Amouage Interlude

Mostly sweet resinous warmth, soft and slightly powdery. Underneath that, thick sweet resin, like tree sap or balsam.

It opens on oregano, pepper and bergamot, moves through incense, opoponax and amber, and settles on agarwood (oud), leather and sandalwood.

• pepper: dry and warming, like freshly cracked black pepper
• 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 carries into a room.

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