Bel Ami

Mostly cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on sage, bergamot and cardamom, moves through carnation, patchouli and cedar, and settles on leather, oakmoss and styrax.

• sage: dry silvery herb, cooling with a bitter edge
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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