At first this seemed a cool floral (violet? iris? something like that...) but after it sat awhile upon my wrist, say about an hour, the sandalwood, neroli and musk came out. I think the neroli dominated- it was a scent I didn't care for too much anyway. While I liked the first initial floral scent- not too sweet, with the backing darker scents keeping it less girlie- the drydown wasn't as much to my taste. I'll probably wear it a few more times though before declaring it a loser for me. Sometimes BPAL scents grow on me, more than most types of perfumes where it's always love-or-hate and not much between.