Capucine

This is just so gentle and uncomplicated. It makes me think of Mrs. Darling from "Peter Pan" - a classy lady on the outside, the sweetest, gentlest, most caring mother on the inside. The fragrance develops very quickly, and within a half-hour the bitter-ish top notes stop dominating, the gentle powdery flowers are in bloom, and the dry woody base is ready to provide a detectable backbone. But then it stops changing, and floats calmly just above the skin, drawing you in for another sniff again and again. It's so ordinary in a way - a very well done ordinary, but ordinary nonetheless - and I really don't need another powdery floriental in my wardrobe (actually, it's more of a floral woody musk), but I feel myself become so gentle, patient, and forgiving when I wear it, that I might get it as a kind of character makeover tool. UPDATE: apparently I tested the pure parfum, and have since acquired the EDT (blindly) - no regrets! This scent is so simple that next to nothing is lost in the EDT version. One difference is that the top notes are even less pronounced in the EDT, but they don't last in the parfum anyway, so in half-hour there is barely any difference between them. Just a smidgeon of creaminess is lost too, in favor of the woodiness, but not enough to change the overall balance of the composition; it doesn't get any sharper, for example. The longevity and sillage are about the same, too. Honestly, this is the closest parfum-EDT translation I've ever encountered, which is really impressive considering the significant price difference between the two (the parfum is about 4 times the price of the EDT!).

This is a review for the pure Parfum. To me this is just glorious: a cloud of musky, woody, powdery, sweet jasmine and rose. I don't know if it's the tea I'm picking up, but there is a green, slightly metallic note which I like; it seems to balance the sweetness and powderiness. Great sillage and longevity; a shopkeeper complimented me on it from the other side of the counter 6 hours after I had put it on. I'm not sure, but I think this is named for the French actress, Capucine. If so, I think it's a great tribute: beautiful, elegant and slightly mysterious. I love it.

Capucine is warm, cosy, rich (but I don't mean heavy, cloying rich. On me the richness is rather refined, somehow finely chiseled if that can be said about a scent :-)) and creamy indeed. It is also surprisingly sweet. But again the unexpected sweetness is somehow enjoyable, pleasant and agreeable here. I can't pick any individual notes - there are some flowers there, some sweetish woody undertones and something strongly vanillic (although vanilla is not listed here). Elegant, sophisticated (but not sternly so) and somehow comforting and feminine and perhaps even quite sexy on the right skin, this seems to be rather "universal" fragrance. I think it could be worn in the office (really sparingly as it could be quite strong), on a classy evening event or in bed according to your mood/opinion.

First impressions: (sample dabber) PLEASE NOTE: I got this from my mom she sent it to me, and it’s been years since she’s had this so if the notes are reformulated I wouldn’t know. Nor would I know if the notes went off/expired or not. So this one is interesting because I first detected woody notes then a slight animallic note. Then it quickly dried down to a very baby rose power scent to me. Definitely gives 90’s early 2000’s vibes like flower by Kenzo. That’s all I smell now is baby powder.

I tested the EDT and it came across as a warm, floral suede fragrance. I think I skipped the top notes entirely, because I could not detect any tea or bergamot, although I did feel a gentle greenness buried within the heart notes. Neither could I smell the rose, but I think it was adding to the slightly powdery aspect of the scent. Capucine honestly reminded me of Habanita, which was not what I was expecting! I can't say it's a love for me, but it surprised me and I can appreciate the scent.