Dior Homme 2005 for men

Mostly cool, powdery and slightly rooty, closer to makeup than to a flower. Underneath that, warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family.

It opens on lavender, bergamot and sage, moves through iris, cacao and amber, and settles on leather, tahitian vetiver and patchouli.

• lavender: clean herbal flower, cooling and slightly soapy
• 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.