Ex Nihilo

Fleur Narcotique

Eau de Parfum

Femme
  Unisex
Masc
Main Note

Musk

Fragrance Notes

Bergamot, lychee, peach, jasmine, peony, orange blossom, wood, moss, musk

Fragrance Style

Fresh - Citrus, Floral - Fruity, Sweet, Fruity, Skin Scent / Minimal, Floral - Light, Woody - Light

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Scent Bar Staff Video Review for Fleur Narcotique

Video Transcript

Ex Nihilo released Fleur Narcotique in 2014, and this beautiful fresh floral composition was inspired by the elegance of the modern Parisian woman. However, it really appealed to the modern American woman, or the Angelino woman here in our Scentbar shop. It became one of the best sellers from this line very quickly. We couldn't keep it on the shelf, and actually, this tester has gotten a lot of love.

It's this beautiful, fresh, vibrant floral that's equal parts juicy and exciting, and also soft and feminine. It's got a heart of orange blossom, jasmine, and peony, and then a base of wood, musk, moss, and a sort of crisp combination of peach and bergamot at the top. The floral heart is really interesting to me because it really features peony. I definitely get the orange blossom and the jasmine as well, but I feel like it really kind of celebrates the green peppery quality of the peony.

That was one of my favorite flowers growing up in my mother's garden. I loved the peonies. I found them fascinating—the way that they were always covered with these ants that would help open the petals. I guess the ants are attracted to the sweetness of the nectar. So it was always, for me, this combination of a sweet floral note and a sort of peppery, almost like a vegetable green quality. It's been a while since I've smelled a real peony, but I definitely recall that when I get a whiff of this.

I also like it because I feel like it's this sort of electrified floral. And I don't mean that in a harsh way. It's actually that the floral notes are very soft and delicate, but I think it's the accompanying green and citrus that give it this sort of energy—the combination of a sort of damp moss and a cool, cedar-like wood. When I smell it, I get a burst of energy or excitement, actually. It's like a soft electricity that is reminiscent to me

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Love this perfume--one of the rare times I try a sample and immediately consider a FB. To me, this is orange blossom, jasmine, and musk heavy, with a dose of citrus at the beginning. It reads as musky white floral to me, which I'm very into. My partner is not a huge fan of floral scents but likes this and described it as "the nicest room at the nicest hotel on Kauai." It has a clean element to it without feeling soapy or laundry-esque.
By   - Researcher from Tucson on 6/14/2025
Love this perfume and every single time, I get a lot of compliments.
By   - CNA from Beaverton, OR on 11/29/2024
Freshly cut grassy rose.
By   - Scientist from Orange on 8/22/2024
The name of this perfume seduced me into trying a sample despite my natural aversion to heavy florals lol. I was hoping for more of the bergamot, lychee, and peach, but instead found myself focused on the jasmine, peony and rose note that I couldn't get away from. If you're a floral lover, this will probably be amazing. Gave my sample to my bff who thinks it's amazing.
By   - exec assist from san francisco on 9/17/2023
The lychee, peach peony resembled a rose, and I am still learning to love my roses! Very interesting scent indeed. I am putting this sample to the side and will give it a second chance later.
By   - Unoccupied from Boston, MA on 9/7/2023
A beautiful luxurious fragrance with gorgeous floral notes paired well with its other elements. It is not overpowering, wears light (will have to touch up throughout the day as the staying power isn't aggressively long) and worth the cost. This has become my new signature scent and unlike anything I've ever used.
By   - Artist from Toronto on 7/12/2023
Although there isn’t rose in the scent profile, this gave me a very strong rose scent.
By   - Education  from Wyoming on 1/3/2023
I too so wanted to love this, given that I love closely-related frags, the ingredients & video review. On my skin, it DOES smell a bit like a pixi stix, as Anonisme said — which I personally find gleeful, like Anamcara or Kurokami. But then it never connects. Worse, it gets weirdly metallic. Because I loved it before it hit my skin tho, I thought I’d use it as a hair scent or on my clothes or bedding — anything! But no, there’s something about it that still feels … like interesting acquaintances you’d really like to grow closer to, but because they always maintain an arm’s length, it just gets wearisome after awhile. Sigh.
By   - Professor  from Vancouver on 7/28/2022
Absolutely love it and it's still my favorite one. Very feminine and elegant scent.
By   - CSR from NY on 11/10/2021
It's like sexy pixi stix.
By   - Business from Boston on 10/22/2020
I got this in the essential sample pack and I cried then I first smelled it on my skin. When I was younger I spent 2 weeks in Paris on an exchange program and I was instantly transported back to the sunny kitchen of the family I stated with. It was my first time being away from my parents and I was so home sick but my French mom was the sweetest and kindest woman. This frangrance reminds me so much of her and her typical mom hugs.
By   - Seamstress from Greenwood on 5/12/2020
Fabulous and feminine!
By   - Veterinarian from Ft. Lauderdale on 4/19/2020
At first I smelled a hint of spicy tobacco, and I was excited because that is one of the notes I have missed in the reformulated Quelque Fleur. I applied my sample around 5pm and loved it at first, then it started changing, and by the time I went to bed it had completely disappeared. At first I was convinced it reminded me of the original Charlie. This morning I applied more, and continued to try to put my finger on what it reminds me of, Frances Denney Adolfo came to mind next. A little longer I think of Alexander Del Aqua Woman, no it's Karl Lagerfeld's Chloe. Is there something in common in all of these fragrances? I like smelling it because its nostalgic to my childhood in the 70s, but no compliments or feedback from the family yet.
By   - Homemaker from Charlotte on 2/6/2019
"She wears Thierry Mugler in an Pedro Almodóvar flick. Sparkly earrings, poolside. Frosty fruit slushie in Buenos Aires. Full bouquet centerpiece at the bottom of a winding staircase. Melancholy, moody, sophisticated. Late night walk home along the Siene after the movies. Saudade." -AW Other notes: strong, those around will definitely notice you.
By   - Artist from Pittsburgh on 12/4/2018
Oh man, I really, really wanted to like this one. To begin with it was beautiful. Loads of layered warm flowers on my skin. I could take or leave the bergamot scent, it just wasn't happening for me. It stuck around for a few hours before completely dissipating to the sands of time. What a bummer :(
By   - Amateur Fragrance Hound from Grafton on 9/11/2018
You're a soldier of the North Song Dynasty in 1099, stationed along the coast of Guangdong (China). In the peaceful, scientific era of gunpowder and inventions, you simply aren't interested in any future wars, and you find yourself in hiding over at a nearby village, happily relaxing on a hill, looking out across the sea. Women are working in their gardens just yards away, tending to their flowers and singing over light gusts of wind, picking fresh lychee from their trees. You're charmed as a young girl walks up the hill and offers you some of the fresh fruit, and you smile, breathe in, absorb the serenity, and wonder if you're finally home. Fleur Narcotique by Ex Nihilo.
By   - Engineer from Cincinnati on 3/17/2018
Cedar with hints of fruit; I mostly just smell the wood (even after immediately using). I'll have to pass on this one.
By   - Assistant Bookkeeper from Cat Land on 3/11/2018
There is beauty in the note choices here, most definitely, but the thing that tipped this one from 4 to 5 for me was the perfect, perfect sillage and transparency -- not quite a Molecule 01 situation, where the scent somehow is and also is not perfume as we know it, but in that ballpark of delightful experiences. After an afternoon of compulsively sniffing my wrist I have landed on “not so much orange blossom and peony, but the breeze that blew through that garden and has now found you down by the river enjoying the sunshine.” Wonderful.
By   - editor from Seattle on 4/28/2017
this is amazing parfum! love it!
By   - homemaker from Sugar Land on 5/19/2016
This is the perfect floral- fresh and feminine without being overwhelming, with light fruitiness for balance and maturity. It's feminine and light (great for the office) without being cutesy. Good sillage (a couple feet, not room filling) and all-day staying power! It makes me feel happy just to smell this- reminds me of orange blossoms in the summer. I love this and plan to buy a bottle.
By   - Audiologist from Orlando on 3/17/2016
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