Prada L'Homme

Mostly soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry. Underneath that, cool, powdery and slightly rooty, closer to makeup than to a flower.

It opens on neroli, black pepper and cardamom, moves through iris, violet and geranium, and settles on amber, cedar and sandalwood.

• neroli: the bright, just-squeezed side of orange blossom: green, clean and faintly bitter
• black pepper: dry and hot, like pepper cracked straight from the mill

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.