Colour Me Red

Colour Me Red from the British house Milton Lloyd is a classic-style women's floral. Everyone who describes it calls it floral, about a third find it woody, and a minority pick up spice, sweetness, greenness and citrus.

Red berries and bergamot give a bright, slightly tart opening. The heart is a full, old-fashioned bouquet: peony and freesia for freshness, jasmine for richness, carnation for a clove-like spice, and violet and orris root for a cool, powdery texture. The base has a mossy, dry warmth: oakmoss and vetiver bring forest greenness and smoke, sandalwood adds cream, and vanilla a touch of sweetness.

The powdery, mossy character suits daytime and spring or autumn, and people who like traditional florals in the style of earlier decades rather than modern fruity-musky ones.

Colour Me Red — for women fragrance by Milton Lloyd. Notes: Bergamot, Carnation, Freesia, Jasmine, Oakmoss, Orris Root, Peony, Red Berries, Sandalwood, Spicy Notes, Vanilla, Vetiver, Violet. — Parfica open fragrance database