I'm not good at the words but this is absolutely beautiful!

This is such a dreamy, elegant vintage style scent that works for all seasons and lingers beautifully. Makes me feel fancy in a nonchalant way.

I am addicted to this scent! I purchased a travel size for my sister to try out and she commented that she can stop sniffing her wrist. Hooray!

My preference in fragrance usually learns towards vintage (houses like Guerlain, Chanel, Santa maria Novella, Oriza legrand and Lutens are amongst my favs) but I am absolutely enamoured of Bruno Fazzolari's work and recently bought three full bottles of very different scents from his house, and am in love with all three.
Au Dela Narcisse is a throwback to a vintage chypre, but without the overwhelming heaviness of classics like Shalimar. (My mother wore Shalimar, and I had a similar relationship with her to that of Christina Crawford with her mother!)
As a kid, the highlight of December was being taken to a very fancy department store in Glasgow that sold only the best and most expensive products, and on entering the store there was a wonderful smell of vintage perfume and this conjures that up for me, and the anticipation of shopping for Christmas presents. It definitely has a grande Dame air about it, so it is not one I would wear often and more perhaps on a pocket square in my top pocket, or one spray on a scarf rather than on my skin. What I love about it is that hint of luxury without being overwhelmed-rich and expensive smelling but never cloying.

I ordered a set of testers after hearing about lamp black from a fellow designer/ artist friend. I decided to try one each day and take notes so that I could decide which one(s) to bring on a trip for further living-in and testing before buying a potential signature scent. This one was the first I tested; I found it quite powerful at first, and a single spray on my wrists lasted all day- even after some sweaty yard work! I noted that it was perhaps too strong, and my plan for orderly testing went a bit out the windy in the heat tix days before my trip, so I brought all of them except this one with me. While I enjoyed all the others, for different reasons, I ordered a full bottle of this on my return because it basically haunted me. I found myself missing its powerful Scorpio vibes. I love that it smells gender neutral; has a spiciness and a sort of bass note quality (if it were sound). It’s one that you def don’t want to overdo, but becomes a subtle and harmonious undertone over the course of a day. Not loud, but persistent and persuasive. Thanks for making such wonderful scents!