Bvlgari Au The Noir

Mostly like a new leather jacket, smoky with a bitter edge. Underneath that, dried leaves, sweet and warm rather than like a lit cigarette.

It opens on black tea and leather, moves through black tea and tobacco, and settles on black tea, leather and oud.

• leather: like a new leather jacket: dry, smoky, faintly bitter
• tobacco: dried leaves, sweet and warm rather than like a lit cigarette

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.