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Capitiú

Q: Is Capitiú natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: No standard extraction. May reference Siparuna guianensis essential oil or be entirely synthetic..

GREENS, HERBS AND FOUGERES / fresh · green · aromatic

Capitiú

Category	GREENS, HERBS AND FOUGERES
Subcategory	fresh · green · aromatic
Origin
Volatility	Heart Note
Botanical	Siparuna guianensis Aubl.
Appearance	Pale yellow to amber liquid
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	Brazil
Pyramid	Heart

Green, river-earthy, piscine. Capitiu is an Amazonian scent concept — river fish, muddy banks, aquatic vegetation. Strange and hyper-specific.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Green-aquatic, earthy-muddy, faint piscine undertone. River water, not ocean. Geosmin-rich, vegetal, humid. The smell of an Amazonian riverbank at dawn — specific, strange, realistic rather than pleasant.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Green-aquatic, muddy, faint fish note

After a few hours

Earthy geosmin depth, humid vegetation

After a few days

Persistent earthy-aquatic residue, river memory

The Full Story

Capitiu is Brazilian Portuguese for a particular Amazonian river smell — freshwater fish, river mud, aquatic plants. Not a single ingredient but an olfactory concept embedded in Amazonian culture.

The perfumery note is synthetic — combining aquatic-green elements, earthy-muddy components (geosmin, vetiver-type), and faint fishy-marine notes (heavily attenuated trimethylamine derivatives).

In Western perfumery, essentially unknown. Its appearance in niche Brazilian perfumery represents encoding Amazonian terroir into fragrance form.

Some associate it with Siparuna guianensis, whose crushed leaves have pungent, green, slightly fishy scent containing citronellol and geraniol.

This note in Première Peau. Simili Mirage · Gravitas Capitale. Sample all seven extraits in the Discovery Set.

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Related: Alpha Pinene · Angelica · Angelica Root · Angelica Root Oil · Artemisia · Barrenwort · Beachheather · Behini Tree

Did You Know?

Did you know?

The capitiu scent comes partly from geosmin — the same molecule in petrichor. Freshwater fish absorb geosmin from cyanobacteria, concentrating it in flesh — which is why river fish sometimes smell 'muddy.'

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: No standard extraction. May reference Siparuna guianensis essential oil or be entirely synthetic.

Molecular Formula	Key components: Myrcene, beta-Pinene, Atractylone, Curzerene, Germacrene D
CAS Number	N/A (no standardized CAS for capitiu essential oil)
Botanical Name	Siparuna guianensis Aubl.
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	CAPA-TIU · CAPITU
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Appearance	Pale yellow to amber liquid

In Perfumery

Extreme niche/regional concept encoding Amazonian environmental scent. Built from aquatic-green synthetics, geosmin, vetiver-type earthiness. Functions in avant-garde or Amazonian-themed compositions. Culturally specific, deliberately challenging.