Blanche Byredo

Mostly clean and airy, the smell of just-washed clothes and open windows. Underneath that, fizzy and clean, the effervescent quality that makes classic perfumes smell like perfume.

It opens on aldehydes, rose and pink pepper, moves through peony, violet and african orange flower, and settles on musk, woodsy notes and sandalwood.

• aldehydes: the fizzy, soapy sparkle that makes a classic perfume smell like perfume rather than like any one ingredient
• rose: the flower itself, landing anywhere between jammy and fresh green depending on the variety used

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.