I enjoyed my sample of this but won’t seek a full bottle. Performance is on par with the price, long lasting (8 +hrs) and you only need little of this otherwise it veers into headache territory. Good sillage too but not quite beast mode. Fairly linear white floral, heavy on the tuberose, bit sweet from the vanilla but not much else going on. Well blended and has a very “quality” feel. Mature, feminine fragrance.
To me, Marfa is a really lovely smelling perfume, but it's a pretty well trodden path and not one I'm all that interested in from a personal collectors point of view, if I'm honest. Sure, I will rock some of the most iconic 'womens' perfumes and not bat an eyelid but some femme tropes are even a bit much for me. This fragrance treads dangerously close to that ground. Marfa is predominantly a chewy, gourmand, wooded, amber accord X 'Exotic' floral accord. Smash them together and you get this. I must say that the complexity and transistions in this perfume, scream superior quality and for this price they should. The opening couple of hours was a little oppressive and Muglerish, the vanilla is caramelised and the tuberose hyper sweet but once you get past that and it mellows, it's a really lovely experience and I can't fault it. Fits in to the modern/classical aesthetic I think the brand is trying to foster.
I wish it lasted and projected. Feels like a wasted potential. It’s so good up close, but you’d have to sniff your arm all the time to catch any smell.