Thursday, 25 June 2015
Monday, 22 June 2015
CAPUCCI POUR HOMME (1967)
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"Capucci pour Homme? This is the men's fragrance I've been looking for all along!If you've read my reviews before and looked at my collection, you should probably be able to gather that I'm a fan of chypres, especially citrus chypres. I used to really like Eau Sauvage, but over time it's been reformulated and the citrus was flattened a lot.
The original Eau Sauvage lives on in Capucci Pour Homme, but with a pleasant surprise - a Jo Malone-esque lime and basil accord in the top that lasts through the drydown. It blends flawlessly with the fruity-chypre heart and peppery neroli accord; not just that, but I can smell some hefty oakmoss in the base, and, like all good chypres, it resonates a "warmth" from my skin, a type of warmth that I can only smell in a well-made chypre.
Capucci Pour Homme is a great everyday fragrance, especially for someone like me - it's intellectual, but caring and loving; it's intelligent but not a smart ass, and it's classy without being pretentious. It lasts for at least six hours on the back of my hand, and over seven on my wrists and arms. If you're a fan of classic men's fragrances, chypres, citrus fragrances, citrus chypres, or all of the above, then you need to try Capucci Pour Homme before there's no more left. It really is a hidden gem.
Capucci Pour Homme also has powderiness in it, which brings it sort of close to Chanel Pour Monsieur, or, Chanel for Men in the vintage formulation. Also something peculiar is a noticeable lavender note, and when you think lavender, you probably think of a fougere.
Yet, Capucci Pour Homme smells like, and is more structurally like a chypre. So how about that? It's sort of a chypre-fougere hybrid, a rare occurrence in perfumery. When the weather gets too warm for Patou Pour Homme, I'll break out the Capucci Pour Homme and bask in its glory."
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Who is Tony Grottola?
Tony Grottola is a young fragrance fanatic who has had a passion for, and fascination with perfumery and all things related since he was eleven years old. He has written numerous reviews on various websites on the Internet for fragrances, and has also made fragrance-related videos on YouTube.
While recent changes in life have caused Tony to fall a bit out of touch with the fragrance world, he still maintains it as his favorite passion, and currently (2015) is a fragrance salesman at Macy's, as well.
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"Capucci pour Homme" (year 1967)
Timeline
1960s and 1970s (early bottles)
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1970s and early 1980s (different box, same bottle)
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1980s (different fonts on the bottle)
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1989-1998 (different box and bottle)
1989-1998 (different box and bottle)
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| ----------------- SINCE 1998 (different box)  |
| 1998-2014 (produced by "Weruska&Joel") 2015-ongoing (produced by "Extraordinary Fragrances") |
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
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| Year 1971 |
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| Year 1978 |
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| Year 1978 |
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| Year 1987 |
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| Year 1992 |
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| Year 2003 |
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| Year 1994 |
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Monday, 15 June 2015
If you are a passionate Perfume lover, you will start surfing the web.... and sooner or later you will arrive at "Tè de Violetas" (tedevioletas.com), the bilingual (English/Spanish) site run by Caro Fernandez and Virginia Blanco.
We at "Raiders" are therefore glad to give the floor to well-known expert Caro Fernandez.
Caro will talk about one of her greatest favourite: "Diorling", by Christian Dior.
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| "Diorling", Eau de Cologne In 1963 nose Paul Vacher created Diorling, a leather chypre and a thing of beauty. The 1950s and 1960s were a golden age for chypres. Characterized by the trinity bergamot-patchouli-oakmoss- their self-assured, structured and mature sensuality fitted the fashions of the era like a glove (no pun intended). |
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| Diorling, year 1963 ad, with "Amphora" bottle |
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| Year 1963 alternate ad, with the Baccarat bottle |
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Year 1965 ad |
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| Caro Fernandez |
Who is Caro Fernandez?
Buenos Aires-based Caro Fernandez applies her knowledge on fragrance as editor of the bilingual blog "Té de Violetas" (tedevioletas.com) where she delves into the cultural, artistical and historical aspects of perfumery.
She also collaborates with international perfume brands as translator, consultant and copywriter.
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| Pure Parfum 30 ml / 1 oz |
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| Pure Parfum 15 ml. / 0.5 oz. |
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| The tiny 2 ml mini. |
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| Eau de Toilette |
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| Eau de Cologne |
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| (from gognol.skyrock.com) The rare "Amphora" bottle. |
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| (from auctionatrium.com) Two rare "Baccarat" bottles |
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| (from thefashionglobe.com) |
(from parfumdepoque.com)
Three Diorling "Pure Parfum" bottles
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
TRIBUTE TO
CARVEN
(on June 8th, 2015, Carmen de Tommaso, known as "Carven", passed away at age 105, after an entire life dedicated to fashion and perfumes)
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| Variations, Year 1972 |
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| Madame de Carven, year 1979 |
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| Monsieur Carven, 1983 |
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| Vetiver de Carven, year 1984 |
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| Ma Griffe, year 1984 |
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| Les Exclusives, year 1989 |
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| Vetiver de Carven, year 1996 |
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