Mancera Aoud Cafe

Mostly roasted and bittersweet, like fresh espresso. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on black currant, bergamot and peach, moves through coffee, amber and floral notes, and settles on woody notes, sweet notes and white musk.

• black currant: tart purple fruit with a green, faintly sulphurous edge. Often labelled cassis
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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