"Bittersweet, with a poisonous, cold, shadowed character, the cold shoulder of an ice queen," Perfumes: The Guide declares of galbanum resin. "It can serve as air conditioning." Iris Malikhân is a magnificently old-school iris with a generous helping of galbanum, a worthy successor to olfactive ice queens like Chanel No. 19 and Robert Piguet Bandit.