Dolce & Gabbana Velvet Amber Sun

Mostly sweet resinous warmth, soft and slightly powdery. Underneath that, smells like food: caramel, chocolate, vanilla, bakery.

It opens on vanilla, labdanum and ylang-ylang, moves through smoke, sandalwood and pepper, and settles on amberwood, benzoin and myrrh.

• vanilla: sweet and creamy, like vanilla pod, custard or the smell of a kitchen mid-bake
• labdanum: sticky sweet resin from the rockrose bush, leathery and warm with a dried-fruit edge

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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