Oud For Greatness Neo

Mostly sharp and peppery, more like cracked pepper than baking spice. Underneath that, dense smoky resinous wood, rich and medicinal. An acquired taste for many Western noses.

It opens on bergamot, lavender and saffron, moves through saffron, and settles on balsam fir, fir and musk.

• 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.