Tom Ford Rose Exposed

Mostly sharp and peppery, more like cracked pepper than baking spice. Underneath that, the flower itself, ranging from jammy to green depending on the blend.

It opens on white pepper and pink pepper, moves through rose water, rose oil and orange blossom, and settles on leather, olibanum and musk.

• pink pepper: light rosy pepper that sparkles rather than burns
• orange blossom: the flower of the orange tree rather than the fruit: sweet, honeyed and a little green

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.