Carolina Herrera Platinum Leather

Mostly soft skin-like warmth, more the smell of clean skin than a scent of its own. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on cypriol oil or nagarmotha and pink pepper, moves through leather and jasmine, and settles on musk, patchouli and vanilla.

• cypriol oil or nagarmotha: smoky, leathery root, dry and a little tarry. Often used where oud is implied but not used
• pink pepper: light rosy pepper that sparkles rather than burns

It lasts well and carries into a room.

Built from the note listing and the measured performance figures. We have not smelled this one.