Initio Parfums Oud For Greatness Neo Edp

Mostly sharp and peppery, more like cracked pepper than baking spice. Underneath that, dense smoky resinous wood, rich and medicinal. An acquired taste for many Western noses.

It opens on florida grapefruit, moves through clove, geranium and lavender, and settles on amber, cacao and leather.

• clove: hot, numbing spice with a medicinal edge, like a dentist's surgery in the best case
• geranium: green rosy leaf, sharper and more minty than rose itself

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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