Cuba Touch

Cuba Touch from Cuba Paris is a classic-style floral chypre worn by anyone. Floral is how everyone describes it, most also call it woody and citrusy, and a third find it green, musky or fresh.

The notes are listed together rather than in stages, but they form a familiar shape. Lemon, bergamot and aldehydes give a bright, sparkling, slightly soapy opening. Rose and jasmine make a traditional floral centre, rosy and warm. Beneath them sit oakmoss and vetiver, damp, green and earthy, with a little vanilla and musk softening the finish.

The result reads as a polished, somewhat old-fashioned floral with a mossy, woody base rather than a sweet one, the kind of structure that suits anyone who likes the tidy, powdery elegance of traditional perfumery over modern gourmand sweetness, and who wants a scent that works as easily by day as in the evening.

Cuba Touch — unisex fragrance by Cuba Paris. Notes: Aldehydes, Bergamot, Iris, Jasmine, Lemon, Musk, Oakmoss, Patchouli, Rose, Vanilla, Vetiver. — Parfica open fragrance database