Mancera Black Vanilla

Mostly sweet and creamy, like vanilla pod or custard. Underneath that, soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry.

It opens on white peach, black currant and coconut, moves through violet, egyptian jasmine and bulgarian rose, and settles on madagascar vanilla and white musk.

• black currant: tart purple fruit with a green, faintly sulphurous edge. Often labelled cassis
• coconut: creamy and sweet, with a suncream quality

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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