La Petite Robe Noire

Mostly sugary and rounded, closer to dessert than to fruit. Underneath that, sweet and syrupy, often with an almond bitterness underneath.

It opens on sour cherry, almond and red berries, moves through licorice, rose and tea, and settles on vanilla, anise and tonka bean.

• almond: sweet marzipan, sometimes with a cherry-like edge
• red berries: a general tart-berry impression rather than any one fruit

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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