Tom Ford Noir Extreme Eau de Parfum 150ml Spray Afnan Perfumes Elie Saab pads it out

Elie Saab pads it out with ambrette seed and a whisper of cedarwood

Three or four sprays get you through the day

Floris does restraint well

Potion Arsenic opens with pink pepper and bitter almond — that slightly sharp

so it lands confident without the shouty projection

Tom Ford Noir Extreme Eau de Parfum 150ml Spray Afnan Perfumes Elie Saab pads it outNoir Extreme opens with cardamom and a sharp hit of bergamot, then settles into warm amber and vanilla not gourmand sweet, more like caramel that's been burnt at the edges. The woody base has spice running through it, so the whole thing reads dressed up rather than office safe. 150ml EDP for him. Four to five hours on skin, longer on clothes and collar. Two sprays is the sensible amount; three if you're in a room where people aren't sitting within