Chypre Narcisse

This comes very close to Thebes for my favorite composition from the house. Everything that I love in perfumery, is here. The complexity is high and it spans multiple genres so it is an agrestic, a chypre, an Oriental, and a leather perfume. As these four are my favorite families, it is easy to understand why I love this one so much. I could easily include it in any of these categories if I were to make a top 10 favorite compositions in each. It feels quite different from his other two chypres, Chrysantheme and Encens. It is more animalistic, and darker. The opening doesn't bring about any of the traditional sparkling notes like citruses or fruits, although citrus notes are listed. I don't get any of that. I rather catch a waft of green notes, imagery of freshly cut grass that probably lasts for ten seconds before the narcissus takes hold of the composition. The most tangible, vivid narcissus absolute, only slightly punctuated by auxiliary notes to round it and smooth out its edges, always remaining the very star of the show, triumphantly ruling over all the other heart notes. The aroma of this marvelous ingredient is incredibly complex and smells nothing like the flower in nature or any of the accords one would find in most perfumes. It is heady, almost carnal in texture, honey, and pollen-like, it also smells of hay, and tobacco, with additional musky, and leathery nuances. Just underneath, the bass elements in the base, start humming shortly after the star makes its debut. As with all attars, you don't have to wait long to get a good taste of base notes. Castoreum, civet, lots of resins, and Sultan's signature frankincense accord. It feels leathery, resinous-warm, and smoky. It doesn't change much during its evolution, it is rather complex in its build, showcasing so many facets which span rather horizontally, than vertically. And it sends intoxicating waves of sun-warmed meadows, leather garments, and resin-glazed Oriental dreams over you for hours and hours on end. Every single minute of wearing this is an absolute joy to my nose. IG:@memory.of.scents

Classic green chypre. Not neo-chypre. For those who miss the elegance and formality of a bitter floral mossy chypre with a growl, this is it. Very narcissus-heavy. Nostalgic but also nuanced and unique. Stunning.

at first it feels like an unsuccessful layering experiment: creamy powdery narcissus and citruses against dark, skanky animalic leather. it is rather unpleasant in the way these two profiles feel like two different perfumes not meant to be mixed. but bear the first 3-4 hours, give it time to warm up and unfold on your skin, and you're in for a real treat. CN finally settles with a beautiful leather and yellow flowers with a characteristic bitterness of narcissus and a "herbal" powdery aura. the narcissus-lime combo is delicious and so refreshing. love

Gorgeous heady and mildly creamy yet still fresh and sour narcissus on an oakmoss base that creates a smooth chypre style fragrance without explicit aldehydes. Unfortunately dries down into a generic resin. Quite unique, the ingredients create a very natural vibe to an often synthetic smelling genre. Source: Official Tiny Sample

The narcissus is unfortunately a bit plastic smelling in this. Acrylic or something similar. The oakmoss actually amplifies this, also. Not a huge fan, I must say...