A lovely-smelling apartment is such a flex, IMO. I want people to step into my home and immediately ask what candle I’m burning or if I perhaps have a sheet of gooey, chocolate chip cookies crisping in the oven. My favorite comment of late? “Your apartment smells like an expensive winter chalet.” (I’m terrified of skiing, FYI, but I do love the luxurious aesthetic.) Once I added a very special (and terribly chic) launch into my home fragrance collection—and, nope, it’s not a candle—these specific compliments kept pouring in. Curious which secret scent I’ve been using on repeat? 
Parfums de Marly is synonymous with intoxicating scents. (Its delicate floral confection, Delina, earned a top spot in our “best fragrances of all time” guide.) The French perfume house is straight up elegance, bottled. So when I got the chance to try its new home diffuser—a completely new category launch for the brand—suffice it to say I was game.
I expected a chic design—Parfums de Marly has the most ornate bottles, after all—but the luxurious base is like no diffuser I’ve ever seen before. Many vapor options on the market have that classic, cylindrical form, whereas reed diffusers typically feature a thicket of wooden sticks poking through the top. This Dry Diffuser, however, features a sleek, square-shaped base made from hand-crafted oakwood that honestly doubles as a piece of sculpture art.
It’s the perfect size to tuck away on a bookshelf or display on a credenza, and the elegant design makes the machine look like it’s meant to be there. Perhaps that’s why friends are stumped by the source of my delicious home fragrance until I finally point it out on my side table. It just seamlessly blends with my apartment aesthetic.
As its name suggests, it’s a dry diffuser, which is also what makes it so inconspicuous. Inside the oak base lies a hidden ventilation system that softly and silently releases fragrance into the air—no vapor whatsoever. You simply place your scent block of choice on the slotted portion of base (no need to lock anything in; you just set it down freely!), power on the diffuser, and marvel how quickly your home fills with scent. You can control the intensity and duration on the machine itself, or you can download the app to set it up from afar (because what’s more chic than being greeted by a faint cloud of Delina when you walk in the door?).
Parfums de Marly
Dry Diffuser
At present, the diffuser has four available scents: Delina, the iconic, aforementioned floral; Althaïr, a boozy, ambery-vanilla; Haltane, a nutty, herby, woody potion; and Délice d’Épices (aka Spiced Delight), a cinnamon- and honey-infused confection. I personally have been running the latter on repeat for the past several weeks, as it smells warm and cuddly without teetering too much into winter holiday territory. Imagine sipping a steaming mug of apple cider while curled up in a worn, leather armchair next to a crackling fire—that’s Délice d’Épices. It’s the epitome of cozy luxury, hence why my tiny, NYC apartment now smells like an expensive chalet.
If you want to go the extra mile, you can even layer two or more scents on the Dry Diffuser. Just place the two scent boxes side by side on the base, as you can see in the photo below. (FWIW, Delina, Haltane, and Délice d’Épices smell incredible cocktailed together.)
