Yves Saint Laurent Velours

Mostly sweet resinous warmth, soft and slightly powdery. Underneath that, soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry.

It opens on black tea, pink pepper and black pepper, moves through orris root, olibanum and jasmine, and settles on vanilla, amberwood and musk.

• pink pepper: light rosy pepper that sparkles rather than burns
• black pepper: dry and hot, like pepper cracked straight from the mill

It lasts well and carries into a room.

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