Parfums De Marly Pegasus

Mostly sweet marzipan, sometimes with a cherry-like edge. Underneath that, sweet and creamy, like vanilla pod or custard.

It opens on heliotrope, cumin and bergamot, moves through bitter almond, lavender and jasmine, and settles on vanilla, sandalwood and amber.

• heliotrope: powdery almond and vanilla flower, close to marzipan and baby powder
• cumin: warm, dusty, unmistakably sweaty at any real dose. The note people either forgive or refuse

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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