Sandalwood
Eau de Cologne, Odore Mio

A strangely compelling and well-designed Sandalwood cologne. This description also fits a similar scent - Trumper's Sandalwood - as it is also designated at cologne strength, and successfully showcases its main ingredient in a characterful, approachable, and long-lasting composition. The Odore Mio effort goes on lighter, with more evident top notes in the form of citrus, but dries down in comforting fashion with a touch of benzoin or incense through to a sandalwood accord with a touch of vanilla and other woods. If you can do sandalwood well, you don't need too much adornment. Odore Mio have resisted any temptation they might have had to guild the lily or give the composition a daft name. Solid design, good longevity - one of the best from the house so far, at least in my reviews.