Capucci de Capucci Roberto Capucci for women

A 20th century Italian masterperfume! It has fallen into obscurity in recent years. Such a shame! Capucci was considered the Italian Givenchy in his day. It is evident in this larger than life bouquet of Roman spring florals that keep playing off of each other for hours. Oakmoss and patcholi are evident yet all in refined elegant taste.

It reminds me of vintage Ysatis with more flowers and less spice. This is like watching, listening and sensing a great Italian Opera in all dimensions. Its just another reminder of the diversity and strength that Italian perfume had. It is discomforting to discover another classic reformulated or discontinued every day I visit this site!

Alas, this classic is long since vanished. For you vintage fans, its worth the hunt to find a bottle.

Thanks for this precious decant, Natalie!

Is very nice, very rich. You have to like the soapy florals though, which are not my style. I wish I loved it, as Capucci has fantastic silage & longevity! Just too soapy for this gal.

I appreciate the quality. My mom will love this one!

Update: Sprayed it on a magazine on my desk, and when both my hubby & daughter came in to talk to me, they scrunched up their faces and said, "What is that smell? Not a new perfume of YOURS!?" I assured them that I was getting rid of it.

Wow. They have never both said anything like this without being asked of any of my fumes. Has to go.

Thank you, Action! My purchase of Capucci was inspired by your review by the way! I noticed, you too like to dig out the priceless gems forgotten by many. I noticed i am getting really irritated with a lot of highly commercial scents worn by every other person(even though I have a lot of them, but at least high quality ones)...maybe because they make you blend with the crowd.

Oh, wow...this is so much better than I expected. Very along the lines of Oscar. Love it!
My husband, however, who doesn't give a damn on a regular basis, disapproved it. Said " it's too overwhelming". Very strange because he likes Opium and Boucheron on me. Maybe i sprayed too much ( 6 sprays...huh? No wonder it knocked him over).

3 hours later it smells so gorgeous. 1-2 sprays well in advance prior to mingling with people is more than enough.

Hi,

Based on the purple boxed mini perfume I purchased, I have bought the big one like down at Perfume country. But the two are very different in smell!
My advice is to invest into a purple boxed which costs twice as much as this ruffled white boxed something and enjoy!

Just to give you an idea of this fragrance...
Robert Capucci, a very intelligent and artistic Italian designer that is able (is he still alive btw?) to create his fragrances in an unique style. They all communicate class, complexity, non-commercial, intelligence and own identity. SUPERB is this original, in the manner of 'First' and 'Diva'. Other favorites are Ballade a Venise (impossible to get!! :-(), Opera III (of which I think will become a collectors item before we know it). I have been wanting to try YENDI for ages, as well as Filly and Parce Que.
Chat Lunatique is a HUGE fan of the Capucci for men original, still available for a great price I hear.
In conclusion: Capucci should be there on every shelf of all Fragrantica members..

A complex, layered perfume with a classic structure and composition, CAPUCCI opens clean and crisp with a lemony edge. Shortly thereafter, the aldehydes make their presence known and impart a soapiness to the middle floral phase. Finally, the aldehydes begin to dim as chypre elements emerge but without ever becoming too darky and muggy. The cleanness characteristic of the opening persists throughout.

The edt has good longevity and is a perhaps surprisingly coherent fragrance, given the veritable smorgasbord of notes. I did not detect the coconut or the civet, which is probably a good thing, since such notes are best used very sparingly, as subtle condiments, I think.

Although some might find CAPUCCI "old-fashioned," I like it. And so does my cat, for whom even the tiniest trace of civet appears to be a magnet!