Paris Drift

Paris Drift opens with the juicy, boozy citrus that makes Roja's Lost In Paris so moreish - blood orange and mandarin caramelised at the edges, sharpened by a bitter orange and lifted with a splash of rum. The heart is pure dessert: a buttery caramel sweetened with sugar, creamy and almost milky, capturing the original's caramelised-orange-on-pastry feel. It settles into a warm gourmand-woody base of vanilla, cashmere wood and cedar, dusted with cinnamon, clove and pink pepper and grounded by musk and a touch of ambergris. Against the Roja, this dupe leans sweeter and a little simpler: where the original is a beast that projects heavily for hours and clings well past a day, Paris Drift sits closer to the skin, the spices read a touch sharper up top, and the boozy caramel turns candied sooner. Longevity is good for a budget gourmand but nowhere near the original's marathon. A cosy, sweet, sensual cold-weather scent that gets you most of the way to a very expensive niche favourite.