GushCarthusiaFiori Di Capri
Carthusia Fiori Di Capri
Carthusia

Fiori Di Capri

white floral
floral
sweet
woody
warm spicy
citrus
gourmand
EDP · 1948 · women

Carthusia is a fragrance house rooted in Italian island tradition, established in 1948 on Capri and inspired by the region's natural beauty and botanical heritage. The brand carries forward a legacy of creating fragrances that capture the essence of Mediterranean landscapes.

Fiori Di Capri opens with a dense white floral and citrus blend, leading with ylang-ylang, gardenia, and tuberose alongside bright mandarin and orange blossom. The heart deepens this floral character with carnation and hyacinth while introducing spiced elements through cloves and nutmeg, rounded out by subtle fruit notes of wild strawberry and plum. The base settles into a warm, woody foundation of sandalwood, cedar, and oakmoss, with white musk and amber providing softness and longevity.

This is a fragrance for those drawn to classic white floral compositions with substantive depth, working well for someone who appreciates perfumes that balance sweetness with spice and woodiness. It suits daytime wear in warmer months when its citrus top can shine, though the full-bodied heart and base make it equally wearable year-round for someone wanting a refined, multi-layered fragrance. If you align with The Romantic, The Hedonist, or The Homesteader, this deserves your attention.

Adds to your fragrance profile · visible to the community

Not yet ratedYour Gush Score
$140Best · 100ml
$9330d Avg
Rate this fragrance
0255075100
/100
Price Comparison1 retailers · updated daily
Size
Updated 27644m ago
$140.00
at ScentSplit
Buy Now →
RetailerStockPrice
ScentSplitBestIn Stock$140.00Buy

✓ authorized retailer · ⚠ verify seller · delta vs. MSRP · we earn a small commission

Price History · 100ml
Low
$69
Avg
$93
Now
$140.00
3 days tracked · 2026-05-13 – 2026-06-02
Alert me when the price drops
We'll notify you once. No spam.
Fragrance Notescommunity verified
Top · 0–30 min
Ylang-Ylang
Ylang-Ylang
Gardenia
Gardenia
Intoxicatingly creamy and white-floral with a waxy, almost narcotic sweetness. Gardenia shares the heady indolic quality of jasmine and tuberose but with a fresher, greener edge from its glossy leaves. A challenging note to use well, too much overwhelms, but a well-handled gardenia accord is memorably beautiful.
Tuberose
Tuberose
One of the most intensely floral natural ingredients in existence, rich, creamy, and almost narcotic in its sweetness. Tuberose is polarizing by design: it's meant to be enveloping, not background. It has rubbery, vanilla-like facets that make it feel both sensual and slightly retro.
White Flowers
White Flowers
A family rather than a single note, white flowers in perfumery typically refers to an accord of white-petalled blossoms (jasmine, gardenia, tuberose, lily) blended to create a rich, heady, indolic warmth. The quintessential note of feminine oriental fragrances, sensual and enveloping.
Orange Blossom
Orange Blossom
Sweeter and more honeyed than neroli (both come from the same tree), orange blossom is a floral note with a warm, almost edible quality. It floats between citrus and floral families, adding richness without weight. A signature note of classic Mediterranean and Middle Eastern perfumery.
Orange
Orange
Warm, round, and familiar, sweet orange is the most approachable of the citrus family. In perfumery it reads as sunlit and optimistic, with a gentle warmth that stops short of heaviness. Orange is frequently used to smooth and soften citrus openings, adding a natural sweetness that makes compositions feel immediately welcoming.
Mandarin Orange
Mandarin Orange
Cyclamen
Cyclamen
Crisp, watery, and slightly green with a delicate floral sweetness, cyclamen is one of perfumery's more transparent flowers. It evokes mountain air and rain-wet gardens rather than a florist's shop. Used to add a clean, airy quality to floral compositions that might otherwise feel dense.
Turkish Rose
Turkish Rose
Rosa damascena grown in the Isparta region of Turkey, one of the world's major sources of rose oil alongside Bulgaria. Turkish rose has a slightly more spiced, cinnamon-adjacent quality than Bulgarian rose, with a rich, full-bodied sweetness and good lasting power. Essential to Middle Eastern-inspired and classical oriental rose fragrances.
Bergamot
Bergamot
A sun-ripened Italian citrus with a brightness that goes beyond lemon, simultaneously tart, floral, and slightly spicy. It's the defining note of Earl Grey tea and the backbone of countless fresh colognes. Perfumers love it as an opener because it lifts the entire composition without overpowering what follows.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Carnation
Carnation
Spicy, clove-like, and slightly powdery, carnation is one of perfumery's oldest floral notes, with a warm, almost peppery character that distinguishes it from softer flowers. It has a vintage, slightly old-fashioned quality that is coming back into fashion. Think pressed flowers in an old book, warm and complex.
Hyacinth
Hyacinth
Intensely green and floral with an almost sharp, piercing sweetness, hyacinth is one of spring's most assertive flowers. It has a cold, watery quality alongside its floral richness that makes it feel fresh and slightly dangerous. Polarising in perfumery because of its strength, but magical when well handled.
White Honey
White Honey
A lighter, cleaner interpretation of honey with a delicate floral sweetness and less of the heavy, animalic depth of dark honeys. White honey reads as refined and transparent, adding a gentle natural sweetness without the weight of traditional honey notes. Used in fresh florals and light orientals.
Cloves
Cloves
Wild Strawberry
Wild Strawberry
Incense
Incense
The dry, smoky, slightly woody scent of burning resin, incense in perfumery usually means frankincense or similar resins, adding a contemplative, almost spiritual quality. It creates distance and mystery, making fragrances feel larger than they are. A hallmark of niche, serious perfumery.
Iris
Iris
One of perfumery's most prized and expensive ingredients, iris has a powdery, cool, almost carrot-like richness that is hard to describe and impossible to mistake. It's simultaneously earthy and refined, like the inside of an old Parisian couture house. Iris root (orris) adds quiet luxury to anything it touches.
Violet Leaf
Violet Leaf
Plum
Plum
Dark, slightly tart, and warm, plum has a wine-like depth that makes it more serious than cherry or peach. It adds a fruity darkness to oriental fragrances, with a slightly fermented quality that bridges fruit and leather families. Used to add drama and depth to floral-oriental compositions.
Pineapple
Pineapple
Vivid, tropical, and intensely sweet with a slightly fermented, almost winey quality, pineapple is one of the most assertive tropical fruit notes. It adds an immediate, unambiguous tropical sweetness that can dominate if used too heavily. In moderate amounts it adds a lively, summery energy to fruity and aquatic compositions.
Nutmeg
Nutmeg
Warm, woody, and softly spiced with a slight sweetness that makes it gentler than clove or pepper. Nutmeg adds a quiet, autumnal warmth to fragrances without sharpness. It blends seamlessly into woody and oriental bases, acting more as a supporting character than a lead note.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Oakmoss
Oakmoss
The defining ingredient of classic chypre perfumery, damp, forest-floor earthy with a faint bitterness and incredible complexity. Real oakmoss is now heavily restricted by IFRA regulations, which is why vintage chypres smell so different from modern ones. When present, it creates a raw, outdoorsy anchor that no synthetic fully replicates.
White Musk
White Musk
Clean, soft, and slightly soapy, white musk is the scent of fresh laundry and warm skin. It's the furthest from the animalic origins of real musk: approachable, inoffensive, and universally flattering. Almost every mass-market fragrance uses white musk as a base, which is why it reads as 'clean' rather than specifically musky.
Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Creamy, smooth, and milky with a soft, skin-like warmth that clings beautifully. True Mysore sandalwood is one of perfumery's most precious ingredients, simultaneously wood and skin, never cold or sharp. It rounds off sharp edges in any composition and makes the wearer smell subtly, irresistibly warmer.
Amber
Amber
A warm, resinous accord rather than a single ingredient, amber is typically built from labdanum, benzoin, and vanilla to create a rich, honeyed, almost solar warmth. It's the quintessential base-note family, adding a comforting richness that makes fragrances feel complete. The difference between a fragrance feeling cold and feeling alive.
Labdanum
Labdanum
A resin from the rock rose plant with a dark, animalic, honeyed quality that anchors many classic oriental fragrances. Labdanum is simultaneously leathery and sweet, with a raw complexity that synthetic materials struggle to match. It's a cornerstone of amber accords and chypre compositions.
Cedar
Cedar
Patchouli
Patchouli
Dense, earthy, and darkly sweet, patchouli is the scent of damp soil and dried herbs with an almost chocolatey richness. It polarizes people because in high concentrations it's overwhelming, but as a supporting note it adds depth and longevity that almost nothing else can match. The backbone of countless oriental and chypre fragrances.
Community
Rate this fragrance
Rate this fragrance
0255075100
/100
Most Popular with this Scent DNA Type?
❤️
The Romantic
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.
Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.
Discover your type →
Decants Available
5
listings in stock
1ml$3.99/ml1ml$3.99/ml2ml$3.50/ml5ml$3.40/ml

Carthusia Fiori Di Capri— Prices, Coupons & Buying Guide

Best price today: Fiori Di Capri is $140.00. Without a coupon the lowest price is $140.00. Gush tracks 47+ retailers updated every 2 hours.

Are grey market retailers authentic?

Yes. Jomashop, FragranceNet, and MaxAroma sell 100% authentic Carthusia fragrances through unofficial distribution channels. The fragrance is identical to department store stock. Grey market refers to the supply chain, not product quality. The price difference comes entirely from the distribution channel.

Frequently asked questions

Cheapest price for Carthusia Fiori Di Capri? +
$140.00 at ScentSplit. Gush compares 47+ retailers updated every 2 hours.
What does Carthusia Fiori Di Capri smell like? +
Carthusia is a fragrance house rooted in Italian island tradition, established in 1948 on Capri and inspired by the region's natural beauty and botanical heritage. The brand carries forward a legacy of creating fragrances that capture the essence of Mediterranean landscapes. Fiori Di Capri opens with a dense white floral and citrus blend, leading with ylang-ylang, gardenia, and tuberose alongside bright mandarin and orange blossom. The heart deepens this floral character with carnation and hyacinth while introducing spiced elements through cloves and nutmeg, rounded out by subtle fruit notes of wild strawberry and plum. The base settles into a warm, woody foundation of sandalwood, cedar, and oakmoss, with white musk and amber providing softness and longevity. This is a fragrance for those drawn to classic white floral compositions with substantive depth, working well for someone who appreciates perfumes that balance sweetness with spice and woodiness. It suits daytime wear in warmer months when its citrus top can shine, though the full-bodied heart and base make it equally wearable year-round for someone wanting a refined, multi-layered fragrance. If you align with The Romantic, The Hedonist, or The Homesteader, this deserves your attention.
What are the notes in Carthusia Fiori Di Capri? +
Top: Ylang-Ylang, Gardenia, Tuberose, White Flowers, Orange Blossom, Orange, Mandarin Orange, Cyclamen, Turkish Rose, Bergamot. Heart: Carnation, Hyacinth, White Honey, Cloves, Wild Strawberry, Incense, Iris, Violet Leaf, Plum, Pineapple, Nutmeg. Base: Oakmoss, White Musk, Sandalwood, Amber, Labdanum, Cedar, Patchouli.
What other fragrances smell like Carthusia Fiori Di Capri? +
What is a grey market fragrance retailer? +
Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

Gush earns a commission on purchases at no cost to you · Prices update every 2 hours · Coupon success rates based on affiliate feed data · Grey market = authentic, unofficial supply chain