Montale Paris Leather Patchouli

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, dark, earthy and slightly sweet, the classic seventies note.

It opens on patchouli, leather and agarwood (oud), moves through cedar and sandalwood, and settles on ambergris, vanilla and white musk.

• patchouli: dark and earthy with a sweet edge, somewhere between damp soil and a second-hand bookshop
• leather: like a new leather jacket: dry, smoky, faintly bitter

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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