L'Interdit Rouge

Mostly warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family. Underneath that, creamy heady flowers like jasmine and gardenia, rich and full.

It opens on ginger and blood orange, moves through tuberose, jasmine and pimento leaf, and settles on sandalwood, patchouli and vetiver.

• ginger: sharp and fresh with a peppery bite, closer to the raw root than to gingerbread
• blood orange: orange with a darker, slightly berry-like sourness

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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