Parfums de Marly Herod Eau de Parfum Tobacco, vanilla, and the dark, commanding power of a king. Herod by Parfums de Marly is a bold, deeply opulent woody spicy fragrance launched in 2012 and created by Olivier Pescheux — one of the most celebrated and most discussed fragrances in the entire Parfums de Marly collection, and a fragrance that has become a benchmark of the tobacco-vanilla genre in luxury niche perfumery. Named after the legendary king of Judea — a figure of extraordinary power, ambition, and complexity — Herod is a fragrance that carries that same combination of qualities: commanding in its presence, complex in its character, and utterly impossible to ignore. It opens with a striking, immediately distinctive combination of cinnamon and Pepperwood™ — warm, spiced, and deeply aromatic. Pepperwood™ — a proprietary ingredient with a rich, woody, slightly peppery character — gives the opening an immediate depth and distinctiveness that sets Herod apart from every other tobacco fragrance in its class. The heart is the fragrance’s most extraordinary and most celebrated moment: tobacco leaf, incense, osmanthus, and labdanum creating a warm, smoky, richly complex accord of rare, almost overwhelming beauty. The tobacco leaf is the heart’s defining note — not the harsh, acrid tobacco of some fragrances, but something warmer, richer, and more nuanced: the tobacco of a perfectly aged leaf, slightly sweet, slightly smoky, and deeply masculine. Osmanthus — a delicate Chinese flower with a unique apricot-leather character — adds an unexpected, deeply beautiful floral nuance that makes the tobacco feel alive and multidimensional. The dry-down is the fragrance’s most magnificent achievement: vanilla, Iso E Super, cedar, musk, cypriol oil, and vetiver — six base notes of extraordinary complementarity — creating a warm, woody, deeply sensual darkness of rare, enduring beauty. Iso E Super — one of perfumery’s most celebrated and most skin-amplifying molecules — gives Herod its legendary sillage and longevity. Fragrance Pyramid Top Notes: Cinnamon, Pepperwood™ Heart Notes: Tobacco Leaf, Incense, Osmanthus, Labdanum Base Notes: Vanilla, Iso E Super, Cedar, Musk, Cypriol Oil, Vetiver Key Features Men’s woody spicy fragrance — bold, opulent, and deeply commanding Created by Olivier Pescheux for Parfums de Marly in 2012 — a benchmark of the tobacco-vanilla genre Iso E Super base — one of perfumery’s most celebrated molecules for legendary sillage and longevity 125ml / 4.2 oz Eau de Parfum Herod is for the man who commands every room he enters — without saying a single word.
