Initio Side Effect

Mostly warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family. Underneath that, dried leaves, sweet and warm rather than like a lit cigarette.

It opens on raspberry and rum, moves through cinnamon, hedione and saffron, and settles on cedar, leather and sandalwood.

• raspberry: tart red fruit, jammy with a slightly fuzzy edge
• rum: boozy and sweet, with caramel warmth

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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