Capucci Yendi vintage 1975

Yendi turns out to be a classic , bright green chypre . Funny I had never heard of it , but a sample crossed my desk from some unknown source and it's bright color caught my eye immediately ! On first sniff , it's almost minty - so fresh and green . It posesses a luminous sillage , a bouquet of sunlit flowers beaming with aldehydes . So well blended no one flower stands out , but these are young spring blossoms , stems and leaves touched with dew and sunshine . The peach and raspberry sound scary , but inreality they just amp the fresh dewy feeling and magnify the aldehydes . Yet , as soon as this touches skin it warms with an animalistic musk and cedar combination , powdered soft by orris and dare I say , a slightly raunchy orchid ? If I had to guess , Tom Ford was inspired to create Black Orchid when he stumbled on a vintage bottle of Yendi...
The honey accentuates the slightly naughty nature , and later the gorgeous sandalwood recalls the fruity opening . There is no patchouli listed , and I don't really smell any , but the moss is rich and bittersweet , the amber just a touch of candied warmth .
I ended up loving my sample so much I went on a search for a bottle . It should arrive any day from a frequent swapping pal , Anna ! If you have longed to try this rare beauty , comment and I will send you a sample ...

Top notes: Aldehydes, bergamot, hyacinth, peach, raspberry

Heart notes: Rose, honey, lily of the valley, cyclamen, clove bud, orris, orchid

Base notes: Sandalwood, musk, cedarwood, amber, styrax, vanilla, moss

At right , a sculptural , entrance-making Roberto Capucci creation .

Capucci's first fragrance ( 1967 )seems to be Capucci pour Homme , a leather chypre I would love to get my hands on . I could not find a nose credited with his fragrances .