Maison Francis Kurkdjian Variety

Mostly creamy heady flowers like jasmine and gardenia, rich and full. Underneath that, fizzy and clean, the effervescent quality that makes classic perfumes smell like perfume.

It opens on aldehydes and calabrian bergamot, moves through egyptian jasmine, mock orange and sweet pea, and settles on white musk and sandalwood.

• aldehydes: the fizzy, soapy sparkle that makes a classic perfume smell like perfume rather than like any one ingredient
• 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.