TOP
Bitter Yuzu
Lily of the Valley
Bergamot
Pink Pepper
HEART
Jonquil
Rosemary
Tuberose
Jasmine
BASE
Green Papua Agarwood
Bourbon Vetiver
Castoreum
Tibetan Musk
Chypre Narcotique
From Coty to Roudnitska, it’s an absolute honor and privilege to have access to the peerless aromatics Chypre Narcotique is…
The sultry gusto of Japanese yuzu darting through thick Irian oud oil, wafts of jasmine pepper with rosemary lacquered in the carnal flower, the mistress of the night, the harlot of perfumery: tuberose.
A creamy, dry-spicy chord of twenty-three-old Timor sandalwood oozes flirtatiously with the even creamier and narcotic jonquil tangled with the sexy sweetness of castoreum, all swimming in a pool of very, very old Tibetan musk that makes up the entire carrier.
It’s a secret perfumers have overlooked the past century. Or, more likely… they knew – but for obvious reasons could never turn into reality: Chypres were made for musk.
It’s amazing how we’ve missed out on this incredible, as if pre-ordained, marriage. How the zesty, carnal citrus fusion of florals gets impregnated with the titillating allure of true deer musk.
Take this seductive chypre and inject it with rare Irian Jaya agarwood harvested along the Kepi river many years ago to add a layer of green incense bursting out of bourbon vetiver’s lush earthy petrichor aroma to smooth out the bawdy citrus flushed with musk opening into a sublime green Papuan drydown still sparkling with those top notes.
To learn more about how this tribute to the chypre genre came about, check out the attar edition. From Coty to Roudnitska, it’s an absolute honor and privilege to have access to the peerless aromatics Chypre Narcotique is composed of, and it’s a pleasure to share the first and only Irian oud chypre with you.
Customer Reviews:
Classy Chypre taken to another level. Immensely powerful yet elevating.
Chypre Narcotique is truly narcotic. The scent is very addictive. That sparkling yuzu and bergamot. The beautiful florals. And incredible earthy, woody and musky base. The scent is complex and evolving and 👍I just can’t stop smelling my hand. One spray and it lasts all day.
I have the pp and the attar… love to blend them… I find the attar has a much stronger, thicker and sharper opening – maybe the yuzu (although I understand what you mean by neroli) and the pp is a touch softer and more powdery.
Sharp barbershop with beautiful smoke in the back.
One of my favorite attar finally turned into a pure parfum. And how great it works!
The ‘narcotic’ aspect comes out even better than in the attar. And is even more amplified when doing a good 2 pumps. Something about this combo of yuzu and the florals shoots straight to the brain for me.
I just love the smell of yuzu. It’s fresh citrus but somehow more special than the usual lemon or bergamot. Chypre Narcotique is uplifting, classy, and quite delicious actually. Wonderful drydown of vetiver, Papua oud, oakmoss, and sandalwood. This is definitely a ‘daily driver’. Wonderful stuff.
Ensar Oud, thanks for listening to folks like me, who asked to make the attar into a pp! I love this one. So glad I got a bottle of it.
It smells awesome I got some I want more. The best way I’ll describe it is it’s sweet and fresh smell. Unlike other ouds
Really neroli heavy! Did anyone tell you it was narcotic? Narcotique!!! Pierces up your nostrils like nothing else. Clears you up and maybe even burns your brain a bit. The neroli is accompanied by a natural leaf scent. And I would bet my money on fig leaves because it smells just as passing by those delicious fig trees in peak season in Tetouan.
Fresh and floral! Have you ever been in a flower shop where they sell those cut flowers from behind glass doors? Have you ever opened those glass doors and been punched in the face by that fresh cut flower scent? That is exactly what you get here. Have you ever put your nose into a beautiful flower out in God’s creation and taken a deep breath? That is what you get here as well. This is actually a really pleasant scent and I get happy just thinking about it. Who is this for then? Homme? Sure. Femme? Now we’re talking! And this is not your typical roller coaster, relatively linear scent, so you know you’re getting.
It’s very beautiful, fresh and clean, kind of sweet as well. I think that the fact that it is called chypre is a little bit misleading as I do not get any chypre vibe out of it. Chypre is, among other things, all about juxtaposition of light/bright and dark/mysteriousness… and I am actually missing the latter, I think it would be much better if there was something more dark in the base…
I see some people are describing it as a barbershop… To me this is not barbershop neither, even though it smells fresh and clean. For me it is hard to put it in any category, as it’s like half way to any category, which is not a bad thing per se, of course.
it opens with a blast of bergamot, yuzu, vetiver, and irian oud. I’m getting some vegetal and herbaceous undertone, with jasmine and tuberose in the background, and a subtle kick of Tibetan musk. This composition is very fresh, crisp, and clear, light to medium body but still packed with a punch. I really like this one. I don’t have the attar so I’m not sure how they would differ.
In comparison to the Chypre Sultan though, the citruses from CN seem to be sharper and more forward. The CS is muskier, greener, mintier, and more foresty with that famous cooling sensation. If you’re a Chypre fan, i think you will like this Chypre Narcotique, this is quite different than the Chypre Sultan so I do not feel there’s any redundancy between them, but like many other EO releases, this one also has a very addictive and intoxicating quality to it.
Wearing Chypre Narcotique today with an extra swipe of tuberose. I love layering in this extra boost of tuberose. It’s a perfect fragrance for this almost springy like day that’s crisp and chilly with the golden sun shining through. It lasts the whole day – rich and full-bodied – progressing through a swirling array of spicy, citrus, floral, mossy, woodsy, musky notes.
Like the weather today, Chypre Narcotique is a golden green perfume but it’s not cold. It starts perhaps more green and crisp with a spicy floral mossy accord and turns more golden, musky, earthy over the course of the day until it’s mostly a warmed vetiver led musky oudy sandlewood accord on my skin..
