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Narkissos opens purring with wildness! This heady white floral is tinged with greens and licked into desirous ways by a stunning cruelty-free deer musk accord. Angelos captures that musk’s intensity, that fleshy dark sweetness with a touch buttery almost pungent darkness, making the brighter elements shine drunk on a stunning daffodil/jonquil accord. As I inhale deeply, Narkissos gets dewy with excitement, making gentle noises of pleasure murmur from my mouth. Fresh and heady, this wild combination feels dynamic, capturing the full gamut of daffodils. A sour tart green makes your mouth smack when combined with the beautiful haze of musky bright florals. It feels sensual, fleshy with desire, teasing the gentle plumpness of tuberose with a dirty purr of champaca simmering in a gaze of soft narcotic orange blossom. Narkissos has that electric tangible sexual tension between two lovers, with an undeniable presence that can be felt by all around. Chamomile gives light sweet kisses  with a roll in the hay with a touch of fig. There’s a slightly herbaceous twist in that darker heart of the musk, as Narkissos’s petals get lightly waxy when teased by jasmine with warm spice.

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The sensuality gets kicked up a notch. Narkissos shakes its yellow trumpet into a soft powdery honeyed haze. Its hay facets become addictive with a pinch of buttery salt seasoned with coumarin’s dryness giving the powdery sensuality depth. Narkissos purrs with a vintage carnality, its smooth hay becoming a jonquil mossy fur, grabbing it lightly, then teasing you into position as the honeyed florals place their lips onto yours. As Gaga sang “and baby, when it’s love, if it’s not rough, it’s not as fun”. Narkissos is not rough in texture; more in its rich play that envelops you in a golden glow making you want to bury yourself deeper into this perfume’s delight. Narkissos unlocks that desire to let loose and give into more primal urges. Carnation adds a touch of spice with a light wink of leather you can feel through this powdery floral narcotic haze. These dazzling florals hum a deeper note as spiced greens get stemmy, with a little nip and bite as you’re wrapped in Angelos Creations Olfactives Narkissos dirty sensual hug. Soft tobacco breathes warmly into the mouth of the daffodil’s trumpet, creating a stunning rich abstract floral. Its powdery pollen covered anther rubs all over you as its petals melt into a velvety richness.

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Narkissos’s dry down is spectacular. After all the heady fun you’re wrapped in sumptuous creamy leather and gentle floral musks that have a clean vanilla benzoin richness drunk on a little ambrette musk. Narcissus’s mossy green facets shine here conjuring a seductive furriness. The dry-down wears like a soft glow of love, memories of honeyed floral kisses are fuzzy as if you can still feel your lover’s lips on your skin. It glows with musky warmth, as if you’re wearing beautiful half-remembered memories of holding someone special close, after you have left their company and their scent is lingering around you. Narkissos nods to the past but is beautifully contemporary with this rich creamy dry-down. That touch of tobacco giving a richness, like a sexy delicious thought you can’t forget. It whispers of old loves feeling warm and luxurious with the more contemporary ambrette musks keeping it in the now.

 

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I’ve been wearing a late 70s vintage Chanel No.5 Eau de Cologne recently, Narkissos reminds me of this stunning classic, not in smell but rather feel, its soft floral haze with purring musks, clean yet wild, feeling very elegant and damn sexy. Guerlain’s Vol de Nuit is another; again, it’s the elegant dreamy abstractness of Narkissos that makes you feel like you’re wearing something timeless and very special. You can feel Angelos’s love of perfumery in Narkissos it’s a nod to the vintage narcissus perfumes of the past brought into the contemporary of now and packed full of wow. A wild combination. Angelos has been working on Narkissos since 2022, trying to capture a daffodil soliflore, he’s done that and much more here. Dare I say one of the best perfumes I’ve smelt this year!

Notes: Daffodil Accord, Salted Butter, Chamomile CO2, Cruelty free Deer Musk Accord, Jonquille Accord, Narcissus Absolute, Carnation Absolute, Orange flower Absolute, Jasmin Sambac Absolute, Geranium Absolute, Honey, Patchouli Absolute, Tobacco Accord, Leather Accord, Vanilla Absolute, Benzoin Siam, Ambrette Seed Oil, Fir Balsam Absolute.

Disclaimer: Angelos Creations Olfactives Narkissos was generously gifted to me by Angelos Balamis. My thoughts and nose as always, are my own.

J Wearescentient, Senior Editor, artist and olfactive writer.

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Thanks to the generosity of Angelos Balamis, we have a 30ml bottle of Narkissos for a registered reader in the USA or EU only. To be eligible, please leave a comment saying what strikes you about Narkissos based on j’s review and where you live. What’s your favourite from Angelos Creations Olfactives? Draw closes 5/6/2025.

Angelos Balamis was Michelyn’s rising star of 2020 and joint Artisan Perfumer of the Year 2022. Angelos Creations Olfactives Karikia was a top 10 of 2023 for Lauryn and Fougeriste was one of Lauryn’s top ten of 2022. Check out my reviews of Pnoi and Cuir Fleurissant, Lauryn’s review of Irida Extrait, Karikia, Salon DT and Danse Lascive. And Ida’s review of Krinos.

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