Cartier · 2012

Declaration d'Un Soir

Cartier Declaration d'Un Soir
Longevity Very long8-12 hours
Projection ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising Mixed

rose perfume warmed with spiced sandalwood

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Declaration d'Un Soir by Cartier is a Woody Floral Musk fragrance for men. Declaration d'Un Soir was launched in 2012. The nose behind this fragrance is Mathilde Laurent. Top notes are Black Pepper, Cardamom and Caraway; middle notes are Rose and Nutmeg; base note is Sandalwood. Cartier is revamping one of their best-selling fragrances in the entire portfolio, Déclaration, a masculine cologne by perfume Jean Claude Ellena, with a new flanker, out in the mainstream Cartier counters in October 2012. Déclaration d'un Soir, a new fragrance for men, reprises the cold spices of the original, thanks to perfumer Mathilde Laurent's idea of not messing with something good but going for a much more subversive interpretation in men's fragrance. Essentially a huge rose with thorns, given the woody backdrop, it is boosted with cardamom and a very perceptible pepper spray top note to refresh and give piquancy. The woodiness comes from sandalwood. A romantic and heady affair, in house Cartier perfume Mathilde Laurent revealed that she created it to "make the heart beat faster and to drive men to speak their minds." The concentration of Déclaration d'un Soir is Eau de Toilette, coming in 100ml/3.4oz sizes. The new bottle is identical to the classic Déclaration, with its watch wrist winder top, but with Déclaration d'un Soir written vertically under the name to denote the different take.
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans masculine
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Cartier is a French jewelry house whose fragrance division has been quietly one of the most consistent in the designer tier for four decades, Must de Cartier launched in 1981, Déclaration in 1998, La Panthère in 2014. The range leans fresh (25 pieces) with woody, spicy and green as the dominant accords. Prices run from about $11 to $430. The standout live picks are Oud & Menthe (cool mint with resinous woody oud, $299), Pasha de Cartier Parfum (warm amber resin, liquor, creamy sandalwood, $139.50), Must II (sunlit floral bouquet with mossy woods, $177), La Panthère Etincelante (dewy rose and strawberry with mossy leather musk, $180), and Must de Cartier Parfum 2015 (cool green florals, jasmine powder, soft vanilla, $107.55).

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