Maison Alhambra Amberley Ombre Blue

Mostly like a new leather jacket, smoky with a bitter edge. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on pink pepper, fig and black pepper, moves through patchouli, turkish rose and cedarwood, and settles on leather and musk.

• pink pepper: light rosy pepper that sparkles rather than burns
• fig: green and milky at once: the leaf and the unripe fruit rather than the sweet dried version

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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