Ganymede is a polarising beast, a true love-it-or-hate-it scent that defies easy categorisation. For those who get it, it's a futuristic masterpiece; for others, it's just plain weird. Definitely not for a blind buy then, is it?

A budget take on the niche cult hit Ganymede by Marc-Antoine Barrois, chasing its mandarin-saffron opening into a mineral, leathery Akigalawood base. The original's cold, metallic suede texture is hard to replicate at this price, and the immortelle here reads sweeter and simpler, but the overall mineral-woody silhouette comes through.