Maison Alhambra Jean Lowe Fraiche

Mostly warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family. Underneath that, like a new leather jacket, smoky with a bitter edge.

It opens on oud and cacao, moves through saffron, rose and patchouli, and settles on leather, incense and blackcurrant.

• oud: dense smoky resinous wood, rich and medicinal. An acquired taste for many Western noses
• cacao: dry dark chocolate, more bitter than sweet

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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