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Rummaging around here is worth it and this find comes out. The proud Italian classic holds since 1967 in the business and finds today and here still so much appeal. Respect or better Altobelli !!!

If I just bought blindly at the very fresh summer scent, it is due to the fact that I was looking for something fresh, bold, stylish for the summer, but also because the commentators here expressed so much praise. But I may also reveal that I paid just under double digits for 100ml. No, not for 1 or 10ml, also not fallen from the truck, but currently cheap shot on the net. It inspires me again and again that interesting and good fragrances for top prices are to be had, while others sell their name for 10 to 40 times.

Quiet brown, quiet. Now to the scent of the Italian.
The lemon and lemons come out very strong immediately after application and impart a wonderful freshness. After about 5-10 minutes, a beautiful, partly floral spiciness sets in. Quite slightly soapy touch has the whole for me, but it harmonizes.
The finish is then much calmer. The spice remains, but the whole becomes somewhat more lovely, softer, deeper and clearly heavier. So clearly differences between top, heart and base notes I have not yet experienced.

Capucci is a beautiful, fresh and later slightly melancholic men's fragrance. The classic can also not hide as such. He also does not need, because he has style. The shelf life is acceptable.
In the end, the Italian even opens the door for the ladies, so for me slightly unisex in the finish.

For the summer absolutely a purchase.

Old folder and stood at attention... This should be a fragrance that divides the male community. Between grinning like, some nose wrinkling and a fascination it moves me back and forth. Somehow super and extraordinary, but also borderline and perverse. You have to like it... or not.

Everything that is in the diagram I can sign blindly. Wood, earth, smoke, spice clearly in front, but also fresh, green and resinous. A very masculine mix. The wood is also for me clearly musty occupied.
Even if as a component is not there, but I smell moreover clearly something fresh, minty (is probably the pepper) out. Who knows what the biochemistry there in the background so organized.

Encre Noir (black ink) brings this to the fountain pen. I'll test the times a little longer and see what the does with me. The durability I feel is good.
From unisex is for me this fragrance far away, but am very curious how women will react to it.

Addendum 1 (2021): I have fallen in love with the fragrance...

Addendum 2 (2022): For the first time I have today Encre Noir gelayert and the result I would like to share.
"Patchouli the allowed angel" gives the Encre even more depth and statement.
Great how the earth combines with the fresh, smoky and spicy components.

Addendum 3 (2023): I have opted for the brother Encre Noir Extreme, which goes more into the depth and breadth.

"The egg-laying wool-milk perfume," is how commenter Frankincense described it, sums it up. Abbreviated, Irish Leather is a complex fragrance that covers a lot of ground. While there are focal points in the seasons, I would recommend the scent for all year round, slight tendency towards the quieter seasons. But since a nice, tart freshness resonates, a summer suitability would be given.

I would add floral in the diagram, in addition to rich greenish-fruity, which would be another argument for spring and summer. The spice I feel in this leather scent as above average, which gives it zing.

By the green and floral note, I would also imply a slight sweetness, but nowhere near as much as Godolphin, La Y. and TL. Anyway, Irish Leather comes in much spicier, which also makes the fragrance not so heavy. Instead of heaviness, however, complexity. A unisex suitability is clearly given.
Compared to Cuir Intense by Guerlain, we have with Irish Leather indeed a much greener and fruitier canditate, but leather comes through better and clearer with Cuir. Cuir for me therefore the slightly more masculine leather fragrance.

I like the Irish Leather fragrance well, leather gets but by very much spice, green and fruit almost to the secondary matter. Smoky comes only later better to the development. For me ultimately also still a touch too sweet at the end of the day.
Nevertheless, a really nice leather interpretation.

This leather scent comes floral, fruity, sweet to you and immediately spice, wood and leather is also clearly perceptible. Unfortunately, the sweetness remains permanently present and for me clearly too much. TL is there for me the more direct leather scent, which then leaves, however, powdery, with light sweetness. La Yuqawam, to call gladly the third in the bunch, is even fruitier by the raspberry, but not quite as sweet, as Godolphin.

Who likes it more tart and clearly leathery, may like to look at Cuir Intense or quite tart the Black Afghan (not to be confused with Black Afgano). About both fragrances I have already reported.

Of course, there are many more leather candidates, unfortunately mostly lush floral and sweet. Everyone should try there in peace to find his candidate. I have in a short time determined about 15 candidates through, which contained more or less leather component.

Godolphin is certainly a very complex and high-quality candidate, with good durability and acceptable sillage, but for me too playful and sweet.

When I first came in contact with Cuir Intense, the first impression was "Wow, what a massive leather smell". I still stand by that today, especially when I compare it to the warmer and sweeter scents. There are a lot of them and they are also good, but just not so crisp leathery.

However, if you then Cuir Intense still compared with Black Afghan (not Black Afgano), then it already relativizes again. After that, I must humbly conclude that it goes even more brutal and uncompromising. BA evaporates very quickly, however, where Cuir, on the other hand, lasts extremely long. Likewise, the sillage is also significantly better.

Cuir Intense is absolutely no TL, Godolphin or or ... but times leather little bastardized and not for sissies. The prelude is fresh, spicy, leathery, then it gets a little softer, slightly fruity-floral sweetness comes through, but leather remains dominant until the end. Therefore, this fragrance is also clearly unisex for me.

Regarding the leather dominance, especially until the end, I would even dare to compare here with Collezione Privata - Cuoio. We are talking about completely different types of leather here, but leather remains until the bitter end.

For me, Cuir Intense is one of the clearest, most authentic leather fragrances, which also permanently delivers leather where leather is written on it. He does not drift too much into the sweetness, where unfortunately often in other fragrances the leather is lost. Despite its "boom" leather note, Cuir Intens is still suitable for everyday use.