Carnal Blend

Narcotic Delight Initio 2024

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7.7 / 10 374 Ratings

A new perfume by Initio for women and men, released in 2024. The scent is sweet-spicy.
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Main accords

Sweet

Spicy

Gourmand

Oriental

Fruity

Fragrance Notes

Cherry

Black pepper

Cognac

Tobacco

Hedione

Pink pepper

Vanilla

Ratings

Scent

7.7374 Ratings

Longevity

7.9330 Ratings

Sillage

7.5329 Ratings

Bottle

8.3318 Ratings

Value for money

6.3291 Ratings

Submitted by Omrfrq, last update on 27.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Carnal Blend" collection.

Reviews

21 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/27/2024

6
Pricing 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Cimi
94 Reviews

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Cimi

Top Review 24

Narcotic Delight: Cognac & tobacco coated with pepper and accompanied by seductive cherry in the background

As one of the first owners of Narcotic Delight, I was very excited about the fragrance, especially since I had seen practically no reviews up to that point and was allowed to form an objective opinion. The name of the fragrance promises a lot, but does it deliver?
Let's get started my dear perfumos:

- The opening is very cognac-heavy, accompanied by a good dash of pepper, which is very seductive and intense. Many have asked me; is it like the Side Effect? No, of course not. You shouldn't confuse rum with cognac; I personally find cognac much more alcoholic in fragrances. Accordingly, the cognac here in the opening is far sweeter and more alcoholic than the rum in Side Effect. The opening is magnificent and the interplay of cognac and pepper is truly ingenious; extremely seductive!
- A wonderful tobacco note is added fairly promptly in the drydown; not a dry tobacco note as found in Side Effect or in other fragrances such as Herod, but in my view rather "wet" tobacco, sweetish in combination with the light cherry note. Yes, I actually perceive the cherry quite well, even if it plays in the background and further accentuates the "shisha" character of the tobacco. The vanilla then forms the base in the interplay.

- H/S is quite good, definitely above average, but not a performance beast in terms of projection. Longevity is also in the upper range. In any case, better than the current batches of Side Effect.

Overall, an independent and wonderfully seductive fragrance. The false comparisons to Side Effect in my opinion are only misleading; these fragrances have little in common, as I said Side Effect is based more on rum + tobacco + cinnamon and is rather "dry", this one is more seductive, more alcoholic and with a good portion of pepper as well as cherry in the background. That's why I wanted to use this first post not only to describe the fragrance, but especially to explain the differences to Side Effect a bit.

I would most likely compare the fragrance to scents like Wet Cherry Liquor, but this one is more liqueur than cognac.

Definitely a recommendation to buy and a good release from the brand!
PS: For those who have often asked the questions, a brief summary of the key data:
- 90ML bottle as always
- Concentration: 83% vol

02/03/2024

6
Pricing 9
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Sirbennyone
165 Reviews

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Sirbennyone

Helpful Review 10

A fragrance that will SPAL the masses...

Hello everyone,

there will be those who will "party hard" and those who won't and at the end of the day I can understand both, absolutely.

We are talking here (primarily) about a sweet - spicy fragrance with a gourmand touch.
(this by the way)

We are more or less aware that such a fragrance is usually made to garner compliments and that this happens in the months from October to March
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A brief history of this:

I am someone who always buys fragrances BLIND (funny hobby and very cheap to boot - "IRONY OFF" ), but on the one hand a voice told me "no Benny don't do it" and on the other hand my last fragrance experiences with Initio were very modest - let's put it that way! That's why I only ordered a sample...

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Back to the fragrance:

Somehow it is a version of many that Initio / PDM (which is more or less a company) have ever had in their portfolio. But it must be said (important!) it is more similar to certain fragrances that have been around since the "modest reformulation (from 2021)", such as the Side Effect, the Herod + a liqueur-like (thicker) cognac direction and in the advanced drydown I notice the Rehab and something slightly fading fluffy, soft, which we know from the Musk Therapy. However, we still have the vibe of Herod in the drydown and this is noticeable, in the sense of tobacco, vanilla, musk - but as I said, we are talking about batches from 2021 and by no means the OLD ones...

Do I like a sample and will I buy it?

Like - yes it's ok and has its raison d'être...., but I will NOT be buying it!

But why...?

The way I see it, we live in the niche and are in the year 2024, a certain creative streak should already be noticeable so that I also spend a lot of money... The Narcotic Delight seems to me to be too much of a mash-up/mix of what was available and I see it as less creative...

He will have and get his fans and that's great and ok, but for me in particular it's nothing (or I'm missing something...). My work buddy said something brilliant about it (about the Narcotic Delight), so he thinks it makes more sense and is nicer to take a 2020 Side Effect and spice it up with 3 sprays of Lost Cherry Eau de Parfum. I absolutely understand what he means and for me he's right. But it's all relative + purely personal!

And now have a nice day/evening, or whatever you read this review, LG the Benny
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03/20/2024

7
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 7
Longevity 10
Scent

Mateja1020
8 Reviews

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Mateja1020

Very helpful Review 7

For others it's the Side Effect - for me it's Narcotic Delight!

Please don't lynch me for this, but I was never a big fan of Side Effect, which is often given the title of "Best Date Fragrance". My first encounter with Side Effect was very sober, and I had lost interest in Initio for a while.

On my last visit to the perfumery, however, that changed: the saleswoman came straight up to me as I entered the store and, with great joy and a certain hysteria, fanned me with a strip of the new house fragrance - "Narcotic Delight". A little irritated by the sales clerk, I sniffed the fragrance strip and BAM! I was immediately in love. My first words to the saleswoman were literally: "Wow!" Is that the feeling people get when they smell Side Effect? In my opinion, this fragrance deserved the title of "Best Date Fragrance" and I shared the excitement with the saleswoman. This incredibly beautiful cherry note, accompanied by the booziness of the cognac, made me take a short break from the outside world. The well-known "Hedion" from Initio also harmonizes perfectly with the rest of the notes and increases my addiction to this fragrance. For me, a very clear 10 as far as the fragrance is concerned. Longevity and sillage look rather average to good. Nevertheless, I was so impressed by this fragrance that I bought it the very next day and am now writing my first review here.

With "Narcotic Delight" I have finally become the proud owner of an Initio bottle :))

03/04/2024

8
Sillage 8
Longevity 3.5
Scent

Connie
165 Reviews

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Connie

When everything is too much..

Luckily I was able to get hold of a small sample or make a swap deal and didn't buy the fragrance blindly. Initio is definitely not my brand but I had read so many good things about the fragrance and naturally wanted to try it. I was about to buy it blind but you always get smarter. What can I say except that the fragrance is definitely not for me.

The fragrance definitely has Initio DNA. Boozy, slightly scratchy, bold and very masculine to my nose. A fragrance that I would never wear as a woman, although many women obviously like the scent, but my nose definitely says no. I also found the Side Effect quite creepy and although the two fragrances smell very different, they both have this very boozy Initio DNA that I just don't like..

Right at the beginning you get the full load of cognac, with a very masculine tobacco note for my nose. The cherry smells to me like a dark, slightly sweet cherry preserved in alcohol. A good load of black pepper provides a slightly scratchy spiciness that remains sharp and edgy throughout the sale.

The fragrance is simply too masculine for me. But I wouldn't like it on a man either. Too boozy and too sharp for me. Kind of annoying and bold.

Thank you dear Evee for the nice swap deal.

02/16/2024

8
Pricing 7
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 8
Scent

ChezNatalie
9 Reviews

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ChezNatalie

Very helpful Review 5

Initio and its new egg

Take the new Narcotic Delight, spray it on 3 people and you get a completely different scent 3 times! That's so extreme, if I hadn't smelled it myself, I wouldn't believe it either.

One has the typical cherry scent that we already know. In the other, to be confused with Oud For Happiness.

For me, a cherry that reminds me of Emil Elise Melting Lust. But more alcoholic, more wicked. I would almost say that it can compete with Cherry Punk!
At some point, the full load of tobacco. But not shisha tobacco, but really smoky, almost a little ash... maybe the impression is created by the pepper.

So what is my conclusion: Narcotic Delight is not at all suitable as a blind buy

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