Nasomatto Sadonaso Review – Alessandro Gualtieri; 2023

[Nasomatto Sadonaso review based on a sample provided by the brand in 2023.]

Trust Alessandro Gualtieri to lower the tone. His latest piece of work, Sadonaso, is available in a standard Nasomatto bottle. But it also comes in a decidedly NSFW ‘phallic’ edition, the proportions of which you can admire on the brand’s website. I reviewed it – the perfume, not the bottle – in a recent episode of Love At First Scent, which you can watch at this link: Nasomatto Sadonaso review.

Playing against type can often be a commendable strategy. In the case of Sadonaso, the name, the bottle, the tagline (“the sweat of pleasure”) all create an expectation for something fiendishly, almost brutally animalic. A true satyr of a scent, unafraid to announce its debauched presence from several feet away. As it turns out, this creature is anything but. Soft, powdery-fruity, whisper-musky – with just the very occasional whiff of something bodily – it stays close to the wearer’s skin, projecting little more than vague, forgettable pleasantness. I’m sure this is all part of the point, and in the past, Gualtieri has certainly been known for his impish sense of humour. But if the joke in this fragrance is in any way complex, or goes beyond the briefest of chuckles, then I’m afraid its sophistication is lost on me.

Persolaise

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