The nose has cotton balls, graham cracker, vanilla, cinnamon, and baked apples. Very fresh and clean scent, you could use this as laundry detergent in a pinch. More cotton balls on the palate, but the spices are stronger with some clove and lemon zest. Finish is long and oily. The spices from the palate get stronger and stay on your tongue after every other flavor has faded. Great value scotch here. It blows away some blends that cost 2-3 times more.