I spent the past month of my life studying luxury commercial fragrance, and my findings point me to a simple observation: Parfum de Marly is the house on top.
I do not spend excessive amounts of my money on luxury fragrance (yet... so far my biggest indulgence was a 3.4oz bottle of YSL Libre). But I could justify (if I had $400 of disposable income) dropping my check on a bottle or two.
Meliora. Darcy. Delina. Layton. Masterful. Decadent. Projects like nothing else.
Whereas CREED has mastered the masculine fragrance, they leave me unimpressed with their florals (save Carmina). Marly picks up where they dropped off. Totally royal. Saving the last drops of my samples for my wedding.