Black Afgano
On request
No published notes, only an idea of intensity
Nasomatto calls this perfume Narcotic V. on the bottle and on its own site; here it carries the longer name Narcotic Venus. It is an Extrait de Parfum from 2007, and the house publishes no notes at all, only the idea behind it: a quest for the overwhelming, addictive intensity of female sexual power. With nothing to read, a decant is the honest way in.
On request
A decant is not an official brand sample: no box, no original bottle, and we are not affiliated with the brands. Read how we fill your sample
Want the full bottle after testing? Nasomatto Narcotic Venus Extrait de Parfum (30 ml) at NicheGems
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On the skin
For Narcotic V., Nasomatto speaks of a quest for overwhelming, addictive intensity. That is the brand's own phrase, and we pass it on as an attitude, not as a promise about any effect. It tells you what the house was aiming at but nothing about the ingredients.
The word narcotic belongs to the brand's chosen imagery. It is not a note and it says nothing about the contents, which are undisclosed. Without a pyramid, any description of the scent would be invention, so we offer none. Only your skin can fill that gap.
One concrete detail the brand does give is the cap, which is made of wild zebrawood. It belongs to the full bottle rather than to the decant, whose vial is plain glass. It is a small reminder that the house takes the object seriously, whatever it keeps quiet about the liquid.
Testing it
Overwhelming is the brand's word, so give the first test a measured start. Apply a little to bare skin on the inner wrist, wait, and add more only if you want to. As an extrait it stays close to the body. Come back to it later in the evening, and again on a second day, before forming an opinion.
People who enjoy exploring a perfume without a map and who like the idea of intensity as a theme. Nasomatto states no gender here. It is an evening, autumn and winter kind of choice. Anyone who wants to read the notes first will find nothing to read, so wearing it is the only route.
With no notes published, there is no list to measure the perfume against and every buyer is left guessing. A 10 ml decant filled by FragranceGems from the original bottle replaces the guess with a few days of real wearing. We say nothing more about the scent than the house does.
What you receive
We start with a full bottle of the perfume. Nothing is diluted, mixed or added.
Filled by hand into a clean glass spray vial of 2, 5 or 10 ml and closed straight after filling.
Our own label names the brand, the perfume, the concentration and the size.
A decant is not an official brand sample: no box, no original bottle, and we are not affiliated with the brands.
Samples are filled to order and cannot be returned. Is something wrong or damaged on arrival? Contact us and we solve it. To the contact page
Read how we fill your sampleQuestions
None are published by the house, whose text only describes an intensity. As no source names the ingredients, we neither list nor guess any.
One perfume, two spellings. The house writes Narcotic V., and Narcotic Venus is the long form we use in the title.
FragranceGems decants the Extrait from the original bottle into a glass spray vial and labels it, without any help from Nasomatto. It is our work, not a brand release.
The brand
Nasomatto publishes no notes. Alessandro Gualtieri, the Italian perfumer known as The Nose, gives each perfume a sentence or two about the feeling or effect it aims for and leaves the rest to the wearer. That makes this house a special case for samples: with no pyramid to go by, the only way to know what Black Afgano or Baraonda is like is to wear it. A 10 ml decant of the Extrait de Parfum gives you the time to do that properly.
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I really appreciate that I found a shop that has a wide range of authentic perfumes,fast delivery,great communication and very good prices. Thanks for everything!
Timely info when item was back in stock. Some confusion with info about shipment updates on gls app but what is important: perfume came in perfect condition!
incredible fast delivery l. the fragrance itself its magnificent, the dry down woody base, is intoxicating. it last on me 10 hours plus. great service great fragrance
Good experience overall. Fast shipping without any incidents. Prices are good as well.
Really happy of my purchase. Serious seller, quality products, fast shipping, large catalog. I will order a lot of more !
Shipping was 5 days to Finland. Customer service was very good. Happy with the product also. Will shop again. Only thing I hope is that you guys would negotiate better price for GLS shipping to Finland. But I know that is not always possible. And I noticed the prices were lower than the competitors so the steep shipping price was not that big of a deal. Good job all in all.
Great shop with a fantastic selection and fast shipping. I was very happy with my order. It would have been a nice touch to receive a little sample, especially as I ordered two full-size products. ;)
Placing the order was very easy. Shipping was very fast. I am completely satisfied.
Plenty of perfumes and very good perfumes. Fast shipping. One negative. Expensive shipping from Netherlands to Greece
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