Prada L'Homme Water Splash

Mostly warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family. Underneath that, cool, powdery and slightly rooty, closer to makeup than to a flower.

It opens on neroli, mandarin leaf and cardamom, moves through iris and ginger, and settles on sandalwood, amber and cedar.

• neroli: the bright, just-squeezed side of orange blossom: green, clean and faintly bitter
• cardamom: cool green spice with an aromatic, almost soapy lift

It lasts an average amount of time 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.