The way Rouge smoking opens is undoubtedly interesting and carries on from themes of Lost Cherry by Tom Ford a scent I actually revisited on the same day I sampled this. It's funny how your mind associates cherry with almond and vice versa and materials like Benzaldehyde and bitter almond oil contain the qualities of both, as does the love/hate relationship I have with Heliotrope. This has some top note presence though and adds a grown up, almost sophisticated flavour to what I often consider quite a childlike smell of cherries, with a mildly spiced edge, and balmy quality of amber. There's floral sense to it as well but it's creamy base of tonka growing all the while until you are left with a perfume which is indulgently and unapologetically coumarin and almond heavy. A kind of creamy soup, I kinda like and if you love that stuff is clearly enjoyable but I couldn't wear it, just not my scene.