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Alessandro
Gualtieri

The nose who won't name his notes

Alessandro Gualtieri is an Italian perfumer known for his avant-garde approach to fragrance.

House
Nasomatto, Orto Parisi, MariaLux
Earliest in our catalog
Duro, 2008
In our catalog
25 fragrances · 2 houses
Alessandro's story

The story

He learned the craft through formal study in Germany combined with informal lessons from an Italian expatriate perfumer, then built his reputation working with fashion houses including Fendi, Versace, Helmut Lang, and Diesel before founding his own line, Nasomatto, in Amsterdam. He has since founded Orto Parisi, which explores the animalic side of scent, and Maria Lux with his wife, Dutch designer Lilian Driessen. Distinctively, Gualtieri refuses to publish ingredient lists for his fragrances, choosing instead to describe the idea behind each one and leave the notes for the wearer to discover.

The career

2008–2026, in bottles

Their best-known launches in our catalog, by how many people have rated them.
Launches per year, 2008–2026Peak: 7 in 2008
20082026
In their own words

How Alessandro works

Signature

Concept-first, note-list-free compositions — from the smoky, hashish-inspired Black Afgano to Duro's take on masculinity — that favor mood and inspiration over disclosed formula.

Scentsation editorial
The paletteThe notes that turn up most often across 25 fragrances
Who Alessandro composes for

2 houses, one hand

Fragrances credited to Alessandro in our catalog, by house.

Nasomatto15
Orto Parisi10
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