Armaf Odyssey Aoud

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, soft skin-like warmth, more the smell of clean skin than a scent of its own.

It opens on saffron, lavender and nutmeg, moves through oud and woody notes, and settles on musk, patchouli and ambroxan.

• saffron: warm leathery spice, dry with a faint medicinal bite
• lavender: clean herbal flower, cooling and slightly soapy

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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