Cubata

It opens with birch, leaves and tobacco, and moves into rum, honey and spicy notes at the heart. The base of gaiac wood, tonka bean and amber sweetens it and settles into a resinous, woody warmth.

Both longevity and sillage are rated good. Most voters pick fall and winter, and it is placed mostly in the evening and for nights out. It reads more masculine and classic than anything else. Phlur Vanilla Smoke and Xerjoff Don have a close profile.