Ch Birds Of Paradise

Mostly sweet and creamy, like vanilla pod or custard. Underneath that, juicy and ripe, like peach, berry or apple.

It opens on black currant and neroli, moves through rose and coconut, and settles on vanilla and sandalwood.

• black currant: tart purple fruit with a green, faintly sulphurous edge. Often labelled cassis
• neroli: the bright, just-squeezed side of orange blossom: green, clean and faintly bitter

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.