J'Adore L'Absolu for women

Mostly creamy heady flowers like jasmine and gardenia, rich and full. Underneath that, sugary and rounded, closer to dessert than to fruit.

It opens on ylang-ylang, moves through jasmine, tuberose and rose, and settles on fruity notes, musk and woodsy notes.

• ylang-ylang: rich yellow flower, sweet and faintly banana-like with a creamy finish
• jasmine: a rich white flower, heady and full. Up close it turns slightly animal, which some people love and others find too much

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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