Ex Nihilo – Fleur Narcotique Eau de Parfum

Fleur Narcotique Eau de Parfum by Ex Nihilo
Eau de Parfum | Unisex | Initiale Collection | Perfumer: Quentin Bisch

A false candid flower. Airy. Fatal.

Ex Nihilo was founded in Paris in 2013 on Rue Saint-Honoré — the most storied street in French luxury — on a radical creative ethos: select the most exclusive perfumery materials, push them to their limits, and refuse to be bound by convention. The house's approach to fine fragrance is simultaneously avant-garde and deeply rooted in the French perfumery tradition: every creation is built around a specific concept, a specific emotion, and a specific material pushed far beyond where most houses would dare take it. Fleur Narcotique is Ex Nihilo's most celebrated and iconic creation — the fragrance that introduced the house to the world and remains its defining statement. Created by Quentin Bisch — one of the most acclaimed perfumers of his generation — it is built around an overdose of substantive floral materials that create what the house describes as a narcotic floral: not a soft, polite, well-behaved flower, but a bloom at the absolute peak of its beauty, slightly dangerous, entirely captivating, and impossible to ignore.

The opening is radiant and immediately distinctive: Bergamot arrives with a clean, sparkling citrus brightness, while Lychee adds a delicately sweet, slightly rose-water-tinged freshness that is completely characteristic of Bisch's style — precise, luminous, and instantly recognizable. Peach ripens softly beneath both, adding a warm, velvety stone-fruit quality that bridges the citrus brightness and the lush floral heart to come. The heart is where Fleur Narcotique earns its name and its legend: Jasmine — rich, honeyed, and slightly indolic — unfolds alongside Peony and Orange Blossom in a white floral accord of extraordinary richness and radiance. This is the overdose the house speaks of — the florals are not whispered but declaimed, the Peony in particular adding a modern, slightly dewy freshness that elevates the composition beyond vintage territory into something completely contemporary. The dry-down is seamless and deeply satisfying: Transparent Wood — the proprietary Ex Nihilo accord that gives the house's fragrances their signature luminous, clean depth — settles alongside Moss and a velvety Musk that is skin-close, warm, and deeply sensual. The sillage is soft but present for hours; the longevity on skin is consistently reported at 8 to 12 hours, with a trail that becomes more intimate and more personal as the day progresses.

Radiant. Narcotic. The fragrance that launched a house and changed the floral category.

🎯 Main Accords: Floral · Fruity · Musky · Woody · Fresh

Top Notes: Bergamot, Lychee, Peach
Heart Notes: Jasmine, Peony, Orange Blossom
Base Notes: Transparent Wood, Moss, Musk

✅ 100% Authentic — Brand New in Box (BNIB)
✅ 100ml Eau de Parfum — Initiale Collection
✅ Perfumer: Quentin Bisch
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