Bel Ami Vetiver

Mostly cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers. Underneath that, sweet resinous warmth, soft and slightly powdery.

It opens on basil, bergamot and lemon, moves through cardamom, carnation and cedar, and settles on amber, cedar and coconut.

• basil: green peppery herb, straight out of a kitchen
• 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.