Tom Ford Rose d'Amalfi

Mostly sweet marzipan, sometimes with a cherry-like edge. Underneath that, the flower itself, ranging from jammy to green depending on the blend.

It opens on pink pepper, bergamot and indian mandarin, moves through rose, and settles on heliotrope and almond.

• pink pepper: light rosy pepper that sparkles rather than burns
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

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.