Cappadocia
Eau de Parfum, Memo (2023)

I was looking forward to trying this fragrance, given all the hype it receives. I purchased sizable decants of Cappadocia, along with six other Memo-Paris fragrances. To my surprise and from the various samples I tried, Cappadocia turned out to be my least favorite fragrance and my hugest disappointment.

Dark, gloomy, heavy, "oily" smelling (if this makes sense). Leather. Leather, leather and more leather. Saffron and leather and myrrh. Now, I must admit leather is NOT a note I favor in fragrances, not one little bit. But I wasn't prepared for Cappadocia to be so leather-centric.

The saffron, benzoin and myrrh coupled with the orris root make this fragrance smell like walking into an old "cobbler's" shop. Or a shoe-maker's shop. A shoe-repair store. Remember those? I'm rather old; I quickly recall that heady, leather odor coupled with machinery, cement and shoe polish that would greet me when/if I brought my shoes in to such a shop for repair. Most young folks reading this review won't know what I'm speaking about. Do cobbler's stores still exist in the USA??

I dislike gender categorizing fragrances. I say "wear what you love, when you love it, whenever you want to wear it." But if I had to place Cappadocia in a gender category for sake of this review, I'd say it DEFINITELY is masculine leaning.

I love this house. I own several full bottles of Memo-Paris fragrances. But for me, Cappadocia is very disappointing.