nasomatto | micodelirio
extrait de parfum
enigmatic, earthy, and mossy.
Nasomatto Micodelirio is about microdosing mushrooms and the idea of unlocking creativity. It is a play with the tension between instinct and reason. This extrait de parfum feels atmospheric: cooled by invigorating mint, rooted by geranium and patchouli, grounded by wet soil and mushrooms, warmed by sparks of amber.
There is a strange clarity in this delirium. Not quite tame, not quite wild, artful and immersive, Micodelirio is meant to be drowned in, not simply worn.
Alessandro Gualtieri
Notes
the story
swan song
* the notes listed above are based solely on my personal perception of the fragrance and may not include some of the official notes provided by the producer.
Nasomatto Micodelirio – tranquil delirium
Nasomatto Micodelirio becomes the portal it promises to be: a portal to a forest during the day, where sunlight gently warms the air above the canopies and, like luqiud amber, it sips through the leaves into the dim green kingdom.
To enter this forest, you first part dew-covered branches, still cool from the night’s shadows. It is where you meet the mint with it’s invigorating breath. Underfoot, roots and moss lie damp from recent rain. Meanwhile, hidden mushrooms crack beneath your steps.
Soon, the trail opens up to the soft forest floor illuminated with the spots of warm sunlight. The air feels still, aromatic from geranium and lavender touched by our feet, and clarifying — not merely clearing the senses, but the mind itself. It fills you with the fresh energy of new ideas and reconnects you with a source of creativity that feels like a cold stream on a warm summer day.
Vegetation. Air. Space.
In my mind, Micodelirio is not a dark, mystical, or witchy forest. It is not the forest of Andrea Maack’s Coven, nor the one where a caterpillar smokes a hookah atop a giant mushroom. Rather, Micodelirio opens the mind to the vastness of creative possibility instead of pulling it into a chaotic swirl of deranging hallucinations and fantasies. In this sense, it reminds me more of another creation by Alessandro Gualtieri: Nasomatto Absinth — both fragrances share a natural comfort, like a gentle embrace from Mother Nature herself.
Micodelirio feels beautifully realistic without becoming photorealistic. It avoids the fate of a botanical oil that leaves little room for interpretation. Instead, it offers a perfumer’s vision of a mushroom-filled forest, damp and fragrant beneath the crepuscular rays of an early summer sun.
A wearable mushroom fragrance, to my nose, it carries something distinctly truffle-like, reminding me of the truffle note Tom Ford executed masterfully in Black Orchid — although Black Orchid, of course, explores a very different idea and unfolds through different layers.
Ultimately, Nasomatto Micodelirio is equally about delirious fantasy and calm perception: a slightly otherworldly, fragrant landscape that invites contemplation, creativity, and quiet wonder.