Capucci, Parce Que!, 'Because!', 30 ml. or 1 oz. Flacon, Parfum Extrait, 1963, Paris, France ..

Roberto Capucci was born in Rome, Italy, on 2nd December 1930 and is an Italian fashion designer. He studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Rome. His first job was working for designer Emilio Schuberth. When he was 20, a Florentine businessman put on a fashion show, where it was his intention to show five of Capucci's creations. However, the other couturiers felt up-staged by his gowns and refused to allow it. The press however insisted the next day, to see the gowns, which sold immediately.

He was so talented that since then he has been included in the shows representing Italy's finest designers. He created unusual, sculpted dresses in original materials, bewitching the fashion world and has, since his debut, been featured in shows representing the most talented and renowned designers. Capucci was considered a ""boy wonder"" right from his debut because his gowns were regarded as fabric sculptures, with forms and colours that sometimes followed the body and sometimes exaggerated it. They gave a magical aura to the women who wore them.

In 1950 he opened his own house, and for ten years he was acclaimed in Italy. In 1956 he was awarded the Medal of Gold of Venice and in the same year, he received a message of admiration from French designer Christian Dior. In 1957, the fashion writer Alison Adburgham called him the ""Givenchy of Rome"" and said that he designed for an abstract woman, the woman you can never meet. His extravagance meant that the wearer becomes secondary to the gown. In 1962, he opened his couture salon in Paris in the rue Cambon. In 1968, he returned to Rome, where he re-established himself in the via Gregoriana.

"This has long since been put out to pasture by Capucci, but it still has much to commend it. It is relatively simple in construction, yet it performs beautifully, with high grade ingredients. It reminds me of the great chypre Givenchy III, but less green, and a little more aldehydic. It has blossom sweet florals and exudes a great deal of lightness despite projecting so well. This won’t be on many lists of most regrettable discontinuations, but the gentle and classical Parce Que! still deserves to be remembered.”

Parce Que! by Roberto Capucci is a soft floral aldehyde fragrance for women. Parce Que! was launched in 1963. The fragrance features green notes, floral notes, aldehydes and citruses and has often been compared to Chanel No. 5.

Top notes are Bergamot, Neroli, Lemon, Sweet Orange and Ylang Ylang
The heart notes are Rose, Jasmine, Iris, and Lily of the Valley
The base notes are Sandalwood, Vetiver, Vanilla, Patchouli, and Amber

Offered here is a pristine one ounce sealed bottle of this lovely perfume in its original box covered in coffee coloured silk. The silk is a little worn with age and has age spots. This is a beautiful treasure from the sixties and is very rare to find today.