L'Heure Bleue

Mostly soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry. Underneath that, the general smell of flowers, without leaning sharp or sweet.

It opens on anise, neroli and coriander, moves through heliotrope, carnation and violet, and settles on iris, vanilla and benzoin.

• neroli: the bright, just-squeezed side of orange blossom: green, clean and faintly bitter
• 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.