Xerjoff Shooting Stars La Capitale

Mostly juicy and ripe, like peach, berry or apple. Underneath that, sugary and rounded, closer to dessert than to fruit.

It opens on strawberry, caramel and peach, moves through leather, amber and saffron, and settles on bourbon vanilla and benzoin.

• caramel: burnt sugar, sticky and rich
• peach: soft and sweet with a fuzzy edge, more like the skin than the juice

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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