Nasomatto is the house of Alessandro Gualtieri, an Italian perfumer working from Amsterdam who has spent his career refusing to explain himself. The name means crazy nose. The bottles are small, square and capped in rough wood. The notes are never published. The house's position is that a fragrance should be smelled, not read about, and it has held that position for years.
Black Afgano is the one everyone knows, a dark, resinous, hashish-like composition that became a cult almost the moment it appeared. Baraonda is whisky and roses. Pardon is a soft, expensive-smelling wood. Blamage was released with the claim that it was the house's mistake, which people took as a challenge. Narcotic Venus is tuberose at full volume.
The character of the house
Extreme, concentrated and unapologetic. Every Nasomatto is an extrait, and every one is designed to be noticed. These are fragrances for people who have decided how they want to be met.
Why Stacey admires it
Because Gualtieri does exactly what he wants and lets the work speak. That kind of conviction is rare, and it is unmistakable on the skin.