Tom Ford Costa Azzurra

Mostly cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on driftwood, seaweed and agarwood (oud), moves through cypress, lemon and yellow mandarin, and settles on incense, vetiver and oak.

• oud: dense smoky resinous wood, rich and medicinal. An acquired taste for many Western noses
• 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.