Close to Midnight

Most voters pick evening and nights out, and it also works for leisure time, while office and daytime wear come further behind. Longevity is rated good and sillage moderate. It reads as suited to both men and women.

The top notes are jasmine and coffee; tonka bean and labdanum follow in the heart, and musk and ambergris settle at the base. A floral start turns into a creamy, sweet gourmand body, with spicy, resinous and slightly smoky touches setting that sweetness on a woody, oriental ground. Solange Azagury-Partridge Stoned and Penhaligon's The Bewitching Yasmine have a close profile.