Tom Ford Fougere d'Argent

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family.

It opens on lavender, ginger and mandarin orange, moves through akigalawood and labdanum, and settles on coumarin.

• lavender: clean herbal flower, cooling and slightly soapy
• ginger: sharp and fresh with a peppery bite, closer to the raw root than to gingerbread

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.