Dolce & Gabbana Velvet Desert Oud

Mostly sweet resinous warmth, soft and slightly powdery. Underneath that, dense smoky resinous wood, rich and medicinal. An acquired taste for many Western noses.

It opens on tobacco and incense, moves through saffron, amber and leather, and settles on oud and musk.

• tobacco: dried leaves, sweet and warm rather than like a lit cigarette
• incense: dry resinous smoke, the smell of a church rather than a bonfire

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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