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4/10/12 at 10:48am

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From cafleurebon.com:

New Fragrance: Un Bateau Pour Capri Eau de Parfum by Eau DItalie

Inspired by the iconic and glamorous women (Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and Jackie Kennedy) who vacationed at the Hotel Le Sirenuse, Un Bateau Pour Capri -A Boat to Capri " is the first Eau de Parfum by Marina Sersale and Sebastian Alvarez-Murena the founders of Eau d'Italie. According to the press release the new edp "evokes cool summer mornings, their hair tied in printed silk scarves and wearing large dark sunglasses aboard a wooden Riva speedboat heading to Capri for the day". The Nose is Jaques Cavallier of Firmeninch

Un Bateau Pour Capri Eau de Parfum 100 ml by Eau dItalie, $160.00

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Top notes: Peony Freesia Peach

Middle notes: Sambac Jasmine Rosa Centifolia Heliotrope

Base notes: Solar Wood Cedarwood Musk

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Sounds like a fragrance italians won't buy....

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4/10/12 at 2:08pm

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Peony-freesia, the worst flowers of perfumery. At least, no apparent marine note. When they reach Capri, of course, they'll be greeted by the photomodels posing for Light blue (if they haven't moved to the now more exclusive but more difficult to reach isle of Stromboli).

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Sounds like a fragrance italians won't buy....

As well as people who don't buy non-French fragrances - but that goes without saying.

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4/10/12 at 2:13pm

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As well as people who don't buy non-French fragrances - but that goes without saying.

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4/10/12 at 2:19pm

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(if they haven't moved to the now more exclusive but more difficult to reach isle of Stromboli).

Stromboli or the Salento zone...LOL

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Such an ugly bottle.

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4/10/12 at 2:46pm

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.. for non Italian who might be confused by our geographic references: the isle of Capri is in front of the Costiera Amalfitana (near Naples). The Sirenuse hotel of Eau d'Italie fame is on the Costiera (so it makes sense that they talk of a boat to nearby Capri).

Capri, where, among others, the D&G duo has a big villa, was the set for the successful ad for Light blue (with the photomodels swimming on the background of the famous rocks). The recent flanker documented here on BN carries instead the name of the island of Stromboli, where the duo also has a villa, which is off Sicily and harder to get to. (And, as discussed, for Italian there's no pizza reference - we don't have Strombolis in our cuisine, it's just one of these American things, like Alfredo sauce and the like).

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Alfredo sauce and the like).

Alfredo sauce LOL

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Peony-freesia, the worst flowers of perfumery.

Don't care for them either

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4/10/12 at 3:21pm

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Don't care for them either

Neither do I, and I also agree: Eau d'Italie needs a radical bottle makeover.

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4/10/12 at 3:25pm

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I like the bottles. I didn't used to, but now I find them sort of classical.
Will look forward to trying this.

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4/10/12 at 4:38pm

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thanks for the info ...

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4/10/12 at 5:22pm

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I'm ambivalent about Eau D'italie, but it should be fun to check out

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4/10/12 at 9:35pm

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Worst bottles for a niche house. Worst bottle and package combo in recent memory.

I'd actually be pining for a bottle of Baume du Doge if it wasn't so damn hideous. This is the only time I can think of where I'd actually prefer to have a decant of a scent.

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4/10/12 at 10:16pm