Maison Alhambra Aquilio Pour Homme

Mostly bright and zesty, like fresh orange or lemon peel. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on mandarin orange, petitgrain and orange, moves through seaweed, lavender and cotton flower, and settles on woodsy notes, virginian cedar and patchouli.

• mandarin orange: sweet, soft citrus. Gentler and less biting than lemon
• petitgrain: the twigs and leaves of the orange tree: green, bitter and woody, where neroli is the flower and orange the fruit

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.