Absinth is a wild tumble of earthy browns, woody greens, and dry, bitter herbs, a rare fragrance that you smell and you immediately think of colors. Loamy earth is soon joined by a soft, warm sweetness that seems to appears to be like the ground of a tree-ringed meadow after the first rain of spring. The smell of the earth, the sweet notes of rainand the tinge of young greens and florals not yet in full bloom are all here. Absolutely captivating and more than a little haunting, Absinth captures that bittersweet moment when the earth is about to wake up from its winter slumber. It’s an addictive, I-need-to-smell-it-all-day kind of perfume, the kind you make sure to put on your wrists or a dab on a leather watchband just so you can partake in its earthy delights.

If there is a male equivalent to Nasomatto’s unabashedly feminine Narcotic V, it’s Duro. Duro is bold and potent and calls to mind ancient hardwoods spiked with leather. It’s untamed and virile, a raw and gorgeous fragrance that doesn’t give a damn about smelling pretty or frou frou or like a vase of flowers…like its counterpart, it revels in its masculinity and doesn’t give a flip what you think about it.