Amouage Interlude Black Iris

Mostly sweet resinous warmth, soft and slightly powdery. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on violet leaf, rosemary and bergamot, moves through orris, olibanum and myrhh, and settles on leather, agarwood (oud) and sandalwood.

• violet leaf: green and dewy with a cucumber-like coolness. Nothing like the sweetness of violet flowers
• rosemary: sharp piney herb, cooling and slightly medicinal

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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