Al Haramain Signature Gold

Mostly juicy and ripe, like peach, berry or apple. Underneath that, soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry.

It opens on black currant, bergamot and mandarin orange, moves through jasmine, orris and dried fruits, and settles on musk, amber and vanilla.

• black currant: tart purple fruit with a green, faintly sulphurous edge. Often labelled cassis
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

It lasts an average amount of time 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.