Yendi by Roberto Capucci
Women 1974
Description
Yendi by Roberto Capucci is a floral aldehyde fragrance for women launched in 1974. Its composition, crafted by the master perfumer, opens with aldehydes, hyacinth, bergamot, raspberry, and peach. The heart reveals iris, cyclamen, rose, valley lily, honey, and cloves, while the base settles on sandalwood, oakmoss, cedar, amber, styrax, musk, and vanilla.
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Key notes
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Top
aldehydes
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Heart
iris
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Base
sandalwood
Community
159 votes
- Positive 89%
- Negative 6.9%
- Neutral 3.8%
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In the collection
Leading answer I own it
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Leading answer Love it
159 votes
Season
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Time of day
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About Yendi
Yendi by Roberto Capucci is a floral aldehyde fragrance for women launched in 1974. Its composition, crafted by the master perfumer, opens with aldehydes, hyacinth, bergamot, raspberry, and peach. The heart reveals iris, cyclamen, rose, valley lily, honey, and cloves, while the base settles on sandalwood, oakmoss, cedar, amber, styrax, musk, and vanilla.
Flowers Fruits, vegetables and nuts Sweet and gourmand Spices Woods and mosses Musk, amber and animalic Resins and balsams
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Longevity
Leading answer Long-lasting
60 votes
Sillage
Leading answer Moderate
74 votes
Character
Leading answer Traditionally feminine
28 votes
Value perception
Leading answer Fair price
24 votes
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remy
Launched in 1974 among the greats, Yendi has been unfairly ignored until a sample from Bofifa finally landed in my hands. It’s a shame it was overlooked. It opens with effervescent, herbal aldehydes that boost a sweet-and-sour, peachy bergamot, primitively sensual. The flowers (iris, rose, hyacinth, lily) shine on their own, sweetened by spiced honey. The base is a soapy, powdery musky sandalwood, with oakmoss and amber adding warmth and femininity, shifting from green to golden. It’s a fresh, youthful, springtime floral chypre that makes you smile. Sophisticated yet approachable, closer to Estée Lauder than Chanel. Why not unisex? I prefer these flowers on a guy over the typical lavender and carnation. The downside: discontinued and hard to find; I’d rather cherish my olfactory memory than a watered-down reformulation. It reminds me of Barbra Streisand: angelic voice and wit in an imperfect beauty for her time. The name evokes her film ‘Yentl,’ radiant in disguise as a man. Yendi is a contained glory in a humble bottle, undervalued as it deserved. At least Barbra got her due.
Bofifa
I’ve always wanted to create a floral for men that expressed beauty and color, like a breath of life. Male florals are usually dark and threatening (Grey Flannel, Narcisse, etc.), but Givenchy’s Insensé was already close to my ideal. Yendi by Capucci (1974) is one of the purest florals I’ve ever smelled. Although the aldehyde opening is sharp and realistic, its very green herbal heart makes it genuinely unisex without losing character. I’ve worn it a lot and only received compliments. The dry-down is a feat of engineering: the sandalwood makes the flowers sweeter and radiant (like the jasmine from my summer childhood) without losing the green stem base. It’s a marvel, a gift made in heaven to spread happiness.
CokeChile
Raspberry takes center stage, but not the typical teen kind: it’s aldehydic, surrounded by green leaves and a potent garden rose. A sweet, green scent, very 80s, with a strong presence.
pablOSO
Yendi by Capucci, paired with Noel Harrison’s ‘The Windmills of Your Mind,’ instantly transports me to a specific era. Even though I was born in 1980, I research sounds and videos from other times to build mental images by combining what I see, hear, and smell. Yendi is a green aldehyde scent similar to Chanel No. 19, but warmer, more floral, and infinitely feminine. It feels like a perfume tied to a bygone era where women dressed more conservatively: stockings, tights, tweed skirts, long-sleeved blouses with high collars. It’s a complete fragrance, perhaps too much for today’s ‘less is more’ mindset, but it’s exquisite, and I feel honored to have it in my collection.