Xerjoff Torino 22

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers.

It opens on saffron, eucalyptus and bergamot, moves through mate, clary sage and guaiac wood, and settles on dry wood and musk.

• saffron: warm leathery spice, dry with a faint medicinal bite
• 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.