Lancome Oud Bouquet

Mostly sugary and rounded, closer to dessert than to fruit. Underneath that, dense smoky resinous wood, rich and medicinal. An acquired taste for many Western noses.

It opens on copahu balm and guaiac wood, moves through copahu balm, guaiac wood and oud, and settles on copahu balm, guaiac wood and vanilla.

• guaiac wood: smoky, tarry wood with a soft sweetness, like the smell left after a campfire
• oud: dense smoky resinous wood, rich and medicinal. An acquired taste for many Western noses

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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