Xerjoff Xxy

Mostly dry and warm, like cedar shavings or the inside of a wooden drawer. Underneath that, soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry.

It opens on peach, bergamot and grapefruit, moves through iris, ylang-ylang and black pepper, and settles on patchouli, vanilla and sandalwood.

• peach: soft and sweet with a fuzzy edge, more like the skin than the juice
• 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.