Montale Paris Holy Neroli

Mostly bright and zesty, like fresh orange or lemon peel. Underneath that, creamy heady flowers like jasmine and gardenia, rich and full.

It opens on neroli, bitter orange and sicilian bergamot, moves through tunisian orange blossom, bulgarian rose and cedar, and settles on musk, vanilla sugar and amber.

• neroli: the bright, just-squeezed side of orange blossom: green, clean and faintly bitter
• bitter orange: sour marmalade citrus, closer to peel than to juice

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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