Kilian Sacred Wood

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry.

It opens on ambrette (musk mallow), carrot seeds and pink pepper, moves through sandalwood, milk and amyris, and settles on atlas cedar, myrrh and tolu balsam.

• ambrette (musk mallow): a plant-derived musk: soft, warm, slightly pear-like. The botanical answer to animal musk
• pink pepper: light rosy pepper that sparkles rather than burns

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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