Duro

Nasomatto Duro opens with a great and pleasant wood accord. The leather accord is noticeable but enhances the wood note rather than carving a space for itself. The spices are a supporting note; they enhance the overall scent. The woody accord is very pleasant, realistic, evocative of freshly chopped wood, it feels refined and high-quality. With these simple three notes, Nasomatto Duro moves to its dry-down, relatively linear, the leather accord becomes slightly more prominent boosting its projection. Once Nasomatto Duro has reached its full dry-down it can be summarized as a moderate projecting, clean, slightly smoky, and high-quality wood and aromatic white leather fragrance with some spicy accords. Nasomatto Duro feels clean, comforting, dry, earthy, elegant, exotic, exquisite, formal, fresh, high-quality, masculine, pure, versatile, playful, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 10/10. Duro is a very fine woody fragrance, a very impressive aroma. DISLIKE RATING: 0/10. The woody notes are high-quality, aromatic, fresh, and inoffensive. The fragrance does not have any noticeable musky note. UNIQUENESS: 10/10. The purity of its notes makes Nasomatto Duro highly unique. MASS APPEAL: 8/10. This is a very mass-appeal woody fragrance. PROJECTION: 3/10. Moderate, about three feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 4/10. Moderate, about four feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: Two or three atomizations will suffice. LONGEVITY: 4/10. Moderate, it projects well for about two hours then it drops quickly. SEASONS: Winter, fall, spring, colder nights, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, business, casual, romantic, dating, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 8/10. This fragrance fits any occasion except the gym. GENDER: Masculine. The woody and spicy accords lean the fragrance to the masculine side. AGES: 30 and above. RECOMMENDATION: Nasomatto Duro can be found discounted for about $100 but just 1oz. Its price places it among some of the most expensive fragrances in the market. However, the fragrance delivers great value, if you can afford it, this is a must-have. BLIND-BUY: No, sample it first. SIMILAR: Woody accords are common but it is also common to see them mixed with floral, citrus, leather, fruity, and other tones. Nasomatto Duro mixes primarily woody and leather accords. These are fragrances that have similar compositions but not necessarily smell the same. Amouage Epic Man is spicy, smoky, and woody, a good fragrance; Amouage Memoir is woody, and green, but also adds incense and tobacco, but worth mentioning; Lalique Encre Noire a L'Extreme Men EDP is a great woody, spicy, and earthy fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projecting, clean, slightly smoky, and high-quality wood and aromatic white leather fragrance with some spicy accords. Nasomatto Duro feels clean, comforting, dry, earthy, elegant, exotic, exquisite, formal, fresh, high-quality, masculine, pure, versatile, playful, and very pleasant.

I'm absolutely dumbfounded after reading everyone else's reviews how this scent has been perceived. The way this smells on my female skin couldn't be further from what I've read about. I get a creamy amber and leather scent. No oud whatsoever, and I've smelled dozens and dozens of oud scents so I'd like to think I'm familiar with the characteristics of an oud scent by now. There's nothing animalic about this leather, it's combined with a sweet candy coated amber and the leather is as smooth and rich as a fine Italian handbag. Nothing musky or sharp about it. I would never assign a gender to this fragrance (not opposed to it entirely, but it's really becoming less of an issue these days as people wear whatever interests them and are swayed less by random marketing) but I'm really shocked to discover that the majority of people who have reviewed this fragrance are men, or women who are claiming this is a masculine scent. Since when did leather + amber become a macho man monopoly? I wouldn't recommend this to someone whose only interest is sweet florals + gourmands, but I can think of many women who I think could pull this fragrance off beautifully, and no one would think for a second that this is supposed to be a masculine scent. And that's not to say that it's overly feminine either. This fragrance falls into a category that I would think truly deserves the description of "for women and/or men" Moving on from that, this is a real underrated and almost hidden gem from the house of Nasomatto. I've tested a few other scents by them which are also well done, but none deserving more praise than this little beauty, which seems to be overwhelmingly overlooked as though its a reject from the lineup. Maybe it isn't the most unique combination of notes, but it's certainly one of the most well done renditions of this accord I've ever smelled. It needs to be warmed by the skin, and the gender/age range of that skin is really an irrelevant factor entirely where this fragrance is concerned. I'm a woman who hasn't even reached the "middle ages" yet, and I could easily see this becoming one of the more loved scents in my collection. A collection which by no means is dominated by animalic, oud overloaded, or "masculine" perceived scents. I'd go so far as to say that it's signature worthy, and at the very least more than worthy of a fair chance by anyone here who claims to love dark orientals or interesting leathers.

Most reviewers say this is a statement of a fragrance, and I agree. But a lot of them also say this is a dry woody harsh fragrance. I expected something like the synthetic bitter af mess like Encore Noire, but no. There's a lot of dry, dark, a bit bitter patchouli wood (it always remind me of a pet store, and here it also does, but it's not that strong fortunately), incense, but not very strong and far from being churchy - it mixes with the woods to make them dark, but it's not so synthetic, bitter, harsh and dry as in Encre. It smells like a dark, mossy, wet, exotic wood. There's also a lot of leather in here, but it's not sour - it's clean, dry, old leather - like a leather suitcase that's been locked for 50 years in an attic. This is dark, this is gothic, but it's not a mess, it's not synthetic, harsh, bitter or just straight up repulsive. There is NO top note. It just goes straight to the bottom to the big players. This will be great for a darker day, like cloudy, maybe rainy, chilly or cold. Autumn, winter, but not sunny. Absolutely not office safe, there's going to be a lot of people that will consider this too strong and masculine. It's one of those fragrances that people smell you and they assume you're the boss, dangerous instead of bad boy dangerous. You mean it, you terrify, you're THE guy. Even if you're the brightest person ever if given a chance to be met. This lasts 7h on my skin, but doesn't project - projects for 1 foot maybe for an hour, then maaaybe leaves a nice sillage. Do not blind buy if you don't like patchouli, dark wood, and incense. This is like Pardon was an introduction being a bit sweeter, chocolaty and this being a level up in masculinity, darkness, and woods. Consider this a Pardon on steroids. Ps. I have to add one more thing. Calling this an extrait is a cheeky move IMHO - the box says 80%vol, so this concentration by most is considered an eau de parfum. It lasts 7h on my skin and I think y'all get influenced by the price and 'extrait' on the box. This is not even close to what Nishane does with their approach to extrait.

My take on Duro by Nasomatto When Duro first hits the skin, it feels like your head just got blasted with a shotgun. The opening is dominant, loud and aggressive in the best way. But as it dries down, it slowly evolves into something unexpectedly calming. What I pick up in that initial blast is a wave of spices, oud, and leather. Specifically, a subtle cinnamon backing up nutmeg, creating a warm, spicy earthy blend. Cedar adds dry woodiness, while a touch of oud gives it a slight resinous depth. Eventually, musk creeps in not overly animalic, though. Maybe it’s just me, but Nasomatto’s musk feels different from Orto Parisi’s; Orto leans more feral, more untamed. Toward the base, I catch a floral note that reminds me of heliotrope that fades into a soft echo of patchouli. Duro smells like extreme masculinity with hidden compassion. It's the kind of man no one tries to provoke dangerous, composed, radiating masculine confidence, yet guided by reason. The image that comes to mind is Nietzsche’s Übermensch powerful but not mindless. It’s dry, aggressive, and loud, especially at the start. Not as complex as Cuoium, but they still feel like they're cut from the same cloth. If I had to describe the relationship, Duro is like the father disciplined, bold, and assertive while Cuoium is the son: raw, primal, warm, smoky and dirtier in a beautiful way. Cuoium leans more animalic, almost oily, but still somehow clean. Duro, on the other hand, is more elegant despite its sharp edges. Cuoium is still my favorite, but I enjoy Duro deeply. For me, it’s a solid 8.5/10. A truly amazing piece of art by the genius Alessandro Gualtieri.

For me this perfume was a blind buy. I just felt I would like it from the reviews I read. Never smelled it before. My 1st impression when I got it, was a bit of a disappointment. It was sweeter than I though and for my taste. Something like sandalwood probably. Not long after the 1st puff, the sweetness left and it was a very leathery scent. A bit of a mix of old leather jacket or belt and old books. I liked it cus this is what I was looking for. Then, after not long, let's say half and hour, I was shocked thaat I couldn't feel anything. I was upset and angry cus I though maybe it's even fake or something. But in the same time I thought maybe it just went into my nose and got used and cannot feel it anymore. Anyway, after another half an hour, I smelled my skin again and again I was shocked cus I could feel it again. But this time had a different scent. It was something like leather, fur, old books and civet. The civet was the most predominant. Was almost at the point that I was feeling that it smells too much fecal. But that was very short and soon it had a mix of old leather jacket, old books, fur, a bit smokey, even a lil bit earthy as in moss or actual soil and also animalic. For me, a very nice and equilibrated scent. It stayed like this without changing for actually quiet a long time, I'd say around 14 hours. At the end, I was surprised that I could feel besides the leathery scent, also the 1st kinda sweet smell