Montale Paris Arabians Tonka

Mostly sugary and rounded, closer to dessert than to fruit. Underneath that, sweet resinous warmth, soft and slightly powdery.

It opens on saffron and bergamot, moves through agarwood (oud) and bulgarian rose, and settles on tonka bean, sugar cane and amber.

• saffron: warm leathery spice, dry with a faint medicinal bite
• 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.