Irresistible Givenchy Very Floral

Mostly the general smell of flowers, without leaning sharp or sweet. Underneath that, soft skin-like warmth, more the smell of clean skin than a scent of its own.

It opens on coconut water, black currant and bergamot, moves through rose, grasse rose and ylang ylang, and settles on ambrette, solar notes and ambrettolide.

• black currant: tart purple fruit with a green, faintly sulphurous edge. Often labelled cassis
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

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.