Day four of my Parfums de Marly journey finds me with Kaplan. It is an Oriental Spicy fragrance for women and men. The top notes are Spices, Blood Orange and Black Pepper; middle notes are Lavender and Orange Blossom; base notes are Woody Notes, Moss, White Sandalwood, Tonka Bean and Amber. It’s a wet and chilly morning back on the bayou so I wanted something warm and spicy today and this fit the bill, couldn’t have planned that better.

Wrapping up a week of meetings and decided to go with this Citrus Gourmand scent. The opening is a sweet Honey scent that projects quite well. At 15 minutes the projection of this fragrance is quite intense. The sweetness has settled down, but I have still have not picked up on any of the citrus. To my nose the scent went right into the mid notes with a slight spiciness from the Cinnamon and a touch of florals. At 30 minutes the fragrance is maintaining the sweet and floral scent profile. I am starting to pick up some of the Tobacco and when combined with the Honey it smells amazing. 60 minutes into the wear I am picking up the sweetness from the Vanilla/Tonka. To my nose there is definitely a difference between the sweetness of the Honey and the Vanilla/Tonka. The Vanilla/Tonka is more creamy and nutty but has a greater subtleness than the Honey. The dry down of this fragrance is a sweet and smokey scent that is blended extremely well. Projection is Very Good throughout the wear with a scent bubble of 2+ feet for the first 2 hours minimum. Longevity on my skin is 8+ hours. This is definitely a full bottle worthy fragrance. Sprays were 4 on neck and 1 on each wrist.