Montale Paris Vanille Absolu

Mostly sweet and creamy, like vanilla pod or custard. Underneath that, warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family.

It opens on bergamot, herbal notes and oud, moves through oud, patchouli and tobacco, and settles on sandalwood, vanilla and vanilla sugar.

• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does
• oud: dense smoky resinous wood, rich and medicinal. An acquired taste for many Western noses

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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