Guerlain Eau De Lit

Mostly soft skin-like warmth, more the smell of clean skin than a scent of its own. Underneath that, cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers.

It opens on bergamot, coriander and star anise, moves through coriander and sage, and settles on vanilla.

• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does
• coriander: green seedy spice, faintly soapy with a citrus edge

It fades fairly quickly 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.