Xerjoff Layton
4.5
Overall
Accords
warm spicy
fresh spicy
woody
vanilla
aromatic
patchouli
tobacco
powdery
musky
sweet
green
earthy
Notes Pyramid
Top
AppleLavenderBergamotMandarin OrangeGreen Notes
Heart
GeraniumVioletJasminePatchouliCedar
Base
VanillaCardamomSandalwoodPepperGuaiac WoodPatchouliAmbermaxCoumarinTobaccoMusk
Community Verdict
Pros & Cons
- ✅ One of the greatest fragrances ever made, so addictive combo vanilla -apple, truly signature scent and safe blind buy.
- ✅ Flawlessly blended and effortlessly sophisticated, Layton represents the pinnacle of contemporary masculine scents.
- ✅ Layton is hands down the best PDM fragrance in my humble opinion.
- ✅ This is a stunning scent. The opening is a very musky woody scent with lots of patchouli. It dries down into a powdery vanilla tobacco scent with some sweetness that still lets the cedar shine through. The sweet warm spiciness of the tobacco and vanilla makes this scent perfect for the fall and winter. Its also quite green and it contrasts nicely with the other notes keeping this fragrence fresh. Just wish it was more feminine for my taste as I dont love hyper masculine fragrences on myself.
- ✅ Def in the vein of Black Afgano, Fortis, Cuirs, Mumbai Noise et al... Black Afgano is the original, Laylati is not a bad interpretation. I like it.
- ✅ Amazing performance (2 days), sooooo underrated amazing
- ✅ I received my Italica (2021) purchase today and was excited to open the package and test the fragrance. After doing so, I opened the sample pack and noticed Laylati, a fragrance that I was not familiar with. When I sprayed it, I INSTANTLY fell in love! Let me get straight to the point: If you love Nasamatto's Black Afgano, then Laylati is the fragrance for you. Unfortunately, I was already wearing Chocolate Makes Me Happy, so I could not truly test its performance, longevity, etc. But I definitely will test it and update this short review.
- ✅ Xerjoff blah blah, almost a copy and paste of most of my reviews except… Blind bought pleasant surprise. Yep, typical Xerjoff. I’m upset though… Only because the brilliantly slightly subtle opening of green wood freshness lasts five minutes (great) where in the amazing photorealistic cedar overtakes and a peep of tobacco (more so blonde and as per a cigarette) - also great- developes which between 1 and 3 hours the gorgeous musky ambery base with vanilla comes in and I’m in love but the last phase of this 3 phase experience is what annoys me. By and large - irrespective of the note make up for the long dry down it’s more or less the same for any number of Xerjoff and if I’d have known I would have a)Bought a smaller bottle b) bought La Capitale where the subtle strawberry drives me nuts before the same dry down happens OR c) maybe even Erba Pura - just replace Strawberry with Fruit. Strangely I found a sample of Thameen Cullinan Diamond which I loved and held off purchasing for some reason - my brain kicked into gear and I sprayed on the back of my hand and sure enough, it’s not far off the Xerjoff dry down. Well, don’t pass this up on my account. For me this is a predominant woody perfume rather than anything else. I also bought Amabile and that has turned out to be possibly the best blind buy in a long time…
- ❌ The biggest downside is the price. It is a very expensive fragrance.
- ❌ Current formulation smells flatter, not worth it anymore imo.
- ❌ Smells like Vicks Vaporub, not complex, a Vicks Spritz with some vanilla.
- ❌ These notes on paper sound lovely, but altogether, they don't work for me. Laylati smells so super lactonic, almost like baby formula, which always gives me a nauseating feeling.
- ❌ This smells like screechy nail polish remover in the opening, then a softer version in the mid and dry down. Thank goodness I didn't blind buy this since the fury purple bottle threw me off. Worst Xerjoff I've smelled yet.
- ❌ I’m testing it now. I love other Xerjoffs, but this one smells like other things I’ve smelled before. I also don’t like the burnt rubber smell.
