Laudano Nero, from Tiziana Terenzi was released in 2014. The perfumer behind this creation is Paolo Terenzi. It has the top notes of Amber, Cognac, Myrtle, Rosemary, Tobacco, and Wormwood, middle notes of Ash, Cedarwood, Honey, Iris, Rose, Rosemary, Sandalwood, and Slate, and base notes of Agarwood (Oud), Bay Leaf, Camphor, Incense, Labdanum, Musk, Oak, Vanilla, and Vetiver.
Guys lets's get it straight this doesn't smell like Roja Dove Enigma, that's a much sweeter, boozy, vanilla composition. It shares labdanum, amber woods and a dose of booze but for me it's very much different. The comparisons to Black Afgano, now that I can understand. Although I would say it's more of a middle ground between Black Afgano and Pardon. Anyway lets not get caught up trying to compare it to well known fragrant landmarks, Laudano Nero deserves praise in it's own right. It opens with the most beautifully sharp, warm labdanum and from that moment I was in love with this fragrance. It's warm, complex woods accented with a ton of resin, thick, dense, dark, camphor and oud against naturally lighter herbal notes and wonderful tobacco. This is an absolute Knockout for me, more of a 'deep nutty brown' to Black Afgano's 'black' but don't think that means it's a shy, pale imitator because this perfume is massive and as different to anything you could compare it to, as it is similar. Really guys it's almost gourmand at times, very complex beyond explanation or analysis.... so so good.