delina, this beautiful girly perfume, definitely grew. I reach for it way more often now, and it has the power of making me feel pretty even in moments when I’m not feeling that way.

THE NOTES

 

Top Notes:

Rhubarb and Lychee

Middle Notes:

Turkish Rose and Vanilla

Base Notes:

Cashmere Wood and Musk.

Fragrance Profile

 

Delina is pure beauty, it’s like a bouquet of flowers with Turkish rose as the star together with three amazing fruity notes: Lychee, rhubarb, and bergamot, and a soft and depth base composed by cashmere wood  and musk.

The fragrance opens with a sweet, aquatic tartness thanks to the rhubarb and lychee that makes it truly unique. Slowly, it transitions into the middle notes where we have the star of the fragrance as I mentioned above: the Turkish rose exquisitely blended with a sweet yet not cloying vanilla, which transforms this fragrance into a gorgeous, ultra-feminine scent. The dry down is an absolutely stunning musky concoction, and it’s when the fragrance starts siting close to the skin with an enveloping and cozy cashmere wood note, and highly likely will remain unchanged for the time it lasts on your skin.

Delina is an all year-round fragrance, and it’s a pretty safe gift if you want to buy something special for someone who’s girly and like all things pink. I’m not saying pink just because the bottle is pink, but if you smell this fragrance you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. If Delina’s DNA had a color, it’d be pink; in fact, if I had to describe how Delina smells in a figurative way, this is how a baby pink, sweet and slightly tart rose water macaroon would smell like.

It’s very long lasting (around 8 hours if not more), with an impressive sillage and above average projection that I’d describe as more than an arm-length.

Wearability

 

Delina is just the perfect fragrance you can wear during the day, during the night, for formal or informal events, however, it leans more on the formal side while still remaining youthful. Not that fragrances are tied to age, but I point this out because there’s a big misconception out there and it seems that if a fragrance is formal, then people think it smells “old” which couldn’t be further from the truth.

Love rose fragrances? Check my blog post about what I consider the most beautiful rose fragrance in my collection, and one of the most beautiful rose perfumes in the world: Rose Poetique by Manos Gerakinis.

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