Dolce & Gabbana Velvet Black Patchouli

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, smells like food: caramel, chocolate, vanilla, bakery.

It opens on papyrus, blood orange and davana, moves through patchouli, clary sage and coriander, and settles on caramel, vanilla and tonka bean.

• blood orange: orange with a darker, slightly berry-like sourness
• patchouli: dark and earthy with a sweet edge, somewhere between damp soil and a second-hand bookshop

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.