Dior Homme Intense 2007 for men

Mostly soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry. Underneath that, cool, powdery and slightly rooty, closer to makeup than to a flower.

It opens on tuscan iris, moves through cedar, iris and madagascar vanilla, and settles on benzoin, heliotrope and musk.

• cedar: dry, clean wood, closest to freshly sharpened pencil shavings
• iris: cool and powdery with a rooty edge. Closer to makeup or clean laundry than to a flower

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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