Description
The new, unisex fragrance Capri Forget Me Not arrived in shops in September 2012. Composition of the fragrance is announced as citrusy with fine notes of herbs, flowers and fruit.
Capri Forget Me Not has a name that contains a promise, emotional bond and affiliation to the island of Capri, refreshing the memories from belle epoch from the end of the 60es, characterized by elegance and eccentricity, force of nature, transgression, musicality, warmth, liveliness…
Rhythm of Italy is transferred in top notes with a mixture of citruses – lemon, lime, mandarin and orange. The heart introduces an irresistible and aromatic layer of fig, mint, violet, eucalyptus and bucchu (agathosma), while base notes are enriched with cyclamen, hyacinth, jasmine, artemisia, vanilla and peach.
Capri Forget Me Not is available as 50ml at a price of 80 EUR or as perfume spray, with three fillers – 24ml at a price of 60 EUR – official website of the house of Carthusia! Besides the perfume, the offer includes scented candle, room scents and perfumed bath.
Luchok – :
I just recently purchased Capri, forget me not and I’m disappointed, it’s a beautiful scent but it disappears after about 10-20minutes of application and I literally shower myself in it and I keep spraying it throughout the day.
Maybe it’s my skin chemistry or maybe I just got a bad batch, I know I won’t be purchasing it again.
bogdankm – :
Fresh and aromatic. It could be my favorite summer fragrance. Too bad I cannot handle the Fig note very well, just like the Patchouli note, it gives me nausea (no matter in what perfume).
I have an almost full bottle, if any of you want a SWAP just DM me.
Rusty Mckay – :
Whilst testing potential wedding day scents at one of my favourite local fragrance boutiques, the sales assistant offered Capri Forget Me Not by Carthusia as a possibility. Surprisingly this was her personal pick for her future big day. I applauded her for her unique choice.
Capri Forget Me Not is a super-fresh fig scent. It’s Summer in a bottle and wears beautifully on a humid, warm day. The top notes feature freshly crushed mint, sweet fig and zesty lime. The opening is admittedly a little ‘toothpaste like’, but on skin this scent is quick to dissipate.
When you think of fig scents, it’s hard not to draw comparisons to sweet-coconutty fig fragrances like Diptyque’s Philosykos or jammy fig scents like Thierry Mugler’s Womanity. Capri Forget Me Not focuses on the freshness of fig rather than the gourmand nature of this note. If I were to have a beach wedding in the midst of Summer I would definitely consider wearing this fragrance.
Capri Forget Me Not is a light, almost sheer scent on the skin. For the most part this fragrance is a crisp fig and mint blend with subtle citrus notes. Towards the drydown this fragrance does settle into a somewhat sweet peach and vanilla scent.
It’s well worth testing on the skin, especially if you enjoy fresh scents with a touch of mint or fig.
barneapol1 – :
This. THIS!
This is the perfect summer scent. Without smelling like a summer cliché (suntan lotion, pina colada, aquatic citrus). It’s like a cool, refreshing breeze in a bottle.
I’m transported to a lush island (Capri if you will, or another island in the mediterranean)when I smell this. I’m standing on the top of a cliff. Beneath me is a beautiful strip of white sand. The ocean is caressing the land. I’ve been sunbathing for hours. The sun is powerful. It has been a long day with almost no wind at all. The heat feels a bit exhausting. But then, suddenly out of nowhere, like a blessed sweet relief, comes a soft, cool breeze. It svipes from the crystal blue sea, through lush green hills where aromatic herbs grow, and glides across my warm skin like a veil of sheer, cool freshness. That’s how “Capri Forget me not” smells like. A breath of fresh, misty sea air after a long day in the sun.
It’s a well blended, transparent scent. It smells very high quality and unique. Slightly green, slightly floral, with a discrete dry earthy feel and a strong misty minty smell. But the mint is not dense or too intense, it’s definitely there and the most prominent note in the scent, but it has this breezy, airy quality that keeps it from smelling like tooth paste. This is not a perfume, it’s a scented veil. It’s a airy caress.
The only downside is that the longevity is bad. I get about two hours tops. Which is sad, because this is such a gem. I still want a bottle though. The scent is too great not to own.
Sillage is strong and bright at first, but quickly dries down to a cool skin scent.
Anatoliy6183 – :
This IS CAPRI !
If you have ever been there, this is what it smells like.
Lemons, oranges, mint.
Its sweet, fruity, fresh and playful.
A great summer perfume.
The only thing that bugs me is the pricing on this one. 140 € for 50 ml ? Thats way too much in my opinion. And there are no other proper options in terms of sizes available except a 24 ml for 70 €, which is refill bottles.
Perfume: great 9/10
Pricing: not so much 5/10
bobpuk – :
So in balance to the enjoyment of the previous review, I found this was not appealing for me. It opened with a very short citrus burst, followed by a boozy rum note that was quite pleasant. However, the next step was a coconut-infused sun tan lotion which was the only thing that remained, and remained, and remained. Even the final dry-down did not develop any other noticeable notes. Just not for me.
Penivays – :
It is a bit weird for me to write the first review, but I had to, as I tried this perfume lots of times and liked it a lot.
There is a fine initial blast of citruses of all kinds in the beginning, but my skin swallows it quite quickly and steps to the heart. In the very next phase of fragrant evolution a prominent fig note becomes the main player. Sweet and succulent, it is accompanied with some herbal notes – mainly mint, and a few other I can’t recognize (maybe it’s the mentioned eucalyptus, but I don’t know). That makes the fragrance more wearable, because all those notes soften a high-pitch fig which, in itself, could become cloying. Later I find a solid flowery drydown, with highlighted jasmine note, but with both the fig and mint from the earlier time.
It’s obvious with all those notes that the scent is more on a feminine side, but, even if I think it would make wonders on a female skin, it’s totally wearable for a man. It has a perceptible sillage and projection with nearly monster longevity – I could feel traces of it a whole day after. Practically, it has the same strength through, like, first 10 hours, and that is more than enough. Capri Forget Me Not is a bit linear, with no sharp transitions through the phases, but, at least, what you see is what you get – if you like it at first, it won’t disappoint you later.
If you like fruity fragrances with a slight mediterranian vibe, you will most likely dig this one. I surely do.
9.25/10