Eternity Intense

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

It opens on orris, watery notes and bergamot, moves through iris, osmanthus and rose, and settles on vanilla, musk and sandalwood.

• orris: iris root rather than the flower: cool, powdery and faintly earthy. One of the most expensive materials in perfumery
• watery notes: a general wet freshness, invented rather than extracted

It lasts an average amount of time 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.