Parfums De Marly Godolphin

Mostly like a new leather jacket, smoky with a bitter edge. Underneath that, cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers.

It opens on fruity notes, saffron and mate, moves through rose, orris and jasmine, and settles on leather, amber and vetiver.

• fruity notes: a general fruitiness rather than any one fruit
• saffron: warm leathery spice, dry with a faint medicinal bite

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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