Capucci, Graffiti, 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.

Graffiti is a women's fragrance launched in 1963. The fragrance is a fruity chypre. It is haunting and lovely.

Top notes are Aldehydes, Green Tea, Wild Strawberry, and Papaya
Middle notes are Apple, Pineapple, Melon, Jasmine, Rose, and Nutmeg
Base notes are Violet, Patchouli and Oak Moss

This wildly fruity composition is so beautiful and very feminine. It is a real break away from the traditional floral perfumes so popular in France. This is ‘delicious’ and ‘gourmand’, but also a lovely feminine perfume at the same time.

Offered here is a one ounce bottle of perfume extrait in its original box. The perfume box is covered in silk moire and is just a little worn. These beautiful old Capucci perfumes from the sixties are getting very rare now. So precious!