La Capitale

Xerjoff presented La Capitale in 2018. The fragrance is distributed in five sizes, ranging from 3 ml to 50 ml, with formats of 5 ml, 10 ml and 30 ml in between.

Top

Caramel opens on a burnt sugar with hints of vanilla and milk. Peach brings a sweet nectar with a velvety touch, strawberry a frank gourmand quality. Labdanum, a resin drawn from cistus, adds an amber warmth with caramel-like glints.

Heart

Leather brings tones of smoke, tar and tobacco. Saffron, a spice drawn from the stigmas of a crocus, extends this tarry, leathery vein. Ginger warms the spice accord, crossed by a flash of citrus, while rose turns warm, honeyed, almost waxy.

Base

Benzoin, a resin from trees of Southeast Asia, offers tones of vanilla, caramel and toasted almond. Oud, agarwood, gives a woody facet in which incense and an animalic note appear. Vanilla closes the accord on sugar, warmth and a spicy touch.

Floral family

The link to the floral family runs through the rose of the heart tier, whose honey and wax trace a rounded, warm flower. Around it, fruits, resins and oud pull the floral reading toward gourmand, spicy and woody shades.

Aqua on the label

The INCI list mentions AQUA, the designation for water in cosmetic nomenclature. In a perfume formula, water most often appears alongside alcohol as part of the solvent; it is not tied to any of the notes described for La Capitale.