Miss Perfumado

Miss Perfumado is the fourth album by Cape Verdean vocalist Cesária Évora, released in 1992. It sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide.^[1][2] It included one of her most celebrated songs, "Sodade", composed by Armando Zeferino Soares. The song speaks about the sense of longing for her homeland that the Cape Verdean diaspora experience when away from the island nation.^[3]

Miss Perfumado
Studio album by Cesária Évora
Released	June 1992
Recorded	Studio de la Madeleine and Studio Music' Ange, Paris in May–June 1992
Genre	Morna / Coladeira
Length	62:40
Label	Lusafrica
Producer	Paulino Vieira
Cesária Évora chronology
Mar Azul (1991) Miss Perfumado (1992) Cesária (1995)

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Both the seventh song and the album are named after a song that was made by B. Leza. The sixth song, "Angola", composed by Ramiro Mendes, helped Évora to achieve her first gold record in France. That track would later be adapted into a 1997 single called "Pa Manyen", by former President of Haiti Michel Martelly, which later became a hit. The album was well received.^[4][5] The lyrics of the songs are in Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole, for example those of the song Miss Perfumado.^[6]

Miss Perfumado Dxam morrê ta sonha Na sombra di odjo magoado Duma pequena gentil Di corpo perfumado   Assim dxam morrê ô flor Na sombra di bo odjinho[6] ....

Scented Miss Let me die dreaming In the shadow of the grieved eyes Of a gentle girl With a perfumed body Let me die like this, O flower In the shadow of your little eyes ....

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sodade"	Armando Zeferino Soares	4:51
2.	"Bia"	B. Leza	4:11
3.	"Cumpade Ciznone"	Manuel de Novas	3:14
4.	"Direito Di Nasce"	Manuel de Novas	4:40
5.	"Luz Dum Estrela"	Teófilo Chantre	4:24
6.	"Angola"	Ramiro Mendes	4:28
7.	"Miss Perfumado"	B. Leza	4:29
8.	"Vida Tem Um So Vida"	Manuel de Novas, Dany Mariano	5:36
9.	"Morabeza"	B. Leza	4:21
10.	"Recordaï"	Teófilo Chantre	4:27
11.	"Lua Nha Testemunha"	B. Leza	6:19
12.	"Barbincor"	Manuel de Novas	3:59
13.	"Tortura"	Teófilo Chantre	3:57

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
French SNEP Albums Chart[7]	42
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[8]	152

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[9]	2× Gold	300,000[10]

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
		FRA [7]
"Sodade"	1992	42