Kouros

Mostly soft skin-like warmth, more the smell of clean skin than a scent of its own. Underneath that, smells like food: caramel, chocolate, vanilla, bakery.

It opens on aldehydes, coriander and clary sage, moves through patchouli, carnation and geranium, and settles on civet, honey and leather.

• aldehydes: the fizzy, soapy sparkle that makes a classic perfume smell like perfume rather than like any one ingredient
• coriander: green seedy spice, faintly soapy with a citrus edge

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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