Nasomatto Black Afgano Eau de Perfume - 30 ml

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It stayed on skin for long, but it was all the time faint, it evolved at some point in fact, but still into something rather generic and unremarkable. There is a slight sweet ghost note within the bitterness and dirtiness of the cannabis, tobacco and oud which smells like the sweet and nutty part of a sandalwood scent. Soon, Black Afgano turns even more nebulous and abstract, wafting only patchouli, vanilla, and labdanum amber with faint tendrils of black incense. In smell wise I love it, but feels redundant to have it with Black orchid in the shelf, both are dark, dirty, and sexy. With every hour, Black Afgano becomes quieter and quieter, though its primary overall bouquet remains on a singular, linear trajectory for many more hours to come.

Coffee, oud, frankincense, tobacco, labdanum, herbal notes, dried fruit, wood, vetiver, vanilla, patchouli, amber resins and/or benzoin. As described by Chandler Burr, “ Norlimbanol is one of the most amazing scents around, a genius molecule that should be worth its weight in gold; Norlimbanol gives you, quite simply, the smell of extreme dryness, absolute desiccation, and if when you smell it, you’ll understand that instantly—the molecule is, by itself, a multi-sensory Disney ride.It’s dark, very nutty, just barely animalic and musky, with a tinge of dark leatheriness underlying its glowing, golden heart. The shock value of Amouage Interlude Man is nothing compared to this, which either suits itself to be timidly worn at home for all the "I wear fragrance for myself" aficionados out there, or instead you dress it up and wear it to a boardroom meeting to add some olfactory oomph to your aggressive negotiations. Alesandro Gualtiéri succeeds in taking us on a journey where the lingering notes of cannabis mingle with the freshness of green notes in the top; tobacco and coffee in the heart; resins, woody notes of oud and incense in the bottom.

These scents draw inspiration from designer and niche perfumes but are not originals and are not intended to replicate them.It’s entirely overrated - Boudicca Wode smells better, lasts longer and is cheaper if a cannabis note and green scent is what you want. Overall, I really like the smell and it is very much artistic but not sure in what occasion I can pull it off if any.

The bottle in the image above is for display purposes only, this is not the bottle you will receive your perfume oil in, it will be shipped in a plain glass bottle of the size you choose. I can’t pinpoint which precise synthetic is at play, but I know it’s there and it adds to the slightly medicinal feel of the oud. Both fragrances only felt noticeable for a mere, solitary, wholly abysmal hour, so even the soft, minimally projecting Black Afgano is a step up in that regard. Ultimately, if you want an incense smell, try almost anything in Sorcinelli's UNUM collection (especially LAVS), and if you want smoke, head onto Beaufort (and especially Vi et Armis) - in any case it'd be a far more authentic and edgier experience, and that's with possibly the same range of synthetics to play with.The dry-down is even better with the tobacco coming in along with the incense and oud becoming stronger, but I don't really get the coffee note at all (Might just be wintertime allergies). It's deep and resinous, with a unique sour cannabis note that dries down into a sweet oud element that lasts for a full day, and into the next.

Very interesting but not overstated, one of the few ouds I really like and could see myself wearing.By the way, I'm not a big fan of ambroxan - I have nothing to prove, and here it is treated very gently and effectively.