Al Haramain Black Oud

Mostly warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family. Underneath that, cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers.

It opens on cardamom, cloves and thyme, moves through oud, vetiver and cedar, and settles on tonka bean, amber and musk.

• cardamom: cool green spice with an aromatic, almost soapy lift
• clove: hot, numbing spice with a medicinal edge, like a dentist's surgery in the best case

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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