Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, sweet resinous warmth, soft and slightly powdery.

It opens on saffron and jasmine, moves through amberwood, ambergris and hedione, and settles on fir resin, cedar and sugar.

• saffron: warm leathery spice, dry with a faint medicinal bite
• jasmine: a rich white flower, heady and full. Up close it turns slightly animal, which some people love and others find too much

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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