Lattafa Musamam White Intense

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family.

It opens on spices, bergamot and orange, moves through coconut, ylang ylang and ambroxan, and settles on sandalwood, musk and benzoin.

• spices: a general spiciness rather than any one spice
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

It lasts well 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.