Parfums de Marly Carlisle Fragrance Samples | Authentic Decants (3ml, 5ml, 10ml)

Top Notes

• Green Apple
• Nutmeg
• Saffron

Heart Notes

• Tonka Bean
• Rose
• Osmanthus
• Davana

Base Notes

• Vanilla
• Patchouli
• Opopanax Resinoid

This note pyramid follows the current official Parfums de Marly product information for Carlisle.

Carlisle opens with a recognizable contrast of crisp green apple and warm spice. Nutmeg adds dry aromatic warmth while saffron gives the opening a richer, more textured quality.

As Carlisle develops, the fruitiness becomes deeper and smoother. Tonka bean brings warmth and subtle sweetness while rose, osmanthus, and davana add floral, fruity, and aromatic dimensions without turning the fragrance into a conventionally floral scent.

The drydown is darker and richer. Vanilla softens the composition while patchouli provides earthy woody depth and opopanax resinoid adds a warm balsamic character. The result is a fragrance that moves from fresh spiced apple into a smooth, sweet, woody, and resinous base.

Carlisle has a rich composition built around spices, tonka bean, vanilla, patchouli, and opopanax. Its deeper woody and balsamic character makes it particularly well suited to cooler temperatures, evenings, dinners, dates, social events, and dressier occasions.

Fall and winter are natural settings for Carlisle, although it can also work well during cooler spring weather or air-conditioned evening environments. Because of its richer character, adjusting the number of sprays can make it more adaptable to different settings.

Longevity, projection, and sillage can vary depending on skin chemistry, application, climate, and environment.

A Carlisle sample allows you to experience the full development of the fragrance rather than judging it only from the opening. Its transition from green apple, nutmeg, and saffron into tonka bean, florals, vanilla, patchouli, and opopanax can change noticeably as it settles on skin.

Sampling is also useful for determining how Carlisle's sweetness, spice, patchouli, and resinous qualities interact with your skin chemistry and whether its richer style suits your fragrance collection.

A larger Carlisle travel-size decant offers additional wear while remaining convenient for fragrance rotation, work, weekends, or travel.

• 3ml Sample: Approximately 25–30 sprays
• 5ml Travel Spray: Approximately 40–50 sprays
• 10ml Travel Spray: Approximately 85–100 sprays
• 30ml: Approximately 250–300 sprays

Spray counts are estimates and may vary slightly depending on the atomizer and how each spray is applied.

Each Carlisle decant sold by Bluegrass Fragrance Company is transferred from an authentic original Parfums de Marly bottle. The fragrance is not diluted, reformulated, or intentionally altered.

Each order is hand-filled into a glass atomizer and carefully packaged for convenient application, storage, and travel.

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Are these authentic Parfums de Marly Carlisle samples?

Yes. Each Carlisle sample and decant sold by Bluegrass Fragrance Company is transferred from an authentic original Parfums de Marly bottle.

What does Carlisle smell like?

Carlisle combines crisp green apple and warm spices with tonka bean, rose, osmanthus, davana, vanilla, patchouli, and opopanax. It begins fruity and spicy before developing into a warmer, sweeter, woody, and balsamic drydown.

What are the official Carlisle notes?

Parfums de Marly currently lists green apple, nutmeg, and saffron as the top notes; tonka bean, rose, osmanthus, and davana as the heart notes; and vanilla, patchouli, and opopanax resinoid as the base notes.

Is Carlisle sweet?

Yes, but the sweetness is balanced. Tonka bean and vanilla provide warmth and sweetness while nutmeg, saffron, patchouli, and opopanax add spicy, earthy, and resinous contrast.

Is Carlisle fruity?

Yes. Green apple is an important part of Carlisle's opening, and Parfums de Marly currently classifies the fragrance as Woody Spicy Fruity. The fruitiness becomes less prominent as the warmer heart and base develop.

Is Carlisle a vanilla fragrance?

Vanilla is an important base note, but Carlisle is not built around vanilla alone. Green apple, spices, tonka bean, florals, patchouli, and opopanax give it a more complex woody, fruity, spicy, and balsamic profile.

Is Carlisle good for fall and winter?

Carlisle's warm spices, tonka bean, vanilla, patchouli, and opopanax make fall and winter especially natural seasons for wearing it.

Can Carlisle be worn in warm weather?

It can, particularly during evenings or in climate-controlled environments, but its richer sweet, spicy, and resinous character generally feels more at home in moderate or cooler temperatures.

Is Carlisle good for the office?

Carlisle can work in an office with controlled application. Its richer character may be better suited to fewer sprays in close indoor environments.

When was Carlisle released?

Carlisle was released in 2015 and has become part of Parfums de Marly's Thoroughbreds collection.

What is a fragrance decant?

A fragrance decant is authentic fragrance transferred from its original full-size bottle into a smaller independent atomizer. It allows you to sample or carry a fragrance without purchasing or traveling with another full bottle.

Is Carlisle diluted?

No. Bluegrass Fragrance Company transfers Carlisle directly from the authentic original bottle without diluting, reformulating, or intentionally altering the fragrance.

Is the original Parfums de Marly bottle included?

No. This product is an independently prepared Carlisle sample or travel-size decant. The original Parfums de Marly bottle and manufacturer packaging are not included unless specifically stated otherwise.

Is a Carlisle decant suitable for travel?

Yes. A smaller Carlisle decant is a convenient alternative to carrying the original full-size bottle. Always follow applicable transportation requirements for liquids when traveling.