Xerjoff Shooting Stars Cruz Del Sur I

Mostly like a new leather jacket, smoky with a bitter edge. Underneath that, sweet resinous warmth, soft and slightly powdery.

It opens on rum, grapes and bergamot, moves through dried fruits, cloves and cumin, and settles on leather, castoreum and myrhh.

• rum: boozy and sweet, with caramel warmth
• 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.