Parfums de Marly Layton dupes — ranked by Reddit consensus
The most agreed-upon dupe for Parfums de Marly Layton is Al Haramain Detour Noir, the highest-ranked alternative by community consensus.
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Ranked alternatives
| # | Fragrance | Bucket | Evidence | Consensus | Buy |
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| 01 | Detour Noir Al Haramain |
| 675 voices · 594 threads | 100 | |
| 02 | Lions Club Rugir Armaf |
| 8 voices · 16 threads | 2 |
What Reddit says
A sample of what people actually wrote, under the summary of it. The voice counts are the whole of the evidence behind a pairing; the quotes are a handful of the loudest, each one a link to the comment it came from.
Detour NoirAl Haramain
675 voices · 594 threads
- Reddit users broadly agree that Detour Noir is a very close alternative to Layton that smells especially convincing in the air.
- Some note the opening can be a bit synthetic and needs about thirty minutes to settle into its spiced apple pie scent profile.
- The fragrance is widely praised as an easy, high-value purchase with strong performance and projection for its low price point.
Where people agree
“Clearly inspired by Parfums de Marly Layton, and it gets surprisingly close in the air.”
reddit post ↗“Al Haramain Detour Noir – 8.9/10 Clearly inspired by Parfums de Marly Layton, and it gets surprisingly close in the air.”
reddit post ↗“Liquid Brun and Detour Noir are hands down the best takes on the fragrances they're cloning. I blind-bought both before ever smelling the OGs. I eventually got to smell Althair and Layton at Rustan's Shangri-La, and I swear, I could barely”
reddit post ↗“I’ve tested it next to Layton smell quite a few times and it’s the same recipe, smell is not similar, it’s the same.”
reddit post ↗“Detour Noir will always be my pick.. Literally better than Layton...”
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Where people disagree
“I tried both Layton and the OG detour noir, I prefer the original Layton, I think maybe detour noir was a bit too fresh for my liking and lost that oud base I enjoyed, so it’s nice on its own but not that much as a dupe”
reddit post ↗“I also have detour Noir and while I like it very much it's not that similar. It's great as a stand alone”
reddit ↗“Detour Noire by Al Haramain; Can't say it smells like Layton by de Marly”
reddit ↗“I have Detour noir and recently i bought Layton. I don't smell too much similarity. I like both, for me Detour Noir is way more unique.”
reddit ↗“It’s great value for money, I’ve used it for a year, but I just got a decant of the original PDM, detour’s opening is extremely harsh and the drydown has many significant differences. Not 1:1 in any aspect except for performance.”
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Lions Club RugirArmaf
8 voices · 16 threads
Where people agree
“Layton: Ibraheem AlQurashi Black Diamond Incense (200ml) Armaf Lions Club Rugir Paris Corner Expressions Deaux Above is significantly better than Detour Noir”
reddit ↗“Best performance - Lions Club Rugir”
reddit ↗“Armaf Lions Club Rugir (PDM Layton) Both of the above Layton clones are the best quality/closest to the original DNA and both have good performance”
reddit ↗“Armaf’s Lions Club Rugir. Beast mode last easy 8 hours a little more minty though. Great pick I’d say it’s about 90%. About $50”
reddit ↗“The two the OP posted in this thread Armaf Lions Club Rugir or North Stag Expressions Deux both are very good so get whichever is easiest to get.”
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Where people disagree
“Rugir (Layton) is fresher and more wearable but it takes away a lot of what I like about Layton in the first place so it's a no”
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Also a dupe of
The originals people say this bottle imitates, counted the same way as everything else here: each line is the number of separate people who made that claim in a real Reddit thread.
| # | Original | Evidence | Also ranked |
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| 01 | Bottled Hugo Boss “Have you tried Layton or any of it’s dupes? It definitely has a similar vibe.” | 4 voices · 4 threadssimilar vibe | — |