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An old-fashioned fruity fragrance - recommended for fruit lovers
La Capitale is a resinous fruity perfume from Xerjoff from Christian Carbonnel who designed many of the Xerjoff perfumes. I find that most Carbonnel-designed perfumes appear to fall into one of these two categories, old-fashioned with a heavy floral fruity vibe or a middle eastern look-alike with strong oud and gourmand accords. I got this La Capitale (15 ml) as a set with Pikovaya Dama and More Than Words. La Capitale and Pikovaya Dama fall into the first category, and More Than Words into the second one.
The notes listed on the website are accurate for the olfactory pyramid of this perfume. The opening is clearly fruity with a touch of caramel and labdanum. The two latter notes are very light allowing the strawberry and peach to shine. The listed heart notes – amber, rose, leather, saffron and ginger – blend together so nicely that it become single accord. Interestingly, the heart notes in La Capitale are not very strong. The fruity accords from the beginning still rule after a few hours. If I smell hard, I get a whiff of ginger, but every other heart note is blended in. The base notes are very soft benzoin and vanilla, but no oud is perceptible to me. What we get with La Capitale is a nice harmonious olfactory progression, but the fruity personality is always there.
The performance of La Capitale is good, not great. This is a bit surprising to me because the notes in La Capitale are usually associated with good performance. The opening and heart notes stay bright on my skin for 4-6 hours, but the base notes are very weak. The fruity notes survive clothes for a longer period. It should work in an office setting, provided you spray this an hour or two before.
In summary, La Capitale is a lovely fruity fragrance that I can easily recommend to those who love fruity accords. I would rather start with a 15 ml bottle for $50-60, because I have a nagging suspicion that this is not a very versatile fragrance.
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