Carthusia "Forget me Not " Capri

 

 

 

 

As one who spends a good bit of time writing, sniffing and analyzing on an almost daily basis, I get to enjoy many unique and unusual perfumes and the discovery of each precious new scent is still a treat for me. Yet rarely do I find one that I want to own or rather that I could call my own, one that blends with my particular essence so well that feel a need to possess it.  I had long known of the House of Carthusia yet had never tried any of their fine fragrances so when I opened the provocative packaging sent to me from Raphaella while she was at Exsence in Milan, I was terribly excited to see that it contained their newest release due out in September of 2012.

 

Carthusia’s beautiful new perfume “Forget me Not” Capri verily defies my expectations of what that sort of fragrance should be. It’s gorgeous and because I have not one note nor pyramid to describe it with I’m left with simply prose.

I hope that my words will be enough to convey the poetry of this scent because it’s all I’ve got!

 

Somehow that seems appropriate because even if I knew the complexities of this particular blend I don’t think that it would mean anything. “Forget Me Not" Capri has an alchemy all of it’s own, woven of artistry, song and mythology.  This is a perfume that  literally dances with the sounds, flora and fauna of the island from which it was born.  It is captivatingly sweet and joyous.

 

Forget me Not Capri is a juicy fragrance, yet it’s also cool and very earthy; a perfectly witchy blend of all of the elements. On my skin it turns instantly to warm fresh figs, juicy citrus and smoky earth and soon afterwards a hint of mint comes dancing in, along with a lovely honeyed note and eucalyptus or something very sage like, I’m not at all sure what it is. 

 

But any perfume that can make me hungry in every sense of the word is a perfume that I want to be owned by for many years to come. 

 

This fragrance makes me dream of Italy, of bowls of fresh figs and creamy burrata cheese and huge platters of pasta with peas, ricotta and fresh lemon and baby lamb roasting on a fiery spit with long stems of fresh rosemary and stuffed with garlic and raisins.  In this dream there are fresh beeswax candles, the soft marine smell of the sea and coastal flowers. There is a dress of the softest linen and  a lovely evening view.  Of course because it's my dream there are plenty of soft sweet kisses to be enjoyed while wearing it, because Carthusia’s “Forget me Not” Capri is a fragrance that beckons you to come closer, to linger, to murmur and explore with your lips and tongue. 

 

Many a fragrance is an infusion of intense and passionate artistry and you wouldn’t really want to bury your nose in them for too long a time but this handsome Italian is different.

 

“Forget me Not “ is pure poetry in motion, succulent, sweet and a bardic delight that will relax, enchant you and bring you memory after memory long after the sun has set over the Tyrrhenian Sea.  I hope that I’ve whet your appetite, but sadly you’ll have to wait a while longer. Expect to see “Forget me Not “ Capri wash upon our shores in the early autumn but until then, you’ll just have to dream…

carthusia capri-forget-me-not-atomizzatore

 

 

The Capri Forget Me Not is not only a Travel set, but a line that includes:

 

•perfume (only size 50 ml) not yet in distribution  (new product –launch beginning of July 2012) (picture n.1)

 

•a  room spray (100 ml) not yet in distribution (new product) –launch beginning ogf July2012 ) (picture n.2)

 

•a fig scented candle

                                                                                                   

http://www.carthusia.it/casa/capri-forget-me-not-candela.html

 

•travel atomizer with three refills (medierraneo and fiori di capri scent)  

 

       http://www.carthusia.it/capri-forget-me-not-atomizzatore-da-viaggio-con-3-ricariche.html

 

The whole line has the fragrance with mint, fig and vanilla notes. The candle smells more of fig while for the atomizer at the moment are available only in mediterraneo and Fiori di Capri scent, very soon they will come also in Capri Forget me not fragrance.

 

This was originally published in The Perfume Magazine