Bottle gifted for review. Besides the glorious presentation of this perfume -in itself a beautiful celebration of tactile materials - the fragrance is an absolute joy to me. Immediately, the ripe raspberry hits you. Then comes a dry, dusty, medicinal oud. And then the rose blossoms. There are supporting notes of Osmanthus and iris etc, but the major play is as above, at least for me. For a rose/oud, it’s not particularly floral, hence it does lean masc. When I wear it, it imbues me with an inner strength and confidence. It’s actually been my most worn scent since I got it about a week ago. I’m drawn to it more than anything else in my collection and have worn it safely to work on a couple of occasions. I have several rose ouds in my collection and this one is currently my favourite.