Acqua Di Gio Absolu

Mostly cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on sea notes, bergamot and pear, moves through lavender, rosemary and geranium, and settles on woody notes, tonka bean and amberwood.

• sea notes: a general salt-and-air impression, invented rather than extracted
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

It lasts well and sits close to the skin after the first hour.

Built from the note listing and the measured performance figures. We have not smelled this one.