Lattafa Yara

Mostly sugary and rounded, closer to dessert than to fruit. Underneath that, soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry.

It opens on orchid, heliotrope and tangerine, moves through gourmand accord and tropical fruits, and settles on vanilla, musk and sandalwood.

• orchid: soft and lightly creamy. More an idea than a smell, since most orchids barely scent at all, so what you smell is a perfumer's invention
• heliotrope: powdery almond and vanilla flower, close to marzipan and baby powder

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.