Hermes Variety

Mostly smells like food: caramel, chocolate, vanilla, bakery. Underneath that, bright and zesty, like fresh orange or lemon peel.

It opens on bergamot, guaiac wood and iris flower, moves through amber, french violet and lemon blossom, and settles on amber, benzoin and leatherwood.

• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does
• guaiac wood: smoky, tarry wood with a soft sweetness, like the smell left after a campfire

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.