Valentino Uomo Intense

Mostly sweet and creamy, like vanilla pod or custard. Underneath that, cool, powdery and slightly rooty, closer to makeup than to a flower.

It opens on mandarin orange and clary sage, moves through iris and tonka bean, and settles on vanilla and leather.

• mandarin orange: sweet, soft citrus. Gentler and less biting than lemon
• clary sage: a warm, slightly boozy herb with a hay-like sweetness. Softer and less medicinal than ordinary sage

It lasts well and carries into a room.

Built from the note listing and the measured performance figures. We have not smelled this one.