Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic

Mostly bright and zesty, like fresh orange or lemon peel. Underneath that, sharp and peppery, more like cracked pepper than baking spice.

It opens on clementine, bitter orange and orange blossom, moves through mandarin orange, basil and chamomile, and settles on sandalwood and amber.

• bitter orange: sour marmalade citrus, closer to peel than to juice
• orange blossom: the flower of the orange tree rather than the fruit: sweet, honeyed and a little green

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.