Parfums de Marly – Julien Sprecher, the spirit of the Château de Marly and Louis XV in niche perfumery

Julien Sprecher was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, son of a perfume brand agent (Guerlain) for the Middle East. He took over and developed the family business in the late 1990s distributing the first major niche names — Creed, Le Labo, Atelier Cologne — from Dubai. In 2009, he founded Parfums de Marly inspired by the Chateau de Marly and his passion for thoroughbred horses. Every perfume bears the name of a thoroughbred. He lives between Paris and Dubai. The brand is present in 100 countries, with the United States as the top global market.

That is Julien Sprecher's other passion: thoroughbred horses. The Chateau de Marly was also a symbol of Louis XV's love of horses. The famous Chevaux de Marly — sculptures by Guillaume Coustou — have guarded the entrance to the Louvre Museum since 1794. Every perfume therefore bears the name of a thoroughbred: Delina (mare), Layton (stallion), Pegasus, Percival, Herod, Godolphin... 

Delina is the absolute feminine icon — fruity rose-lychee floral, a TikTok and social media star, one of the most photographed perfumes in the world. Layton is the global masculine bestseller — vanilla-apple-pepper oriental, one of the best-selling masculine perfumes in niche perfumery. Percival (lavender-vanilla aromatic) is very popular. Our feminine discovery set lets you discover the collection.

The Chateau de Marly was Louis XV's private residence — a pleasure palace where the king invited a very restricted circle of privileged guests, far from the constraints of Versailles. Louis XV's court was nicknamed the "perfumed court": pouches, fans, gloves and even the fountains were drenched in perfume. The brand logo bears the Chevaux de Marly (sculptures by Guillaume Coustou, 1743) and the year 1743 — the Chateau's restoration date. Julien Sprecher was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, not far from this chateau — hence the natural birth of the project.

Parfums de Marly offers perfumes for both men and women, without dogma. The feminine collection is dominated by Delina, Cassili, Oriana, Palatine. The masculine collection by Layton, Percival, Pegasus, Herod. Many perfumes like Althair and Habdan are unisex. Julien Sprecher wanted "a collection where everyone dares everything" — without gender constraints.