Isabela Capeto Isabela Capeto for women

Spice bazaar, softer version of Donna Karan's Black Cashmere.

I was guilty of assuming this would only work in colder weather, so hadn't worn this fascinating concoction since winter. Today, on a mad whim, I reached for the bottle to give it a splash on a warmer day and, you know what? It works!

I suppose we shouldn't just fall into the age old trap of saving Orientals and spicier fragrances for Autumn & Winter - people eat spicy food in some of the hottest climates this little blue planet of ours has to offer, yet we don't question the quisine.

Spray in smaller doses, certainly, but let's revel in our spicy fragrances in hotter weather, too - they can smell completely different and do not have to be overwhelming & cloying, as you might suppose them to be.

The cardamom & pink pepper really come into their own on a sultry day - a fragrant journey through a spice market and a sexier twist to the wall-to-wall citrus that everyone else will be wearing. Learn to love in all weathers!

Hot blooded & bursting with juicy, spicy notes, Isabela Capeto's signature perfume is an amazing discovery. Absolutely love this one! The top notes are a piquant plum just perfectly balanced with fragrant osmanthus - fast becoming a favourite note of mine. I have yet to find a perfume containing osmanthus that I didn't go weak at the knees for.

The cardomom, cinnamon & pepper notes add waves of exotic sensuality, and the dry down gets spicier still. Somehow the plum turns to dark morello cherry here, with a background of cherry tobacco (although this isn't listed, it's the impression I get). This stage reminds me a little of Frapin 1270, though fruitier, not quite as dry.

A real wrist-sniffer, this lasts all day and then some. I would go so far as to suggest this could be unisex - I'd love to smell a man wearing this fabulous fragrance.

The packaging is unique - the bottle could be a piece of modern art and the box adds a real feeling of luxe.

It reminds me also, in some ways, of Loewe's Quizas, Quizas, Quizas, though more of the drydown without the chameleon top & heart notes. Certainly any fruity/spicy Oriental lovers should begin their search for this immediately.

Isabela Capeto is an exuberant, glamourous & utterly intriguing perfume that not only lived up to my expectations - it exceeded them.

Delicious!

The box and bottle are very cute and the liquid inside is precious: hot, spicy, warm, cuddling, sexy.
The house chosen to produce the perfume was Phebo(very traditional and known in Brazil, founded in 1930).
Isabela Capeto is a mix of male woody notes like cedar, vetiver and sandalwood with female notes of exuberant flowers like asian osmanthus and brazilian waterlily. It also has a fruity juice where the purple plum is in the spotlight and gives a joyful touch to the concotion. The base has opoponax, cinammon, cardamom, pink pepper and black pepper.
Unfortunatelly the only size available is 30ml, too small for such a great perfume. The lasting is long on the skin.