Notturno Meo Fusciuni 2012

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6.8 / 10 59 Ratings

A perfume by Meo Fusciuni for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is woody-spicy. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Smoky

Fruity

Leathery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Pineapple

Rum

Heart Notes

Ink

Birch

Leather

Clove

Base Notes

Frankincense

Cedarwood

Ambergris

Musk

Perfumer

Giuseppe Imprezzabile a.k.a. Meo Fusciuni

Ratings

Scent

6.859 Ratings

Longevity

6.547 Ratings

Sillage

6.048 Ratings

Bottle

7.455 Ratings

Value for money

6.420 Ratings

Submitted by Apicius, last update on 05/22/2025.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/19/2015

10
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 7
Scent

K1
121 Reviews

K1

Helpful Review 1

An Italian requiem

Strange prototypical random effort that summed up in a premium composition and cannot be repeated... this is my first impression everyone Notturno comes up with that strange sparkling ink and wet paper smell of rum. This accord has a special way of decay. It's kind of fungal and it's this fungal aspect that makes it charming like a special pasta sauce.

However, so pity that the baffling show ends in just few minutes and metallic rum smell turns to fresh decent chemical vetiver that reminds me library full of new books. It's still occupying me but I love the opening. Notturno inclines to minimalism with bold resemblance to Japanese architecture.
Strong skin-mate longevity, mediocre sillage.
6.5/10

08/18/2023

8
Pricing 9
Bottle 5
Sillage 6
Longevity 9
Scent

Mlleghoul
440 Reviews

Mlleghoul

3

softly padding toe beans

Notturno, by Meo Fusciuni, is a fragrance that is meant to evoke the poetry and the imaginary rooms of night. It is soft, so soft, which is interesting for a leather-forward fragrance because, unlike most, there’s nothing acrid or smoky or tannic about it. This is leather worn close to the skin and worn down over years, padding up and down hardwood stairs in the hours of darkness, tufted with fur and spiked with little claws. Springing silently into bed with you at midnight, kneading a small spot in the midst of faded flannel quilts, and snoozing in the crook of your knees. You know these are dreams and ghosts and wisps of memory; your dear inky-furred friend died twelve years ago on a June afternoon and is buried under a lightning-struck oak in New Jersey. A phone on the creaky cedar nightstand illuminates the hour; she often visits at this time. These are warm, blanket-soft moments, a sweet slip in time or space, or sleep when everything is safe and good and exactly as it should be.

08/26/2022

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 8
Scent

BobbyGee
229 Reviews

BobbyGee

1

Meo Fusciuni / Notturno

From the 2 Imprezzabile fragrances that I like very much (Notturno and Narcotico), it was the first one that made me bring it from Milan, where its price (discounted) was lower than in our country on the Vistula River. I also did not find great similarities among the perfumes I know. This perfume is a combination of ink (who smelled knows how it smells) combined with rum. I can also smell musk, some herbs and incense. A very unusual smell. The disadvantage, unfortunately, is its durability. It stays on my body for about 5 hours.
It is definitely worth getting to know, because it is a unique work.

05/22/2025

ClaireV
731 Reviews

ClaireV

1

Shortlived rum esters over longlived amberwoods

Notturno is bad, but doesn’t even have the grace to be memorably bad. It is just bad in a ‘thin, doesn’t smell great, and definitely doesn’t belong in the catalogue of an artisan perfumer’ kind of way. Unlike my other Meo Fusciuni samples, which I use to the last drop either to make sure I fully understand them or because I enjoy smelling them, Notturno is the only one that lolls around on my dresser, half full, until I inevitably spot it, wonder if I’ll like that, spray some on and instantly remember that not only do I not like it at all, but I clearly can’t remember a single thing about it, hence the cycle.

Here’s why it’s bad – not why I think it’s bad but why it’s objectively bad – it is really nothing more than a single rum ester stuck on top of a burnt sugar, Maltol-sticky wood aromachemical that smells like a section excised from By the Fireplace and spread out in a thin schmear on your skin. I hate this note, primarily because it is a grandstanding gesture rather than an idea, but also because rum itself is cringe beyond the age of 19. For all of the 30 seconds it lasts, 5 seconds of it smells impressively like real rum (though we’ve established that that’s not the plus anyone thinks it is) and 25 seconds like the little bottles of rum flavoring you buy to put in cakes.

And that’s it, that’s the best part of this scent, done and dusted in under half a minute. What follows this damp squib of an opening is the chemical litany of whatever molecules people are stringing together these days to suggest leather, wood, or tobacco to an increasingly gullible (or nose blind) audience. Notturno means nocturnal, and from the reviews, it seems that most people are buying into a fantasy of whatever nocturnal means to them rather than smelling the scent for what it truly is. For once, the perfume isn’t the one with projection issues.

03/19/2025

4
Pricing 9
Bottle 5
Sillage 4
Longevity 5.5
Scent

MGits
8 Reviews

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MGits

Helpful Review 2

Nocturne

Every great house has a fragrance that is unfortunately the weakest of the whole range. With Meo Fusciuni it is unfortunately you, dear Notturno. There are other fragrances from the brand that I wouldn't wear, but every scent from Fusciuni has something special that I can enjoy despite my taste. Unfortunately, I can't do that with Notturno...

But now to the fragrance itself...
First of all: I love subtle fragrances that don't overwhelm everyone in the room. My absolute maximum when applying any fragrance is always 3 sprays.
Nevertheless, I found it very noticeable how quickly Notturno evaporates and how quickly it drifts into meaninglessness.

The opening is actually quite exciting. I also perceive what many predecessors have already described: Associations with old books, wood and some glue. I still find that quite pleasant but also a little weird. Slight alcohol from the rum. Pineapple on top. Interesting....
And then.... Nothing... The fragrance disintegrates on my skin into a meaningless bitter glue with hints of alcohol. I try to recognize the idea, but it remains completely meaningless. A real shame....

Mi scusa Meo Fusciuni. It doesn't pick me up... You have other scents that are really beautiful!