Mancera Aoud Violet

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, soil and roots, like a forest floor after rain.

It opens on green notes, bergamot and spices, moves through violet, agarwood (oud) and patchouli, and settles on vetiver, moss and amber.

• 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 well and carries into a room.

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