Memo Paris

Cappadocia

Cappadocia by Memo Paris is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with saffron, moves into jasmine, orris butter and rose and dries down to sandalwood, frankincense, myrrh, benzoin and vanilla. Expect around 9 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.

Notes, explained

Opening

• Saffron Leathery, medicinal and slightly metallic. The signature of modern niche.

Heart

• Jasmine Heady, sweet and slightly animal underneath. Rarely subtle.
• Orris Butter The expensive form of iris. Cold, buttery, faintly carrot and violet.
• Rose Can be jammy, green, peppery or soapy depending on the type. Not one smell.

Dry-down

• Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
• Frankincense Bright, peppery, church-like resin. Lifts and cools a fragrance.
• Myrrh Bitter, smoky resin. Ancient-smelling and slightly cool.
• Benzoin Sweet balsamic resin. Vanilla-adjacent but drier.
• Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.

Smells like this

• Amouage Lineage
• Profumum Roma Olibanum
• Amouage Opus XII Rose Incense
• Etat Libre d'Orange The Afternoon of a Faun
• Lancôme Poême
• Profumum Roma Vanitas

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• Lancôme Poême
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