China White

So, yes I am like 15 years late from actually owning a full bottle of this fragrance but i am so glad that i finally have it. It’s official that China White has been discontinued and I am honestly bloody shocked at the decision Nasomatto has taken! Let’s take a real good look at what China White is all about. China White first and foremost is right down the middle a unisex fragrance. It most definitely was wrongly marketed for women only. Also get over the gimmick drug related name that caused controversy when it was first released. I remember reading an article about this fragrance to not wear it near airports because sniffer dogs would think you would have narcotics on you. I have no idea if China White has any illegal substance in it but I can vouch that it certainly has an addictive beauty in it that makes it incredibly unique. If you judge China White on it’s first few minutes you will be like judging a book by it’s cover like I had done 8 years ago when I discovered Nasomatto and bought my first ever niche fragrance Black Afgano. There are so many facets in this fragrance that it feels like a long journey. From the initial spray i am immediately reminded of Silver Musk but this is accompanied by the smooth leather that Alessandro would later use in his Orto Parisi fragrance Cuoium. I am not the biggest fan of that fragrance but the same leather note that is used in Cuoium is to my nose the same one used in China White. A few minutes into the fragrance and I can start smelling a beautiful floral note. The notes begin to flourish and the fragrance becomes airy. It’s not a monster fragrance to suffocate but it’s not a slouch either. In my humble opinion it’s perfection in sillage, projection and longevity. Since i live in a country where humidity is high this fragrance seems to work flawlessly. The more time passes by the more something unique and striking seems to come out of China White. I am probably starting to believe now that it’s name is a reference to ‘addiciton’ because I can tell you that once you try this on skin it becomes seriously addictive. If not blended professionally a fragrance with floral notes and musk can become offensively cloying and boring. Alessandro expertly makes China White incredibly smooth and almost spiritually calming. Again, i cannot stress enough that those bothered with the name China White keep in mind that it’s a gimmick. Alessandro is a master of advertisement and you really should not be upset by the controversy in his creations. I have yet to smell his new fragrance Sado Naso that is again creating so much discussion and controversy but I am sure that there will be something interesting in it. I admit, I didn’t take much notice of China White before and once I knew that it became discontinued i remembered that i had a sample of it and tested it out. I left it on my arm for good duration of 6 hours and i was 101% convinced that what I was experiencing was a piece of art that needed to be in my collection. You might call this a fomo ( fear of missing out ) phase. But I can assure it’s not the case here because China White is hands down so far along with Nudiflorum my favorite from Nasomatto. Yes I have other fragrance in my collection from Nasomatto which I love. But Nudiflorum and China White have something in them that makes them feel extra special. I do not know how to explain it but they feel like ‘the most prestigious’ from his entire collection. Like an exclusive Guerlain limited edition. Every single thing about China White feels luxurious. The cap? Beautiful heavy ceramic cracked cap that is so beautiful to display and hold. Probably the best looking cap from his whole collection. Back again to the journey of the scent. I feel inspired and when this happens I cannot stop writing, so if you stuck with my review so far I thank you. China White has one of the most magnificent dry downs and if you are surprised by the beauty of it’s opening powdery notes with a touch of rose too, you will be more surprised how this turns into a beautiful more calming musky incense with earthy and woody notes that makes you want to smell it up close. If i had to find just one minor criticism in China White is that when it reaches the drydown it becomes more of a skin scent, but let’s face it the majority of fragrances become skin scents and this after a good 8 hours of moderate projection. China White is definitely not a linear fragrance and that is what surprised me the most. It’s a real treat to perfume lovers that love to go on a real fragrance journeys. With a perfumer that never reveals the notes China White has a lot going on. The majority of notes here could probably be synthetic but i cannot confirm as Alessandro never talks about notes. But if they are synthetic boy they are extremely blended to perfection! i see myself wearing China White in Spring and Summer as it feels incredibly fresh, clean and so polite. It’s not intrusive and as I have already said it makes me personally feel so calm. I am actually wearing it as I write this review and i am enjoying every minute of it. Some fragrances are not always appreciated as much as they should be upon release and are sadly ignored and forgotten. It sometimes takes a heading warning of ‘discontinued’ to get the attention it deservedly needs and i am glad I took notice. I feel like I won a small lottery and found a piece of olfactory art that I had ignored for so many years! One last note. Alessandro or anybody who works for Nasomatto I honestly wish that you reconsider keeping this masterpiece in production as It’s undoubtedly one of the best creations that has ever been made. For anyone who has yet to experience China White I strongly urge you to run and test it properly on your skin asap. Chances are that after a few hours, you will return back to the shop to add it to your collection and you WILL own a treasure!

Unisex I wanted to say something about this unique parfum since it was just discontinued and now you can still find it even if it’s not anymore in Nasomatto’s website. This is great for the springtime and summertime. Gualtieri never releases used ingredients and notes of his perfumes and it’s ok but what comes to China White I think it’s really rare to find honest opinion about how it really smells. It’s obvious that CW belongs to floral woody fragrances but all other is speculation and even there is florals and “powdery” note, I want to speak about this creation straight and with the right definition. Powdery for example here doesn’t mean powdery like it’s used in perfumery notes. It’s just trying to describe the scent without using correct words which would be considered inappropriate. Nasomatto’s China White and Black Afgano has described as Yin and yang which is a Chinese philosophical concept that describes opposite but interconnected forces. Black Afgano is really mellow unique scent with potent untraditional Hashish whiff and I would lie if I wouldn’t say that China White has been made to bring strong chemical Cocaine vibe. That vibe comes straight away after spraying and there is no reason why it wouldn’t be meant to be like that. No doubt that it is maybe as well the one main reason why this scent is discontinued since it’s really challenging to sell this because of it’s unique character and scent which is some kind of tabu to say it out loud. I hope no one gets offended now because of what I have wrote since that is the reason why this is not described as is should. I’m not trying to glamorize anything - I only want this scent would be described as it deserves since this is very unique and captivating yet brash take on perfumery. I respect the courage which is needed to create something like that and that was the main reason why I bought this long time ago. I was actually thinking that this will disappear even more quickly from the market. Thank you for reading, I hope my review was helpful. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles): @ninamariahperfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗

I was lucky to score my own bottle from my Costco Australia for only $99! What a steal! I've been wearing it for a 2 whole days now and I can say that although there's nothing groundbreaking with the perfume's core DNA, it still has quite some complexity on it that wows me every time I get a whiff of it. First of all, I think this is absolutely unisex. When you first spray this perfume you will get a little bit of zing, like smelling some clothes detergent. But unlike actual detergent, nothing about it is harsh nor sharp. About the name, maybe they named it after a popular drug or maybe it reference to China's culture about purity and serenity, you will get that in here. It's smells chalky but not in the obnoxious powdery kind of way. I feel like the woods in the background (which are very faint I must say) really does a great job grounding this perfume. For some reason, the image that this perfume conjures in my mind is that of a very bright room with white walls surrounding it. It reminds of me being somewhere very sterile and bright. On the other hand, it makes me think of an antique ceramic shop where everything is glossy and shiny with a little hint of dusty imperfections in between. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a "clean aesthetic" perfume. But this isn't like your typical perfumes you see on YouTube (ie Glossier You, Diptyque's Fleur de Peau) because this has got hefty, hefty weight on it and with a good projection & sillage that can lean towards the heavier side. I'm an oversprayer but this perfumes I can only afford 2-3 sprays coz that already feels enough. So if you're in Australia, as of writing, it's still available in Costco! So grab a bottle of this before it's gone!

This fragrance is a dream... The young girl rests her focus on the maroon carpeting on the commuter ferry to Governor's Island. Her eyes are relaxed far away. / In Hell's Kitchen, the 53 year old petite Hispanic babysitter wears a lavender silk blouse with black polka dots, and a grown out pixie haircut. The young girl embraces her, feeling her bony shoulder blades through the sheer fabric. The girl exhales and her tangled ponytail becomes a still life. / She's somewhere in Georgia during Spring, climbing up onto an enormous mound of sandy earth. There's a workshop with tires hanging on the walls, particles of dust float in the shaft of light from the doorway, and on the upholstered wicker bench on the enclosed porch, there is a light blue plastic Pegasus with pink and yellow fairy wings, because even though she doesn't know her age, it's her birthday. / Each time she visits this brownstone off Central Park, it is both worn and exquisite: a red carpet on a severely warped staircase... A square shaped Chinese grandmother insists that she eat a warm, skinless pear covered in herbal medicine. The girl promises to eat it, then hides the bowl under the sink in the bathroom. They are both sure of themselves. They go for a walk to the park at sunset so the girl can jump over and over onto her own shadow. / She is now staring out the window of an empty flat in Istanbul in late afternoon in June. The window is open. It feels perfect to be truly alone. In Nasomatto China White, there is a reflection that renders mirrors obsolete.

I walked in to my local fragrance shop and their i stood deciding between seminalis or China white. I tested both on my two arms and wandered in the city for about 4-5 hours. It was a rainy day not typically cold, i sat down at a café and had a coffee and some lunch. Sitting there looking out seeing the rainy weather and smelling both perfumes i fell in love with the mysterious scent of China White. I had not worn it for long but there was something very addicting with this scent i wanted to smell it over and over and made me completely forget about seminalis. The powdery, floral and woody scent just played really well on my skin, i finished my business at the café and started to walk towards the shop. Directly when i walked in the man who worked in the shop and i locked eyes and he walked towards me and says "China White, right?". Something about the way he already knew which fragrance i was going to buy made me speechless and falling in love with the scent even more. This scent can and can not be described it ́s weird in that way that sometimes i can define it really well but other times i can ́t grasp what I'm smelling. That is the beauty of this fragrance that i really enjoy and will forever enjoy, Alessandro made a great scent that really brings out nostalgia and sentimental moments.

To recreate the now discontinued China White, one must prepare a newborn for sleep. Find yourself awake in the dingy depths of an opium den to the malnourished wails of your newborn babe, nestled under your wilting chest. Dress its musky scalp in a cheap sleeping oil, scented with creamy aldehydes, and a nondescript lavender, rose and ylang ylang, and let the child fade out of your conscious awareness. Your staggering vision glazes over the white powder and pipe, with your last dying neurons bringing you to assemble your next hit. Matchstick lit, your arm swings across the base of the pipe, swiping the head of the babe, setting its scalp ablaze. Before you even get the chance to realise the imminent severity of your arm’s miscalculation, you’re already deep in narcotic bliss, veiled in tendrils of white smoke. As the supple skin turns to leather it begins to crack and char and dry. You slowly fade into an oblivion, a deep sleep, the last dying aroma that happens upon your nose, the essence of China White.

China White wasn't even a radar blip on the olfactory sonar-screen of my mind when I finally got around to testing all of the Nasomattos. Somehow all of the fragrances I was excited about never really "clicked" to me, there was something rubbing me wrong about each fragrance. Then I got to china white and I was instantly intrigued. The overall impression i got when wearing it all day was that of a strange, gasoline treated suede-couch clean-musk fragrance that was extremely modern yet pleasantly subversive. The florals just sweeten and powder up the whole thing, like dusting finely ground dried flowers overtop some sort of hypermodern Scandinavian furniture in a powder room. It's certainly not an easy fragrance to imagine but wearing it was an absolute pleasure. The longevity was fantastic and the sillage was just right to not become cloying (as powdery frags can, on occasion, fill my lungs with a cloying cloud of powdered chalk dust). I think this might me my favorite of the lot.

It should probably read, “for women and men,” like most of the men’s scents on this site. Nowhere does it indicate being specifically for women. To my nose, it’s a slightly masculine, unisex woody floral musk with a prominent opium note (hence the narcotic allusion). China White was created during a time of great stress for Gualtieri, and it was the answer to his longing for comfort and solace. One spray on the back of your neck and you will forget your troubles and fade into the dreamy white smoke of an opium den. I often spray this before bed, and I sometimes wear it out to calm my nerves on hectic days. If you’re interested in a more explicitly feminine version of this concept, I recommend Secrete Datura by Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier. This strange, narcotic beauty is almost uncanny in its effect, and applying a dab will transport you through the looking glass.

As I understand China White is a name for an opioid which cocaine isn't. I cannot say if this smells like cocaine since I never tried it. Anything is possible. What I found out is this: “China white is about the strength of fragility. I made this during a year when things were very difficult for me, a very tough year, when you feel very naked, full of fragility. The formula is extremely complex, very long. It’s a perfume of many layers. Making this perfume became a kind of therapy for me.” -Alessandro Gualtieri So now I know where the saddness comes from. The calming effect comes from the incensy smell of charcoal tablet in the drydown. Many people use it as air purifier aside from sacred religious rites. But it preserves powdery rose till the very end. And he discontinued his baby, his most complex creation that helped him. :(

@annabear You have every right to leave a bad review, after all perfumes are subjective :) However I would give China White a 2nd and even a 3rd try. I remember trying it when it was first released and like you i was not impressed with it at all. I was just discovering the niche world of fragrance and there was a lot I did not understand and I am still learning. China White is vey enigmatic, I sometimes wear it and after an hour I cannot smell it, then it comes back again, longevity is definitely not an issue at least with the bottle I have which is around 7 years old. I can sometimes still smell it the next day. Your money isn't lost so I would recommend you try it again in a week's time, if it still does nothing to you, keep it and sell it in a year's time! I have seen insane prices for Hindu Grass on ebay! Stay Well.

Underrated scent in the Nasomatto lineup! In the opening I get some nice, soapy florals. Quite lovely! Not groundbreaking but certainly not bad either. I also detect some musk and also some powdery notes but they're not cloying, which is always a challenge with anything powdery. It's just very pleasant and soft. The bottle is nice too, Nasomatto just really has a nice way to do them. It lasts quite some time. Not the craziest performance but enough to go to work for a regular day, return home and being left with a nice skin scent to enjoy the rest of your evening. Again, this is nothing groundbreaking. It's just a very nicely done soapy, musky and powdery scent. I do believe it's more on the feminine side but I still love it as a guy.

I have been wearing this, during the day, on and off for a few days now. It’s a love but I do adore unusual frags. On first day wearing I actually got a whiff of a memory of 70s hash smouldering in a cone (yep I’m THAT old) so the intent of this fragrance leading the wearer to a destination of sorts works - for me anyway. Don’t get any Rose in the dry down, just white flowers, but not sweet pretty whites and of course musk. Do get other notes but no where near experienced enough to name these, just know that I enjoy this fragrance. Also, I don’t think this will offend anyone as some of the big hitters from the more “mainstream” houses can. Anyway, it’s a love for me - sometimes you have to pay a price to get the amazing and unusual 🤩

A beautiful, lightly powdery, woody floral with a lovely, slightly spicy, dry down. I think it is a very refined scent and not controversial, crazy, or weird, at all. The only thing controversial about it would be the name, which I personally think is silly, except it does seem to have achieved the manufacturer's aim of drawing attention to this fragrance. That aside, this is a woody floral done right. There is a perfect balance of wood to floral that works harmoniously with no note competing with, or overpowering, the other. It is ethereal, yet very present, and has remarkable silage and longevity. One of the best purchases I've made this year. Just wonderful!

Oh my goodness I smelled this juice and HAD to write a review. Now, I know I am not crazy here. This stuff is a more intense dead-on copy of the scent used in CAREFREE PANTYLINERS! My hand to God. That being said, I have always liked that scent. It was a kind of surreal experience to have that scent on my wrist for hours. Turns out I like it in smaller doses and that I find it a little overpowering to wear as a perfume (I need less powder and more fruit). In summary, you guys have to try this. It's hysterical (anyone catch that joke?) and comforting and clean. I give the quality, the juice, and the amazing packaging a 10/10. What a beast man. I LOVE it!

I usually steer clear of musk scents but I do love China White. On me it's as much about powder and wood notes. It's almost like a soft version of Guerlain Musc Noble. This is a soft and ladylike musk. No beasts lurking here. There is a softness with the rose that makes me think of my late beloved Gran. I was picking up on the smell of her face powder and lippy. She used little makeup but I noticed everything. Normally though I would smell her Je Reviens or L'aimant if she was going out. The powderiness eases off with time and now it is much more woody and bang on unisex. I get low sillage after 30 minutes and good longevity.

This is a bit like Chanel No. 19 EDP amped up to the max! Although China White is not named after booze and drugs, unlike most perfumes from the Nasomatto line, the opening is very green and fizzy, like an aromatic alcoholic beverage. After a while, it becomes more floral and musky, whilst retaining this nice boozy-bubbly quality. It’s crazy strong and long-lasting - definitely not for the faint-hearted! EDIT: Guess what, looks like it WAS actually named after booze and drugs - apparently its name is a slang for heroin. Whatever. I don't get any druggie associations when I sniff this beauty, although it surely is addictive!

I freaking love China White! Citrusy spice on top, powder notes in between, and I think some slightly woodsy notes and more powder down low. I'm a horrible amateur at describing scents so I'm probably way off. This smells like summer in a laundromat with the door open, where a warm breeze picks up some hints of dryer sheets. Yes, dryer sheets, and I truly mean that in the most endearing way. I find it odd that Fragrantica is calling this feminine, because in my opinion it's got 'unisex' written all over it. If this wasn't so expensive (or if I were in a higher tax bracket), I'd probably make China White my signature scent.

Alessandro Gualtieri is one of the best at creating memorable scents from overtly synthetic materials. China White is a defiant and persistent powder, with some dusty flowers, fallen timber and sweet tobacco musk. I think there must be some aldehydes in this mix because I also pick up a retro style, Chanel-like perfume vibe. China White is named after heroin. I don’t have any experience with heroin but if it smells like this perfume I’m glad I never went near it because this is pure addiction. And this coming from a frag head who normally gravitates away from powder and aldehydes. Excellent performance all around.

A thirty-year-old cashmere sweater whose fibers wore both powder and a now macerated beyond wear floral fragrance. It sweetens and lightens with time. A dresser drawer lined with floret paper, hiding folded lace, cotton, cashmeres, clove cigarettes, makeup, and cocaine. When this kind of fire starts, it is very hard to put out. The tender boughs of innocence burn first, and the wind rises, and then all goodness is in jeopardy. I like to think this is what Laura Palmer smells like: sweet, lingering astringent smoke, and powders. A scent that definitely cannot be ignored. I love it so very much.

Nasomatto has a great reputation for truly unisex scents. I have (and love) Narcotic Venus, but China White owns my heart. I cannot stop huffing my wrists all day long. The rose and powder strike me as very femme, but the woods define the beauty of this composition; and give the androgyny true heft. A reviewer several posts before mine, compared CW to White Suede... that's a lovely comparison.... and I absolutely agree. This scent is addictive.... yup. Desert Island stash? Hell to the yes. If these notes are "you", it'll become a fast favorite in your stash. CW is one of my fall favorites.

China White is reminiscent of iris-scented talcum powder from days of yore. The name suggests something delicate, costly, and addictive. It doesn’t smell like opium. That’s taking the epithet too literally. Well, maybe there is a subtle opium note in the drydown that is not unlike one of those headshop incense sticks. It’s ridiculous to say it smells like cocaine, which actually smells like aloe + alcohol hand sanitizer. I would say this fragrance is essentially iris talc with a gimmicky name and unwarranted hype. It’s floral, powdery, simple, and lovely.

it's a really special smell tbh. i would associate the smell with ying and yang if that makes lol. it's bilateral, but everything goes together smoothly. the powdery notes and the floral ones give it a slight freshness, but the oud and musk make it rich and deep. it's smooth and pungent. it's warm but fresh. also it has a retro vibe to it. in combination, the notes feel somewhat tea-like and towards the end i get this church kind of smell, like myrrh and frankincense. some people would say it's too feminine, but it isn't. i think everyone can rock it.

This is really nice. The powder and florals is obvious and overwhelming sitting on a clean woody and musky base. This is unisex (but it does lean feminine, bear in mind). This is full of jasmine, more white florals with green tones and a touch of green bitterness. Aromatic, 'electric note' also comes to my mind. This is going to be amazing for days when it's clear sunny sky, maybe touch windy, but below 25°C - spring, but without heat. Unisex, leaning feminine, not office safe (aromatic powdery touch bitter), best for anything but heat and cold.

Today I give up, I must have this before it is gone. Wonderful review below mine. I also like this and Nudiflorum the best and they have completely opposite personalities. I love how I smell powdery rose by the very end but when I sniff up close I smell incense. It is playing tricks. It doesn't make sense it is discontinued since it is one of the rare leaning feminine Nasomattos. Also the only rose I love. RIP! When I get it I will dread the day when it is gone but that is life. I love art of parfumery even more for its ephemerality.

Defining it as a jewel is absolutely reductive, an absolute masterpiece. Fragrance that pervades your senses... it unleashes contrasting, absolutely seductive emotions, which only the fragrances of the master Gualtieri can masterfully give. Animalic, beastly at first encounter, impetuous and then enveloping, warm, erotic, woody, passionate, sensual until it becomes magically reassuring and powdery. Fragrance with a surprising evolution. Unforgettable olfactory experience, worthy of being lived. Masterpiece.

Despite its awkward chosen name, this fragrance is to me a beautiful, calming and gentle fragrance. On my skin it starts with fresh cut wood, like a just manufactured chest in a carpenters workshop. Actually I can smell the whole workshop and fresh wood lying around. After a while a gentle smell of flowers comes through the open windows and step by step covers the room. It can also be a brand new wooden chest full of flowers..... Anyway, a gorgeous scent, and I purchased the whole bottle :)

Disliked this fragrance originally, wore my sample to work on a hot day and detected some tart raspberry and sour rosey element I didn’t like. Let it sit for a few weeks and came back to it on a cooler night, relaxing in bed and with a cooler body temperature it was gone. While full of mysteries in it’s composition and notes like any from this line, and while dirty it’s so amazingly...pleasant somehow. It grows on me every time I wear it. I love it now. Powdery Night time gem

Beautiful, more feminine then unisex. I think China White refers to a beautiful Chinese lady from the past. Delicate skin with white powder and long silky black hair. But she is very melancholic, sitting in an empty dusty room. No opium for her! It also smells of dried flowers and incense,precisely charcoal disk. Very sad this is discontinued, why oh why it had to be this one! My top three from Mr. Gualtieri. Only he can make me see such vivid images just by smell.

A tragedy that this was discontinued. To me, it smells like powdery, refined labdanum, incense, and dried roses. Some similarities with Prada Amber Homme, altho this is much dirtier with the smoke. The most wearable of the line along with Baraonda. I can't explain why, but I feel like the Olsen Twins would smell like this? You can find a few bottles floating out there on the grey market--I wonder if there's anyway to convince the brand to PLEASE bring it back.

I love this and I'm sad it's being discontinued. I am done buying fragrances that are discontinued/will be discontinued because then I can't rebuy them. It smells like cocaine in a way (not heroin as the name implies). It has this sweet, powdery, slightly floral buttery smell that you would imagine powdered drugs smell like. It isn't photorealistic, but a very good fantasy scent, if that makes sense. 9/10. EDIT: Actually, I want to say this perfect. 10/10.

I really love it. For me this is no musk but one of the best incenses around. Like a second skin, one of the best Nasomatto. Persistent although soft. This incense note stays longer then many others which claim to have it or to BE it . The musk base comes to me only after many ( five-six) hours , then it becomes also just a little powdery. Before THAT I enjoy a sophisticated aromatic incense vibe.

meditative. This is sort of tranquil, concentrated matte white. Though it is powdery, it is so in crisp, minimalist way- sort of powder I crave. I like the way it is composed- brief, clear, nothing unnecessary. Dzen state as perfection in eastern traditions. True class in style. Bitter woodsy notes are those that actually make this white powder smell unique and worth its so descriptive name

A subtly nice fragrance. At first it seems okay, but then somehow grows on you. Personally I like this type of fragrances, how could I describe it, powdery at the beginning, then more fresh woody and clean, a bit old fashioned and elegant with a twist of sweetness and interest. Truly unisex, this is just how very pleasant and clean smells like to me. Why discontinue something so good?

I wound up liking this far more than I thought I would! It’s very simplistic without being boring; it reminds me of a dryer, less sweet, 1881 Cerruti minus the chamomile. It does a lot better in cooler weather, too. It’s also got an impressive longevity- five sprays last over 11 hours! This would be a great dumb grab for casual or formal events. I just wish it weren’t discontinued 😭

evocative and sentimental,a "different" scent, a beautiful musk rests on woods and floral notes. Delicate, the perfect perfume for fragile and nostalgic souls... a timid rose appears after time, what is very evident is the wood and the moss that I really like here. I love this perfume and I think I never leave it...! ❤ Sillage: 7./10 Longevity: 10./10 Scent: 9./10 Overall: 9./10

Public Service Announcement: For those mourning the passing of *China White* I highly recommend **The Light** by NEH. "The Light by NEH is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women and men. The Light was launched in 2024." Top Notes: Rhubarb, Tangerine, Pink Pepper and Cinnamon; Middle Notes: Plum and Rose; Base Notes: Cashmere Wood, Tonka and Vanilla. It's an ethereal beauty.

This fragrance is what I would consider Art but in a bottle. Like staring at a masterpiece in a museum, this is truly beyond a perfume. To me it evokes a scene of walking into a lounge, it's dark and smokey, and there's a woman sitting in a booth staring at you with red ruby lips smoking a cigarette. This scent is noir, it's rose, and it's vintage fur all rolled into one.

I got a sample today and though i am not a scent expert i'd say it's quite a distinctive perfume which dries down so wonderfully musky to my skin. It doesn't remind me of any other perfume i've smelt having mentioned i do not possess an 'experienced' nose! Not irritably sweet, sugary or flowery but pleasantly little bit of all. It 'll definitely be a purchase shortly.

One of my favorite fragrances, addictive and nostalgic with phenomenal performance. Reminds me of a wilting rose bouquet along a faint smell of plastic and gasoline followed by musk, wood, and leather notes which pairs well with it’s old-school scent profile. Although very unique, China White may not live up to everyone’s expectations.

Some perfumes seem to defy nature with their texture, and for me this has the texture of a squidgy paste... a wet, compacted powder containing florals, plastic/rubber, clay, leaves and soap. There's a hint of woody leather somewhere underneath it all, that comes and goes. Every time I smell it I get something different.

I got a sample and immediately had to buy a full bottle. It’s so unique and hard to describe but I can’t stop smelling it. I went thru my 5 mil sample in 2 days . Btw consider yourself lucky if you don’t know what China White is . You grew up right. Some things are best not to experience or know about.

Holy cow Nasomatto fragrances have done it when it comes to the purpose/artistic vision for these fragrances. China white as well as black afgano could not have been better it just blows my mind. I never thought someone could come this close , with the full on scent/ emotion/memory stirring details

Male 26 yrs old, I would wear it, this one really cemented my respect for this perfumer. Black afgano perfect on one side, China white also perfect and completely did scent but ~ inverse opposite. only slightly feminine and the specific qualities of this one add to the ambiguity + mysterious-ness

Off the top im getting a peachy vibe with cinnamon, definitely incredibly powdery which I love powdery scents so this was right up my alley! Incredibly floral aswell with the peach fruitiness in the opening and a patchouli vanilla in the dry down this is GREAT! 10/10

If you have ever smelled pure coke... ;) it smells exactly like this perfume, it's uncanny. Someone mentioned bleached wood below and that's exactly what I get. Ozonic, very interesting composition. Not something I'd reach for but great for studying notes.

The discontinuation disappoints me This is an all-time fragrance for me, powdery something medicinal with a background of nostalgic vintage perfumery This is an incredible creation if AG had to make opium this is what it would smell like.

Got a 1ml wore it for a day then got a bottle that night it’s not for everyone 100 per cent unisex it’s modern powder drug intoxicating beautiful floral not a blast of floral but it’s in there it’s phenomenal.... try before you buy

China white This is the white version of black Afgano The same woody, musky powdery sweetness Not dark yet deep I need more time with this, sad that it’s discontinued. Classy scent on a man Bold woodsy powdery on a woman

Love this and blamage...fresh, powdery and i get light floral on my skin. It does remind me of that sugar from back in the day...check out Cuba Know on YouTube... he was spot on.

this is amazing. so elegant! it reminds me of CdG Concrete (my daily driver) but a bit less powdery and with some jasmine notes. Definitely replacing Concrete from now on. 9/10