Tom Ford Oud Wood

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, smells like food: caramel, chocolate, vanilla, bakery.

It opens on cardamom and sichuan pepper, moves through agarwood (oud), brazilian rosewood and sandalwood, and settles on vanilla, tonka bean and amber.

• cardamom: cool green spice with an aromatic, almost soapy lift
• oud: dense smoky resinous wood, rich and medicinal. An acquired taste for many Western noses

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.