Amouage Library Opus Vii Reckless Leather

Mostly sharp and peppery, more like cracked pepper than baking spice. Underneath that, sweet resinous warmth, soft and slightly powdery.

It opens on galbanum, fenugreek and cardamom, moves through leather, agarwood (oud) and ambergris, and settles on cypriol oil or nagarmotha, olibanum and sandalwood.

• galbanum: intensely green resin, bitter and sappy, like a snapped plant stem
• cardamom: cool green spice with an aromatic, almost soapy lift

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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