Nasomatto Duro extrait de parfum

One of the founding five from 2008. The quest Gualtieri set himself was male strength in all its forms, which is a broader brief than the name suggests and explains why the thing is not simply loud.

Thirty millilitres of extrait, the highest concentration a house will make. There is roughly the perfume oil of a hundred millilitres of eau de toilette in this bottle, so the instruction is one application and then nothing. Duro in particular does not want help.

Dark woods with oud through the middle and leather arriving underneath. Drier than you expect. There is a medicinal edge in the first half hour that some people never get past, and the ones who do tend to buy the bottle before they leave.

The cap is wenge, one of the hardest woods there is. That choice is the joke and the point at the same time.

No published notes, by his choice. What is above is what we find with the bottle open.

Spec

• Extrait de parfum, 30ml
• Wenge wood cap
• Released 2008
• Designed in Amsterdam, made in Italy