As with most Nasomatto, the precise notes aren't listed.
Quickly this made me think of the Blazing Mr Sam from Penhaligon's although not the same of course.
It's spicy - maybe cinnamon, clove, pepper? It has the dark sweet spiced twang of patchouli, lingering over sweet leather and tobacco.
It also made me think of Ombrè Leather.
There are dark woods, with a slight oud tint to them, maybe something warming like Amber.
A truly beautiful scent
Duro is an animalistic beauty - it’s rugged, masculine and dirty without being offensive or overly challenging. It’s pretty linear from the get go as the fragrance doesn’t seem to change much over time, however that doesn’t mean it lacks depth or complexity. Unfortunately official notes aren’t listed by Nasomatto, however this is an incredible leather scent with woody and animalistic notes, I mainly get oud and maybe civet/castoreum. Unidentified warm spices in the base round off the scent and smooth the edges of the harsher leather and woods. Duro is very dark and bold with a lot of character, this fragrance is unapologetic and loud. It will definitely get you noticed and is a confidence boosting scent, however I’m unsure how appealing it would be to others. Regardless, this scent is very high quality as expected from Nasomatto and one of their most underrated releases.
DURO!!!! The HARD ON of male perfumery! I saw a video of some guy reviewing it on youtube and he claimed that the name had sexual connotations. I had to correct him at the time thinking 'Duro' just means 'Hard' in Italian and it was just his dirty mind and the marketing material talking about what a masculine statement this fragrance makes. That's the intended concept anyway...and as I said I was skeptical. That was...until I got my nose on it! Wild this one... make no mistake! If you like wood up the wazzoo this is the fragrance for you! Loud woodiness of dank strong Oud and a harder denser wood combined with it. Then there's the spice it's hard but not in a cooking spice type of way or even a hot chili kind of way, it's dry woody spice...almost like the natural spicey scent that would come from a piece of exotic wood. This fragrance for me is absolutely everything I look for in a masculine powerhouse. The spice perfectly tones down the unpleasant quality oud can have. You know? that bit when it takes a nosedive after the initial almost sweet strange amber quality. Anyway...the price of this juice is high, extortionately high some might say but I still felt Duro was a worthy purchase because of how bold and strong this juice is. Longevity and projection are massive as you'd expect from extrait de parfum. It's not especially unique smelling this one but what can I say? It has a certain appeal & I was charmed by it.
