Bvlgari Splendida Patchouli Tentation

Mostly dark, earthy and slightly sweet, the classic seventies note. Underneath that, soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry.

It opens on patchouli and white peach, moves through patchouli and orris, and settles on indonesian patchouli leaf and white musk.

• patchouli: dark and earthy with a sweet edge, somewhere between damp soil and a second-hand bookshop
• orris: iris root rather than the flower: cool, powdery and faintly earthy. One of the most expensive materials in perfumery

It lasts well 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.