Creed Royal Oud

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

It opens on pink pepper, lemon and sicilian bergamot, moves through cedar, angelica and galbanum, and settles on sandalwood, agarwood (oud) and musk.

• pink pepper: light rosy pepper that sparkles rather than burns
• lemon: sharp, bright citrus. The most cutting of the citrus notes

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.