Le Labo The Matcha 26

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, juicy and ripe, like peach, berry or apple.

It opens on bitter orange, moves through fig and matcha tea, and settles on cedar, vetiver and sandalwood.

• bitter orange: sour marmalade citrus, closer to peel than to juice
• fig: green and milky at once: the leaf and the unripe fruit rather than the sweet dried version

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.