As with many of the range, it opens unassuming and delicate, but has surprising legs. As is also the case with most of the others in the range, it has a slightly challenging element to me. As the citrus wears away from the opening, the spices take hold, and the cream subsides to a sort of artificial remnant. It's not bad, but cloves can be a tough one, as they can enter into culinary territory. Someone else on here mentioned a raw egg smell, and I do get what they mean. That's not to say I don't like this perfume, but what seems to be a gentle, soft scent is actually quite a difficult one, with a couple of twists and turns. As ever with Guerlain, the quality can't be denied, and I do keep going back to spray a little more then keep sniffing my skin, so there's something magical there. Don't be fooled by the soft opening, go easy on the sprays, you'll be rewarded by gentle, complex wafts for quite some time, whereas overspray and you'll risk smelling of a spicey, eggy guff.