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Black Afgano(2014)

Nasomatto · Alessandro Gualtieri · Woody

At a glance

Created by Alessandro Gualtieri for Nasomatto, Black Afgano opens on cannabis and green notes, moves through a heart of resins, coffee, and tobacco, and closes on oud and incense. Its uncompromisingly dark, narcotic, cannabis-and-incense structure made it one of the most notorious and cult-followed fragrances in independent niche perfumery, frequently cited by enthusiasts as an extreme benchmark for smoky, resinous, deliberately provocative composition.

Did you know? This scent's oud note only exists because a tree got infected — a healthy agarwood tree is odorless. Read the full story →

Brand

Nasomatto

Perfumer

Alessandro Gualtieri

Launched

2014

Family

Woody

Black Afgano is a fragrance from Nasomatto, released in 2014 and composed by Alessandro Gualtieri. It sits in the Woody family. It opens with Cannabis and Green Notes, moves into a heart of Resins, Coffee, and Tobacco, and settles into a base of Oud and Incense.

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