A Girl In Capri

What I smell in the bottle and as an opening on my skin of A Girl in Capri is definitely sima! Sima is a Finnish mead-like beverage, with very low alcoholic content due to limited fermentation. It's a drink for the spring and consumed especially on the First of May which is a national holiday. Even though it contains alcohol, albeit just the slightest amount, it's largely regarded as children's drink that adults can drink, too. Nowadays you can buy it in grocery stores but when I was a child, my mother used to make it herself for the First of May celebrations. Water, lemons, brown sugar, some raisins and a bit of yeast, and a delicious beverage was born. When I spray A Girl in Capri on my skin, I'm immediately taken back to my childhood home drinking sima in a tall glass at the kitchen table with my mother there beside me. The sun is shining, it's warm and lovely outside with birches starting to grow light green buds of leaves (mouse ears they are called), and the whole world is sparkling bright and new after the long cold winter, as they once were. I love the scent of A Girl in Capri, and even if it doesn't last on my skin that well, I really don't mind reapplying throughout the day, because it truly takes me back home.

This fragrance has the best incorporation of the marine note as you get a beach feeling but no weird musty or stale smells, instead it is a really delicious and refreshing lemon, the flowers are subtle, not harsh, just giving a nice zing. I can also smell the driftwood up close which I never thought would be a note I would find nostalgic but it really does remind me of my childhood and how actually nice dried driftwood smells on a hot beach. Amazing that fragrances can make you realize this. There is also a subtle sweetness which makes it more feminine but not so much to make it too sweet or cloying, could even be unisex for a guy who enjoys sweeter citruses. As the citruses fade, but still linger in the background, with time the fragrance gets sweeter and muskier and reminds me of a nice warm sunset by the beach - with the sharp smell of drying driftwood, salty sea wind and wet sand penetrating your nose as you enjoy the sound of waves and how the warm red rays touch your skin. My conclusion that this is a great reminder of beach feels, sunsets and in general an enjoyable and safe summer scent!

I got this as a blind buy in an online marketplace for $15. On the day it arrived I’d already sprayed myself with my very precious (almost finished) Le Feu D’Issey, but once it had dried down to base notes I spritzed a little bit of this down the front of my shirt. It was nice, sweet, simple, lemony and cute. Shortly after I took the dogs out for a walk through the nearby pine forest, it was cold and lightly drizzling, and I live on the coast so a salty sea breeze was blowing in. Suddenly I was hit smack in the nostrils by all of the scents around me mingling with the woody goodness of Le Feu and the fresh zesty optimism of AGIC. My first thought was “Gypsy Water?” and then all thoughts were erased and pure presence in nature took over. So yeah, I’m gonna layer the sh*t out of this one and you should too.

Different day, sunny and hot, different notes come out, today is in line more with the accords. It’s not the same as light blue by gabbana, it’s as if you’re sitting near the sea, on a Mediterranean mountain top with herby things growing in the brush, citrus is citrus peel to me, aromatics... Light blue (and that line) are zingy fresh and have a really different middle (still love it, was my first ever proper scent). Lanvin has put out a real proper (they’ve also put out some rubbish over the years in terms of longevity) thoughtful scent, with good longevity. The new Libre by ysl is different but shares the same aromatic thread to some degree. It’s fresh, different, not a fruity- tooty, not a sweetie- pateetie

What a pretty and refreshing summer fragrance! Lemon and grapefruit are my favorite citrus notes. This is a youthful and happy perfume, perfect for vacation or whenever you need a mood boost. First, it smells fizzy like an European carbonated beverage and then becomes more creamy. There's a hint of marine smell in the background. It's sweet but not a sugar bomb. Moschino Happy! is very different. A girl in Capri is nicer, more refined perfume with better longevity and sillage. I enjoy it very much and would recommend it. If you like citrus notes, especially lemon and grapefruit blossom this one is a rather safe blind buy.