Kilian Back To Black Aphrodisiac

Mostly sugary and rounded, closer to dessert than to fruit. Underneath that, dried leaves, sweet and warm rather than like a lit cigarette.

It opens on cardamom, chamomile and cherry, moves through chamomile, and settles on amber, oud and vanilla.

• cardamom: cool green spice with an aromatic, almost soapy lift
• nutmeg: warm dusty spice, dry rather than sweet

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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