Cartier has launched Eau de Cartier Goutte de Rose, a new flanker to 2001’s Eau de Cartier. Goutte de Rose follows last year’s Eau de Cartier Essence de Bois…
Cartier Les Heures de Parfum III L’Heure Vertueuse ~ new fragrance
Cartier has launched L’Heure Vertueuse III, a new fragrance in the Les Heures de Parfum collection. It is the 3rd hour but the 10th release in the series…
Cartier Declaration d’un Soir ~ fragrance review
Cartier just launched Déclaration d’un Soir (a flanker to 1998′s Déclaration Eau de Toilette) and it supposedly takes the original Déclaration perfume into nighttime (huh?) (Also laughable: Cartier PR says Déclaration d’un Soir ‘drives men to speak their minds.’) Perfume may make me speak my mind…but only about perfume (thus, this review).
Déclaration d’un Soir was developed by Cartier perfumer Mathilde Laurent; its notes include pepper, cumin, nutmeg, rose and sandalwood. When I first wore Déclaration d’un Soir, I felt I had smelled a close relative of it before. It took me weeks to finally figure out that Déclaration d’un Soir reminds me of Eau d’Italie Paestum Rose (more on that later). Déclaration d’un Soir opens with peppery citrus…
Cartier Declaration Three Ways: Eau de Toilette, Essence and Cologne ~ fragrance reviews
I remember smelling Cartier Déclaration when it was released almost 15 years ago. I didn’t like it one bit: “too dirty.” What smelled “unclean” to my nose back in 1998, today smells almost fresh, and not because of reformulation, but because so many of my perfume dislikes turned to likes over the years.
I must have been in the minority back in 1998 when Déclaration Eau de Toilette was released because it’s been successful and spawned flanker after flanker. At this moment, there are four Déclaration formulas for sale.
Original Déclaration Eau de Toilette
Original Déclaration Eau de Toilette was developed by perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena and includes notes of birch, bergamot, bitter orange, juniper, artemisia, cardamom, cedar, vetiver and oakmoss. Déclaration Eau de Toilette goes on strong with bitter orange…
Cartier Declaration d’un Soir ~ new fragrance
Cartier will launch Déclaration d’un Soir, a new fragrance for men, in August. Déclaration d’un Soir is a flanker to 1998’s Déclaration, and is intended as an evening version that ‘drives men to speak their minds’…