Nose: vanilla, leather, cedar. Cinnamon Taste: first initial taste has some spice and caramel. Very nice long lasting finish where you get some real nice spice like cinnamon stick ish taste Thoughts: very few bottles i would have dropped $100 on without trying first but this concept was too cool for me to not try it out. Couple that with jeffersons has bought aome good will with me. I have yet to try anything from jeffersons i didnt like at least a little. In the end i think it does justify the price. Its different than anything else ive had and the finish is very enjoyable.