Tom Ford Noir Extreme

Mostly warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family. Underneath that, sugary and rounded, closer to dessert than to fruit.

It opens on cardamom, nutmeg and saffron, moves through kulfi, rose and mastic or lentisque, and settles on vanilla, amber and woody notes.

• cardamom: cool green spice with an aromatic, almost soapy lift
• nutmeg: warm dusty spice, dry rather than sweet

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.