Noir Porto RicoAmber Liquoreux Extrait de Parfum

Noir Porto Rico by Epicò is an amber, liqueur-like, gourmand, unisex niche perfume extract. It belongs to the house's collection of extracts, alongside Luminoud and Evoleurt.

Perfume as a narrative

Epicò Parfum is an Italian house founded in 2018 by Federico Gucciardi, an artist born in Bologna and recognized as "the poet of perfume". The name says it all: Epicò means "story". Each fragrance is born from a story that Federico writes himself — pages of emotions, dreams, and memories that he then translates into accords, into "liquid verses" — and each perfume is accompanied by this short text. "Every drop is a word," he says, "every perfume is a chapter of our story." For the house, perfume extracts represent the noblest form of concentration, the one where each ingredient has time to tell its story. The black bottle bears a handmade antique copper label made by artisans, which makes each piece slightly different. 100 ml bottle.

An opening of molasses, sugarcane, and bourbon

Molasses opens thick and dark, sugarcane brings its plant-based sweetness. Bourbon whiskey establishes the alcohol and peach nectarine a juicy flesh.

A heart of aged rum, Cuban tobacco, and cognac

Aged rum and cognac call to each other, oak brings the barrel. Dried fruits, Cuban tobacco, and coconut complete — six materials in the heart.

A base of cedarwood, guaiac, and honey

Cedarwood brings its dryness, guaiac its tarry smoke. Honey and vanilla close on an enveloping sweetness.

The house's signature

Three alcohols in a single formula: bourbon, aged rum, and cognac. It is rare, and that is the subject: each has its own grain — bourbon is cereal and vanilla, rum is sweet and molasses-like, cognac is fruity and woody. Oak in the heart brings them together under the same barrel, and Cuban tobacco finishes the scene. The molasses in the head is the perfect detail: it is the residue of the cane from which the rum is precisely distilled. The subject is written material by material, from the field to the glass.

For whom, for what occasions?

Amber, liqueur-like, and gourmand, this extract is for those who love alcoholic gourmands. It gives its best in the evening and during the cold season, worn equally well by women and men.

With Noir Porto Rico Epicò, three eaux-de-vie age in the same barrel.