Al Haramain Musk Orchid

Mostly soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry. Underneath that, smells like food: caramel, chocolate, vanilla, bakery.

It opens on orchid, almond and coffee, moves through orris, tuberose and jasmine, and settles on vanilla, tonka bean and sandalwood.

• orchid: soft and lightly creamy. More an idea than a smell, since most orchids barely scent at all, so what you smell is a perfumer's invention
• almond: sweet marzipan, sometimes with a cherry-like edge

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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