La Vie Est Belle L'Elixir

Mostly the general smell of flowers, without leaning sharp or sweet. Underneath that, dense smoky resinous wood, rich and medicinal. An acquired taste for many Western noses.

It opens on grasse rose, moves through jasmine, mirabilis and orange blossom, and settles on birch, litchi and musk.

• jasmine: a rich white flower, heady and full. Up close it turns slightly animal, which some people love and others find too much
• orange blossom: the flower of the orange tree rather than the fruit: sweet, honeyed and a little green

It lasts an average amount of time and sits close to the skin after the first hour.

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