Narcotic Venus

I'm not really sure what is going on with me. I have not been writing anything. Not one thought, not one emotion. I have been trying countless new fragrances. Some of them have been fantastic, while others have not. Either way, I have not been motivated enough to write anything down. So here I am. Yesterday in the mail, I received Narcotic V. I purchased this for myself with my Christmas money lol. I laughed because when I said that out loud it reminded me of being back in junior high school. Anyway, it took about two months to get here because it was backordered. I find it interesting that it was indeed backed because it's been around for over 18 years! Wow, 18 years. I decided to wear it as my fragrance of the day today. As I sit here, I'm starting to realize Alessandro truly does have a gift. This fragrance, at first glance, doesn't appear special, especially to the untrained nose. It is a white upon white fragrance. Tuberose, Jasmine, Lily, you name it, it has it. So what makes it so special? These types of fragrances are a dime a dozen. In my opinion, it's the intention behind it that makes it a masterpiece. Alessandro wanted to create, or replicate, the emotion or feeling of the desire of hunting down the female. The narcotic urge that keeps man going. Instinctual. Carnal and animalistic. It's not just about the white floral here. He created something that triggers. A sum greater than its parts. If you are still in the prime of your life, wearing this will greatly enhance that deep rooted feeling of raw, nasty, borderline shameful sex. Different from sadanaso however! Narcotic v is much more about the Chase. The desire. The female allure. Sad puts you right in the middle of the sex already in progress. All of this simply from one spray. That's why Alessandro is an artist. I have found a new inspiration from a fragrance buried deep in the archives. This is a lesson to always follow your own instincts and never stick to just the new releases. Always look beyond the marketing campaigns and the trends. They are slowly killing this beautiful artistry. I look forward to purchasing as much as I can from this great artist.

This is gorgeous. I am in love. It's exactly all I envisioned and more, it's a lily covered in the morning dew, it's tuberose that isn't bubblegum adjacent but creamy. It's such a creamy fragrance. The jasmine is so beautiful it reminds me of when you're walking in a green spot, unaware of the jasmine around you and the spring breeze gifts whiffs of it to you. It's a natural jasmine, not soapy, not a detergent type of white floral jasmine wannabe. It's like you're walking through the most beautiful garden, it's so surreal it even makes you sense some sort of divinity in nature as you lean down to let some soft petals grace your nose. But it's not only that, it's ever so slightly animalic, in a way a human is, in a way the skin of you lover is as you hug them. The longevity is good enough for me, it's not constantly potent, it's just right, lasts the whole day on my skin and stays on my clothes until I wash them. When i say it's just right I mean it as it lasts while not being offensive, it won't announce you into a room full of people, it won't make you an invisible ghost if you leave. But if you're talking to someone, face to face, not too close but not too far apart, they will smell you. If you get in a car, have someone sit next to you, if you walk by close enough, it'll project. Lastly I do not find this a challenging white floral, it's honestly just a beautiful beautiful creation. The price might be off putting and I might advise you to test it beforehand if possible if you struggle with white florals. I think you could like this fragrance if you like: Gucci Bloom, Cartier Baiser Volé even others a bit more popular like Elegantly Tokyo by Zara or Armani's My Way/Givenchy's L'Interdit if your favourite thing is the tuberose. Hell even if you just like the scent spring brings, you might really enjoy this. I think it's safe to say I'm infatuated.

Narcotic Venus really does smell narcotic and like it was made for the goddess Venus. I could imagine her luxuriating underneath a handsome tree covered with flowers with her lover Cupid while wearing this fragrance. It is so feminine, sexy and carnal and I'm all for it! It's very "I am woman... hear me roar!" I can tell that this is a very well blended and high quality perfume that has been made with the best ingredients and that a lot of thought and time has gone into this fragrance. All of the notes are discernible in this to me, with the tuberose, jasmine, lily and spices really shining here. The tuberose though is definitely what I pick up most on, followed by the lily note. I then get the spice and then the jasmine in that order. This is definitely a tuberose fragrance though and this is probably the most realistic tuberose perfume that I have ever smelt! I smell some camphor at the top, but it isn't overpowering. I can also smell the white floral facets of the tuberose, the fleshy nuances, the green nuances and some of the spice in tuberose. I think that this perfume would be great for a date night or for when you want to release your inner seductress. This perfume is for a temptress and it's incredibly naughty smelling! I could imagine a lot of men loving this fragrance on a woman. I don't think that this perfume smells too mature, either. Just very womanly. This perfume lasted about 5 and a half hours on me and its projection was quite big on me at 6 feet. I didn't find it too strong though and it didn't give me any headaches. I find this perfume just lovely and I definitely think that it is full bottle worthy. 10/10 for me... what a masterpiece!

I got a sample 0.7 from nasomatto which was in a little aluminium blotter (without the decant). I opened it and just blotted the juice into my skin. that way, it was very lovely and delicate, at the same time menthol bubblegummy and floral green, very sexy, feminine and delicate. then I transferred the liquid in the blotter into a decant and sprayed it onto my skin. holy shit is it a different fragrance that way. the animalic, dirty, indolic quality of tuberose was extremely emphasized that way. it's still pretty sexy, but in the way you'd think your sweaty girlfriend you just did the deed with was sexy. the first waft was toilet/bodyoder like. when it dries down and settled down, it stopped screaming indecencies and is now a very nice woman's solifloral fragrance. the body odor/animalic quality only really has a pungent bite in the opening, when you spray the fragrance onto your skin and then immediately go in to sniff it. it mellows out very prettily when left to dry down. spraying it onto your neck (like you'd normally apply a perfume), I get nothing repulsive. comparing this with tubereuse nue, I like tubereuse nue more as it's a little sweeter, bubblegummier and I like the heavier suede accord to round it out more - it also last longer. but this one is indeed very ethereal, soft and delicate but sexy at the same time. when getting whiffs of yourself when wearing this, it smells clean (not in a laundry or soap kind of way, but in a very rich lady using very expensive skincare products after a shower type of way). I think this one would benefit from maceration. it doesn't last very long, but that's to be expected from a fragrance that is so light.

Somewhat deceptive marketing: this is actually a chaste scent. In fall the botanical side of it shines, shy and forest-hidden. Very much a floral scent, but a bitter and herbal sort of flower. In winter, Narcotic is a pale pink diamond; measured and strict with the tart kind of elegance. And in spring it becomes playful, girlish rather than womanly - the floweriness of it shines again, perfect for airy sunny days, passing beneath blossoming trees. Deceptive marketing... until it's summer. The second this touches even the hint of sweat, that "intensity of female sexuality" will hit you like a truck, almost to the point of obscenity. Lily turns to nectar, framed by the spices that seem stiff and britle in cooler weather but now feel robust and muscular - its color deepens like a blush, it just dances and dances. During single wear sessions, I find Narcotic somewhat linear, only fading rather than developing - long-lasting, but its sillage shrinks quickly outside of summer or exertion. But every time I apply this it hits slightly different than the last time: shimmering, iridescent, and magnetic over the years. Each time you come back to it you'll have the reaction of "oh - of course this was always what it was". My former signature of many years. In my opinion, Nudiflorum remains Nasomatto's magnum opus - but Narcotic is all mine. Secretive and poised, always dances just out of your reach before coming back to strike you all over again. For ice queens and wild women only - tough, sharp, ethereal, clean, severe, and outrageously intimate.