Paco Rabanne Fame Intense

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, creamy heady flowers like jasmine and gardenia, rich and full.

It opens on incense, jasmine and pine, moves through incense, jasmine and sandalwood, and settles on incense and sandalwood.

• incense: dry resinous smoke, the smell of a church rather than a bonfire
• jasmine: a rich white flower, heady and full. Up close it turns slightly animal, which some people love and others find too much

It lasts well and sits close to the skin after the first hour.

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