Xerjoff Casamorati Italica

Mostly sugary and rounded, closer to dessert than to fruit. Underneath that, sweet marzipan, sometimes with a cherry-like edge.

It opens on almond, milk and saffron, moves through toffee and bourbon vanilla, and settles on sandalwood and white musk.

• almond: sweet marzipan, sometimes with a cherry-like edge
• saffron: warm leathery spice, dry with a faint medicinal bite

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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