Ajmal Amir One

Mostly bright and zesty, like fresh orange or lemon peel. Underneath that, dense smoky resinous wood, rich and medicinal. An acquired taste for many Western noses.

It opens on bergamot, lemon and lavender, moves through sandalwood, rose and jasmine, and settles on agarwood (oud), amber and musk.

• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does
• lemon: sharp, bright citrus. The most cutting of the citrus notes

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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