Xerjoff 1861 Zefiro

Mostly warm baking spice, in the cinnamon and clove family. Underneath that, cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers.

It opens on elemi resin, white wine and artemisia, moves through cardamom, cinnamon and carnation, and settles on incense, woodsy notes and amber.

• artemisia: bitter silvery herb, sharp and slightly camphorous. Wormwood, the absinthe plant
• 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 carries into a room.

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