Le Parfum for women

Mostly sugary and rounded, closer to dessert than to fruit. Underneath that, sweet resinous warmth, soft and slightly powdery.

It opens on bergamot, jasmine and leather, moves through mandarin blossom, meringue and plum, and settles on amber, benzoin and cupcake.

• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does
• jasmine: a rich white flower, heady and full. Up close it turns slightly animal, which some people love and others find too much

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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