Montale Paris Boise Vanille

Mostly sharp and peppery, more like cracked pepper than baking spice. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on bergamot, lavender and lemon, moves through iris, and settles on vanilla.

• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does
• lavender: clean herbal flower, cooling and slightly soapy

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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