Valentino Uomo Noir Absolu for men

Mostly warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family. Underneath that, dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer.

It opens on cinnamon and pepper, moves through incense and olibanum, and settles on sandalwood.

• cinnamon: hot sweet baking spice
• pepper: dry and warming, like freshly cracked black pepper

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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