906

906 is IKON's white floral, and it is far less demure than that description usually implies. Red fruits and a firm hit of nutmeg and black pepper open it on a tart, piquant note that stops the flowers reading sugary. The heart is the point: tuberose and ylang-ylang alongside jasmine build something creamy, faintly animalic and unmistakably heady, closer to the elderflower-under-a-tree impression one wearer describes than to any polite bouquet. Patchouli, amber and musk anchor the base, and the patchouli is prominent enough that several wearers name it before the flowers. Performance is the standout figure in the range. Wearers report around twelve hours on skin, with a strength that surprised at least one buyer who assumed a vegan, responsibly sourced brief would mean a weaker blend. Projection is moderate rather than aggressive: assertive without filling a room. It suits an evening better than a morning. Dinner, a night out, anywhere a bit of drama is welcome, with autumn the natural home and warmer months workable if you go light on the sprays. It is probably the least office-friendly of the six. The lane is heady floral-patchouli in the accessible-luxury register, and it is the IKON to reach for when you want to be noticed.