Maison Alhambra Anarch

Mostly sweet and creamy, like vanilla pod or custard. Underneath that, creamy heady flowers like jasmine and gardenia, rich and full.

It opens on bergamot, grass and ylang-ylang, moves through peach, lily and heliotrope, and settles on vanilla, ebony wood and cashmere wood.

• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does
• ylang-ylang: rich yellow flower, sweet and faintly banana-like with a creamy finish

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.