Created by Jacques Polge and Christopher Sheldrake and launched by Chanel in 2008 as part of their Les Exclusifs de Chanel, Sycomore is a five-star stunner. In his bookPerfumes: The A-Z Guide, Luca Turin says, If putting this on does not make you shiver with pleasure, see a doctor.

Sycomore opens with a nose-tickling freshness from aldehydes and camphourous juniper berries. A gentle hint of rose adds floralcy and richness. Suddenly, theres a note of mouth-puckering grapefruit, which at first seems out of place, but is really a facet of the vetiver that lies at the heart of Sycomore. As it blooms on skin, the vetiver shows off all its aspects rooty, smoky, woody, anisic, balsamic which is why it often smells differently every time you wear it. Did you catch a whiff of the rooty phase, balsamic phase or the smoky phase? Cypress is at the heart, too, giving it a piney, spicy freshness, making Sycomore dark green and pungent. A woody base of creamy sandalwood softens it and refines it without diminishing any of the effects of the other notes.

Sycomore is a gorgeous vetiver fragrance with a rich, refined drydown.

Notes: Aldehydes, juniper berries, rose, grapefruit, vetiver, cypress, sandalwood.