Armani Prive Noir Kogane

Mostly like a new leather jacket, smoky with a bitter edge. Underneath that, cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers.

It opens on tobacco and haitian vetiver, moves through elemi and saffron, and settles on leather.

• tobacco: dried leaves, sweet and warm rather than like a lit cigarette
• vetiver: dry rooty grass, earthy with a faint smokiness

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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