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French niche perfume house founded in 2009 by Julien Sprecher, named for the Chateau de Marly, a royal retreat built for Louis XV near Versailles; known for Layton and Delina, pairing 18th-century court imagery with maximalist modern perfumery.
Parfums de Marly was founded in 2009 by Julien Sprecher, who grew up near Versailles and comes from a Parisian family with roots in the perfume trade. The house takes its name and visual identity from the Chateau de Marly, a royal residence Louis XV used as a retreat from Versailles, and leans on 18th-century French court imagery as a consistent design language across its bottles and packaging. Its two best-known fragrances, Layton and Delina, built the brand's reputation in the 2010s niche-perfumery boom for rich, immediately recognizable, crowd-pleasing compositions. The house has since expanded its retail footprint in Paris, including a flagship boutique in the 8th arrondissement that opened in 2025.