You are floating in the ocean, immediately after having sprayed on a shitload of Ambre Sultan. The sea is absolutely calm, glassy, the sort where there is almost a film on the water. Someone has built a wood fire on the distant shore. When you emerge from the water, you can still smell the sea salt on your skin.

I can never quite decide if I like this, or love it, or actually really dislike it. It's certainly unusual, but there's a clash between the aquatic freshness and the incense that can be cloying at the outset. At the same time, it's this very clash that makes the scent profile interesting. The incense diminishes during the drydown, and a green, vegetal scent emerges, along with an almost citrus sweetness and a light, smokey wood note. It's lighter and more paletable at this stage but paradoxically less unique. Finally it dwindles to a pleasant incense alone.