Karl Lagerfeld Karl Hamburg Alster Eau de Toilette 60ml Spray Parfum de Toilette rounded out with sandalwood

rounded out with sandalwood

Pepper and cardamom open fast

but the kind of amber-touched burn that settles into skin rather than announcing itself

Four to five sprays in the morning hold through the working day

Works under SPF or on its own over moisturiser

Karl Lagerfeld Karl Hamburg Alster Eau de Toilette 60ml Spray Parfum de Toilette rounded out with sandalwoodFirst thirty seconds: a bright hit of citrus and cardamom, then it settles into a woody aromatic base that reads more boardroom than beach. The Alster is Hamburg's river, and this EDT carries that cool, clean northern European sensibility no romance, no sweetness, just competent cologne. 60ml spray, for him. Three sprays from the wrist hold through a working day; reapply in the afternoon if you're going out after.