Soleil de Capri

Soleil de Capri by Montale
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7.4 / 10 437 Ratings
A perfume by Montale for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is citrusy-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Citrus
Fresh
Fruity
Sweet
Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Citrus fruitsCitrus fruits KumquatKumquat GrapefruitGrapefruit
Heart Notes Heart Notes
White blossomsWhite blossoms
Base Notes Base Notes
White muskWhite musk SpicesSpices
Ratings
Scent
7.4437 Ratings
Longevity
6.8358 Ratings
Sillage
6.4362 Ratings
Bottle
6.9341 Ratings
Value for money
7.0183 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 02/13/2025.

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Reviews

11 in-depth fragrance descriptions
ColinM

516 Reviews
ColinM
ColinM
5  
Just don't tell Capri about this
A terrible citrus-fruity candy, as much realistic and intriguing as a chewing gum, with (synthetic) pungent green notes and a milky base of white flowers and musk ketones. Clumsy, cheap and sickening.

4/10
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7
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Fatihkarl

30 Reviews
Fatihkarl
Fatihkarl
4  
An Enjoyable and Bright Mediterranean Journey
Every time I spray the capri I go on a wonderful journey. The sun is calls me. So where?

Wherever the Mediterranean sun makes me happy...

For example, in the south of Anatolia... In Caria, Lycia and Pamphylia.

In all geographies where Roman and Hellenic civilizations left their mark. Also, these are the places where beautiful citrus fruits grow...

As someone who likes to travel and explore, I follow the call of the sun. I am using the capri at Soleil these days.

It opens up with a sweet pleasant delicious, citrus scent. From the opening, the citrus effect is a little more dominant than the other notes. It gives a different and soft - gourmand feel. This may be due to the pleasant harmony of kumquat, grapefruit and white flowers. Because over time, the citrus theme becomes fruity - citrus and white flowers make themselves felt.

About half an hour after opening, the fruity - citrus effect is balanced by white flowers. The scent becomes more balanced. White flowers are in harmony and solidarity with pleasant citrus scents. Fruity citrus effect and creamy white flower aura are intertwined. These notes support each other. Finally, a wonderful, soft creamy-sweet citrus scent develops. That's very likeable.
At this time it has a nice and slightly mysterious background, and the creamy effect can give a slight buttery smell in the background.

This odor continues to smell the same linearly on my skin over time. After a while, the white flowers gradually disappear and the scent turns into a sweet candy scent. Therefore it's a fragrance that tends to be feminine. Then it dries softly and lightly.

I've been trying this fragrance for a while. generally I'm satisfied with it. As a man, I like to use this scent, even though the scent tends to become feminine over time. Sometimes I also use it as a room fragrance.

I think it is suitable for warm weather and summer evenings or afternoons.

Also soleil de capri isn't a very strong scent. Therefore you can re-spray every 5 or 6 hours.

It lasts more than 7+ hours on my skin.
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5
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1
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10
Sillage
10
Longevity
0.5
Scent
Dzarsos

27 Reviews
Dzarsos
Dzarsos
2  
The worst flavour of Capri Sun.
Honestly, I kind of despise this fragrance. It is so loud and sweet - and I absolutely don't get how it's supposed to be "bright and refreshing" as many have described it.

To me, this is a spiced, over-sweet, citrus-forward candle that an all-ladies nursing home would have burning. My only wonder is if, maybe, I got a bad bottle or something - because I've let the thing macerate for the last YEAR after the first few sprays, hoping it would show what everyone else is seeing... but no luck.

Orange and spice bagged tea, plus smashed kumquat, plus a pound of sugar, smooshed into a candle. If that's your thing, well, you'll be pleased to know that it lingers forever and is pretty damn loud, too, so you'll definitely be getting your money's worth.

For me, though? It's a deeply regretted blind-buy accompanied by a strong "yuck" factor.

2/10

(Also, not the frag's fault, but the 2/3 full Montale bottle thing is rubbish.)
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8
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8
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8
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9
Longevity
9.5
Scent
DerScentinel

5 Reviews
DerScentinel
DerScentinel
1  
Sonne, Strand, Meer, Montale
Als die kleinen glänzenden Flacons meinen Blick beim Breuninger gefesselt haben, bin ich stehen geblieben und habe mich durchgetestet. Soleil de Capri habe ich mir auf die Haut sprühen und ziehen lassen. Wirkt sehr kühl, frisch und sommerlich leicht. Später, nach einigen Minuten erinnert er mich an die blauen Eisbonbons "ICE". Also direkt zum Breuininger zurück und SdC eingetütet.
Er erinnert mich durch seine zitrische Frische und seine kühle Leichtigkeit an einen schönen Abend an der Strandbar auf den Malediven im Sonnenuntergang.
Bezüglich Haltbarkeit und Sillage: Auf der Kleidung ist der Duft gut wahrnehmbar und auf feuchter Haut hält er c.a 8-9h. Komplimente bekommt man zwar wenige, aber weniger ist manchmal mehr.
Mittlerweile steht SdC in meinem Kühlschrank. Er wird noch viel besser wenn er frisch aus dem Kühli kommt. Er hält länger, wirkt noch frischer und besser.
Gute Empfehlung, wenn man auf frische, leichte, zitrische und kühle Düfte steht.

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8
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7
Sillage
7
Longevity
7.5
Scent
Parfümlein

119 Reviews
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Parfümlein
Parfümlein
Top Review 37  
Goethe, the Caprivians and you in the home office
"When the red sun sinks into the sea near Capri
and from the sky the pale crescent of the moon flashes..." -
so begins a famous hit of the 40s, the epitome of the longing for Italy in times of war and also later in the economic miracle.

"Longing for Italy" - a word that represents a unique phenomenon in European travel culture. Sure, holidays in Provence are a fine thing - but nobody talks about "longing for France", any more than they do about "longing for Spain" or "longing for Portugal". There is even a separate Wikipedia entry for the longing for Italy, because the phenomenon described by this term is centuries old - as old as the longing to set off for warmer climes.
However, travel as cultural migration is unthinkable in the Middle Ages - what you are left with when wanderlust grips you is: a pilgrimage to Rome. The best way to get there on foot is to pass through many exciting cities, get to know your homeland, new people and foreign food. Such a journey to Rome is an indispensable part of every medieval life that wants to look a little further than the edge of the wooden grotto bowl
If you are born a little bit later, two or three centuries, then you are probably in the middle of a spiritual movement that changes everything for people. And where is it, the cradle of this spiritual birth, the rebirth of antiquity? In Italy, of course. So that's where you also have to go if you don't live in the 12th century, but in the 15th century. There's a lot going on there, helicopters are invented and experiments are carried out on corpses, while at home you still think that the wheel is the pinnacle of intelligence and the priest is always right. Of course - without this Mainz invention you probably wouldn't notice so much of it. In any case, anyone who can read has a clear advantage even in the 15th century, and that was just ten percent of the population at most at that time. But the learning to read is starting now. Because where there are books and leaflets, sooner or later there will be readers. And then off to Italy, to look at pictures that somehow look much better since Brunelleschi developed central perspective in 1423.

And even in the 18th century, you would do well to set foot in Italy. At least, if you want to look smart. Ever since Goethe pined to see the country and disappeared from Weimar in a night-and-mist action, bored by court life and full of lust for the eternal city, it has become chic to take a closer look at this country. An educational trip does not lead to the Canary Islands. Ninety years before Thomas Cook founds a travel company that can last a good 200 years, people are already travelling to Italy. Because of the culture.

The longing for the land where the lemons blossom remains unbroken and is rekindled in the times when the first guest workers from Italy are looking for a new home here. Do you long for home, for warmth and beach, while you sweat in Essen at the steel stove? Sing a little. Sing about Italy. Remind people where the pistachio ice cream comes from and also the one with lemon. How it tastes to exchange lemon ice kisses before the setting sun in Capri, where your grandfather was a fisherman. And if you're not Italian but you know one, listen to him and dream yourself to Capri. To the warmth and sweetness of a bright day.

But if you are living in 2020, in times of corona and home office, then you can also live out your longing for Italy olfactorily: with "Soleil de Capri" by Montale. At first you will notice a tart and tangy note, grapefruit for sure, but lemon is also present, and it smells very tasty and very fresh. Not sweet, but cheerful and bright. But the sillage of this fragrance, untypical for Montale, is actually not that strong. You don't attract attention with it, as it can happen with other scents of the brand. You simply smell very fresh, citrusy, clean and sparkling. The slightly oily consistency doesn't rub off creamy on your skin if you want to try it, but rather the way you know it from the essential oil of citrus fruits: shimmering, but relatively dry. So you really did a good grip. Envious people will whisper something about "synthetic". Don't hear that. It's all bullshit. Whatever. It's all about you being comfortable with your scent. And you can do that with "Soleil de Capri", because what you see in the opening is very harmonious and balanced, not too harsh, not too sweet, actually right in the middle, the attention is really focused on the scents that these fruits release when you peel them. If that's not a Capri feeling. And it gets even better: after only a few minutes already something floral penetrates into this citric freshness, very, very soft, very, very beautiful. On the one hand it softens the citrus notes a little in their intensity, on the other hand it catches them and lies under them like a bed of white petals. This makes your fragrance a multi-layered scent, it becomes exciting and refined, and makes you think of a seafront promenade with bougainvillea and hibiscus, which you stroll along while drinking a cool lemonade. And because you showered in the morning, even your skin smells so delicious in the sun, and this idea also comes to mind when you sniff "Soleil de Capri", because there's something in the background that smells so fresh and tenderly of your clean skin.

So you see, "Soleil de Capri" is a super nice scent, if you have no plans this year, have to stay home for the summer and still always think of Italy. You may not be able to travel there - but you can get a taste of it.
And the trip to Italy, you can do that in another year. Because this much is certain: The longing for Italy will always exist
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HajuvanaHajuvana 7 years ago
Exquisite ripe plum with a hint of decay in a manner of fine vanitas painting. Drydown doesn't equal the opening, but I doubt nothing would.
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TobiiTobii 1 year ago
8
Bottle
7
Sillage
8
Longevity
7.5
Scent
Ever since someone said Capri Sun, it reminds me of the drink bags from my childhood. But it smells like a creamy kumquat to me. Bit odd.
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Topfpflanze3Topfpflanze3 4 years ago
7
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7
Sillage
7
Longevity
8
Scent
A more fruity and sweet interpretation of light blue pour femme. Perfectly unisex
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KolKol 2 years ago
6
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6
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7
Longevity
8
Scent
Never been to Capri, but I am certain this is exactly how it smells there. Very enjoyable unisex summer frag. Average performance.
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Milo74Milo74 9 months ago
6
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6
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7
Longevity
9
Scent
Sehr schöner Sommer-Duft, sehr frisch und zitrisch, hält leider nur nicht lange
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