Black Afgano (2009)
by Nasomatto

Amazing fragrance!!! The most prominent notes to my nose are amber, tobacco, and oud.Just the right amount of scent strength for me. 2 sprays and Im good all day. My new signature work scent. Not as dark as I had hoped but still my current favorite scent out of my wardrobe.

29th December, 2011.

Peoples reactions to this are so funny. You like it or you don't like it, that's all that matters.
Personally I really like it a lot but it is of course very distinctive and unique so I totally understand people disliking it.
Here's what you're getting in a nutshell;

white ground pepper
cloves
cinnamon
tobacco/smoke
tar
musk
vetiver
patchouli
leather
cedar/sandalwood
and a lot of hype

Darvant said it perfectly "claustrophobia in a bottle" it's the olfactory equivalent of the London Dungeon.

I love the fact that it lasts so long and is so incredibly pungent; when I'm paying this kinda money just for a smell it'd better provide a lasting experience. One small dot on each wrist from the concentrated oil 4ml bottle is quite enough to last a whole day.

I hope Nassomatto continue selling this soon.

28th November, 2011.

I've tried this several times as it seems to be one of the most discussed scents of the last couple of years and I can surely say it doesn't smell like hashish at all. This is simply a weird scent, made to provoke (really???) with a pretentious aim to become a trend setter, but IMO it didn't succeed in any of the above aspect. It actually stinks and very loudly. I guess this is the result of a marketing campaign based on the concept "wierd equals original - original equals personality - personality equals beeing unique"...what about taste? Sometimes the word "weird" just means weird (in all its negative senses). Never, never, never belive the hype!

Note: I usually like weird scents, but they're so hard to find, and much harder to create.

6th March, 2011. (Last Edited: 4th April, 2011.)

Some tar, some smoke, some dryness, something red and fruity. It sounds and smells like something I would have liked considering my love of incense and birch tar, but there's nothing compelling about it. I feel this could have been an extension scent, part of the Red Series by Comme des Garcons. If you like Palisander, almost a more intense version, try this.

11th February, 2011.

I tried it once while searching something substantial. The comparison was Lubin-Idole, Creed-(??Tobacco??), Caron-Yatagan, Caron-3rd Man. The Yatagan was to dry to my nose. To much of sharp smokey woods. The Idole realized that certain smooth feel in the first place. While pleasant in the first moment the further development, better to say, the missing development became boring. Nothing for the nose to discover.

The Black Afgano replicated that smooth velvety smell. It is more a feel than a smell actually. Then I decided on the spot that I had enough of it. I analyzed its components and not at least a possible resemblance to dope. There is some patchouly, some woodsy anything maybe. Any potential complication - that would for sure have been appreciated - was sucked down by that before mentioned velvet. Imagine wearing velvet trousers but with the soft side inward. First the feel is soft and luxurious. But after a very short while it smothers, irritating the feel of one selves skin. What happens on the long run would depend on a persons attitude. It will either make the wearer rebellious or apathetic.

I'm rebellious. So it's a big thumbs down. Besides having really nothing to do with the smell of dope. The presentation in the exaggerated bottles adds to the olfactory impression. It is exclusive price wise, not by taste.

18th January, 2011.

Claustrophobia in a bottle and images of medieval subterraneous prisons and labyrinths coming to mind. Gothic. Alongside of Salvador Dalì Pour Homme, Black Tourmaline Durbano and the new sepulchral Dark Aoud Montale probably the darkest scent i own. The bats circle in the misty air of the night. An obscure, narcotic, resinous blend of many elements, i figure (but anybody is sure apart from the creator Gualtieri) musk, tobacco, hashish, oudh, coffee, vetiver, patchouli, may be heliotrope, precious woods, incense, leather, smoke and some nocturnal flower as the violet. The hidden floral heart beside woods and patchouli produces in the obscure, camphoraceous, ancient wake a spark of modern-chic sophistication. Ancient and modern tend to merge in a futuristic and timeless connection. A starring role is played by vetiver imo (many mention sandalwood) but is still important the role played by coffee, aoud, incense and obviously hashish (this one barely perceivable by experts). Highly dangerous, naugthy, i wear this scent in order to cut boldly the crowd as an hypnotic vampire in the smoky appalling night clubs all around the world. The longevity and the sillage are stunning and impressive, the scent is as much viscous that could stain. I agree with Off Scenter about its crudity and its sperimental, hardcore modernism ( that submits sometimes the balance, the misure) even though we can't deny that this fragrance is anyway addictive, mysterious, intoxicating, dirty and brooding. Enough for me. All here seems pushed up beyond the limits but it's undeniable people get crazy about it, women seem submitted by its otherworldly, orgiastic, mellow cruelty.

23rd December, 2010. (Last Edited: 25th December, 2011.)