Maison Alhambra Avant

Mostly like crushed leaves and cut grass, sharp with a bitter edge. Underneath that, sharp and peppery, more like cracked pepper than baking spice.

It opens on green notes, bergamot and lemon, moves through black pepper, jasmine and lavender, and settles on patchouli, vetiver and musk.

• green notes: a general greenness rather than any one leaf or herb
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

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.