Chanel 19

Mostly like crushed leaves and cut grass, sharp with a bitter edge. Underneath that, soil and roots, like a forest floor after rain.

It opens on green notes, bergamot and neroli, moves through iris, rose and narcissus, and settles on oak moss, vetiver and leather.

• green notes: a general greenness rather than any one leaf or herb
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

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.