Calvin Klein Man

Mostly sharp and peppery, more like cracked pepper than baking spice. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on violet leaf, rosemary and mandarin orange, moves through bay leaf, incense and nutmeg, and settles on cypress, guaiac wood and sandalwood.

• violet leaf: green and dewy with a cucumber-like coolness. Nothing like the sweetness of violet flowers
• rosemary: sharp piney herb, cooling and slightly medicinal

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.