Italian Leather (Eau de Parfum) by Memo Paris

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Cuirs Nomades

Italian Leather Memo Paris 2013 Eau de Parfum

7.6 / 10 416 Ratings

A popular perfume by Memo Paris for women and men, released in 2013. The scent is leathery-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Leathery

Spicy

Green

Sweet

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Tomato leaf

Juniper berry

Pink pepper CO2

Heart Notes

Orris concrete

Petitgrain

Clary sage

Base Notes

Leather

Bourbon vanilla absolute

Cistus absolute Myrrh

Myrrh

Perfumer

Aliénor Massenet

Ratings

Scent

7.6416 Ratings

Longevity

8.1346 Ratings

Sillage

7.5348 Ratings

Bottle

8.2336 Ratings

Value for money

6.7164 Ratings

Submitted by WRoth, last update on 09/24/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Cuirs Nomades collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Italian Leather Perfume Oil

Cuìr de Mìlano

Iris Malikhân

Irish Leather Eau de Parfum

Ana Abiyedh Leather

Shumoukh Al Ghutra

Reviews

19 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/11/2025

7
Pricing 7
Bottle 7
Sillage 6
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Ceesie
121 Reviews

Ceesie

3

Sweet, tangible orris butter

So Memo Paris has this whole line of delicious leather scents right? Italian Leather being one of them I was ready for some Ferrari interior or something. But no. It’s got nothing to do with Ferrari, it’s rather about the Italian kitchen.

A good dose of orris butter is definitely the main star of the show. None of that carotty stuff. Most Italians have a sweet tooth or so I’ve heard, and this is no exception. It’s so tangible that it feels as of you can spread it on a piece of white bread like Nutella.

When it dries down (which is pretty darn fast by the way), little whiffs of basil or tomato leafs drift by. Odd combination but it does remind you you’re wearing Italy in a liquid form. Neh I’m just exaggerating of course, it’s just a very nice smell. Especially if you love Iris as much as I do.

07/03/2021

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 8
Scent

KimJong
64 Reviews

KimJong

4

Some kind of freak art

The "Leather" series of Memo are all experimental and interesting. This series reinterprets and modernizes the historical and local characteristics of scents. And I'd like to say that this series is not appealing people who just find a wearable perfume, it's attracting the attention of perfume otakus.

Anyway, Italian Leather is a very unusual freak in the Leather series. If Irish Leather or African Leather are the Tarantino style of cool homage to Hong Kong noir films, Italian Leather can be likened to the Jim Jarmusch style of deliberately randomly rearranging codes of Japanese samurai films.

The "Italian" scent that this perfume presents, is a parody that goes beyond a ridiculous joke and is almost an insult, and is a tremendously exaggerated green smell set in sweet vanilla, especially the image of the first one hour is like a rustic man, dressed in green, from fedora to suit and shoes. Or an image like Dipsy in Teletubbies, surely dressed in all green.

As time goes by, the scent of leather combined with bitter galbanum is revealed. No, it's more like the smell of nasty sweat than leather. This is not luxurious leather at all, but rather a tired and pathetic way home of the country working class. And the tiny labdanum touch adds an impression of a cheap cigarette smell in a sweaty shirt.

Certenly this perfume is not good to wear (in my opinion), it is vulgar, and it will makes you feel unpleasant many times. But there is still the dry down. After the smell of sweat has finally disappeared into thin air, while the lingering of the exaggerated green smell remains, it suddenly becomes an antique, resinous, beautiful scent centered on opopanax and myrrh. This dry down cannot be explained by the word "beautiful" and would rather be described as "holy" or "sacred".

As if to compensate for the unfamiliar and eccentric prank of the opening part, the last scent of this perfume is so finely organized that it gives a different pleasure every time you wear it. Sometimes it's like a plain savory nuts, sometimes it's like very expensive vanilla chocolate, and sometimes it's like fresh fruit filled on a old truck what soiled by gasoline. But somewhere in all that impression, there is an air of idyllic or piety. Or you could say it's Catholic.

Like other perfumes in the Leather series, Italian Leather has excellent performance and lasts really long. Also, as I said earlier, this is for perfume otakus who have already experienced at least hundreds of perfumes. Every time I wear this, I feel ashamed and offended, but at the last I am struck with admiration. If this is not called art, what else is art?

08/07/2020

9
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Ovaissaleem
61 Reviews

Ovaissaleem

Green Herbs, Vanilla & Leather

Notes: Green Tomato Leaf, Vanilla, Leather, Labdanum, Clary Sage, Galbanum, Orris Root, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Tolu Balsam, Opoponax, Myrrh, Benzoin, Leather and Musk

Perfumer: Aliénor Massenet

Starts off with the note of Tomato leaf, crispy, green and fresh, this notes goes perfectly well with the leather, it's the same green leather as in Irish Leather, not animalic at all. Vanilla is also blended perfectly here with tones the tomato leaf down to a tolerable level. Been raining all day here in Karachi and the weather is pretty cool the perfect day to wear this. Italian Leather is blended perfectly with excellent performance. A luxurious, elegant, sophisticated, rich and classy fragrance.

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01/15/2016

ArkangeL
155 Reviews

ArkangeL

3

Fine Leather

This is one of the most intoxicating leather fragrances I've ever experienced next to Cuir Ottoman and Aoud Leather. Only it is more elegant and resplendent. The tomato leaf gives it a subtle green flare no other leather based fragrance has. My favorite part is the cozy ensemble of resins that play well with the leather itself. I wasn't expecting this level of refinement and luxury. When it comes to fragrance, I'm all about mood. Wear what you feel and in that moment, embrace that feeling. However, there is a time and most certainly a place to wear Italian Leather. Something so classy should be reserved for a worthy occasion.

06/05/2015

ColinM
516 Reviews

ColinM

1

Shabby leather

The opening of Italian Leather is pleasant: a Mediterranean breeze of tomato leaves, red pepper, something green, crunchy and slightly fruity, on a sweet and earthy resinous base softened by vanilla. The leather note is there, somewhere, and it soon emerges (not completely) with its dull, plain, flabby, thin safraleine heart – like many other contemporary and sad leather accords we (well, you) seem to have to get used to these days. On the drydown the leather note gets inexplicably a vague smell of warm cake, which I assume it's due to resins, vanillin and other synthetic stuff collapsing together. As for many niche scents of nowadays, Memo lacks in many - almost any - basic qualities: depth, substance, personality and quality. It does not "stink" (hence my not-that-low rate...), but smells rather just plain, dull and artificial. Unworth any possible care. Ridiculously crazy price.

5/10

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