V Absolu for women

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, sweet and creamy, like vanilla pod or custard.

It opens on fig, vodka and mandarin orange, moves through rose, heliotrope and frangipani, and settles on bourbon vanilla, amber and sandalwood.

• fig: green and milky at once: the leaf and the unripe fruit rather than the sweet dried version
• mandarin orange: sweet, soft citrus. Gentler and less biting than lemon

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.