Capua

This is very Black Afghano inspired where the oud has been usurped by vetiver. Personally, I prefer this one. The opening is a medicinal cypress blast with an explosion of balsamic and lemony elemi. The elemi resin then melts itself down into a pool of amber embers, glowing away steadily in the background. There's an abundance of woods and the dried roots of vetiver here, used as tinder for the fire found in this perfumed hearth, full of pitch black soot and the sweetest of velvet smoke. Leans masculine, but I'd wear it still gladly, and last and last as though you've been literally smoked by all the ingredients in this beautiful fire, like a bakhoor ritual. It's carbon black and amber in colour and thick velvet in texture. I like it very much and need to give it a few more tries to establish if I will add a decant of full bottle to my collection. This house continues to impress me!

🤎 I looooove this fragrance!. Perfectly smoky, warm, lightly spicy... my goodness this is beautiful, very sensuous, elegant and even mysterious...irresistible!. I have to admit Capua makes me a little weak in the knees. Christian Provenzano (who also created 'Halfetti', one of my favourite fragrances) is the mastermind behind Capua, bravissimo! 👏🏼 The complete list of notes/ingredients, from the brand’s website: MEDICINAL TOP: Elemi, Sicilian bergamot, cypress, Madagascan tagetes SMOKY WOODY HEART: Cedar, Egyptian cumin, Indian nagarmotha WARM WOODY BASE: Cedar, Indonesian vetiver, amber, Kashmir Wood For me it is totally unisex, however, some may say it leans more masculine.

Really nice and powerful combo of rich, dark and smoky woods, sweet vanilla and soothing (also slightly earthy) vetiver. It’s THE FIRST vetiver based scent that smells this sweet! And it actually works beautifully together. Absolutely mesmerizing perfume! Follow me on IG: scent.guide

Smells really good. Woody, sweet, ambery. The cedar isn't as dry as in many perfumes, it's really sweetened which makes it really smooth and pleasing. This smells niche and very high quality. It's a loud, masculine fragrance.

Another First review. I cant tell the notes apart with this one,, All i get is a sweet smoky woody smell that lasts for ages and it is mouth watering for me. A must try. 12-JUL-2020