Cartier Perfume

Cartier perfume comes from the jewelry house founded in Paris in 1847 by Louis-François Cartier. The selection is built around a handful of families. Pasha, launched in 1992, is built around a fougère accord, while Déclaration rests on cedar and spices. Then there is La Panthère, which the house calls floral-feline, and Baiser Volé, devoted to the lily. Each family comes in several concentrations, and some also have a shower gel or a hair mist.

Cartier, from fine jewelry to fragrance

Cartier is a Parisian house that is now part of the Swiss Richemont group. Until 2005 its fragrances were entrusted to outside perfumers, such as Jean-Claude Ellena, who created Déclaration in 1998. In 2005 Mathilde Laurent arrived as the house's first in-house perfumer, and since then new creations have been developed internally. Baiser Volé and La Panthère are hers; for La Panthère, introduced in 2014, she started from the panther, the animal that recurs throughout Cartier jewelry, and translated it into an olfactory accord.

The Cartier fragrance families

Pasha de Cartier

Pasha Eau de Toilette is a fougère that pairs fresh, bright lavender with the woody depth of patchouli. In Pasha Parfum the fougère takes on woody and amber facets, and the house describes it as bold, refined and powerful. Pasha Edition Noire is the modern reinterpretation, with green and citrus notes over amber and cedar, and the Sport version keeps the fougère accord and the cedar while adding a marine, hesperidic and fruity note. Finally there is Pasha Noir Absolu, an eau de parfum centered on an accord of burnt wood and caramelized sugar, in a black bottle.

Déclaration

Déclaration Haute Fraîcheur is an eau de toilette that brings the green side of Déclaration to the fore, with resinous cedar, tender green citrus leaves and fresher spices; the house presents it as the springtime nature of the fragrance. Déclaration Parfum reinforces the woody facets with oriental notes and is an intense, warm, enveloping fragrance.

La Panthère

In La Panthère Eau de Parfum the main note is gardenia, sensual and delicate, and the feline side comes from musk. La Panthère Parfum adds apricot and osmanthus to the gardenia and has a more intense chypre accord. Then there is La Panthère Eau de Toilette, which the house describes as a light creation with white flowers, delicate gardenia and crystalline musk.

Baiser Volé

Baiser Volé Eau de Parfum is devoted to the lily, portrayed in all its facets. In Baiser Volé Parfum the lily is paired with tonka bean and a powdery touch of heliotropin, in a bouquet of velvety-petaled lilies.

How to choose a Cartier perfume

Among the eaux de toilette are Pasha, Edition Noire and its Sport version, Déclaration Haute Fraîcheur and La Panthère. Pasha Noir Absolu, La Panthère and Baiser Volé come as eaux de parfum, and Pasha, Déclaration, La Panthère and Baiser Volé are also available as Parfum.

If you would rather start from the scent family, Pasha is the house fougère and Déclaration the woody spicy one. La Panthère and Baiser Volé are the florals, the first built on gardenia and the second on lily. The house presents Pasha and Déclaration as masculine, La Panthère and Baiser Volé as feminine. To compare them with other houses, browse our collections of men's fragrances, women's fragrances and woody fragrances.

Shower gels and hair mist

There is a perfumed shower gel for Déclaration, spiced with cedar and cardamom, and one for Pasha Edition Noire. La Panthère has a hair mist that takes up the eau de parfum formula, in a faceted panther-head bottle with a satin finish.

Frequently asked questions

Who creates Cartier fragrances?

Since 2005 Cartier fragrances have been created mainly by Mathilde Laurent, the house's first in-house perfumer, whose work includes La Panthère and Baiser Volé. Before she arrived, Cartier relied on outside perfumers, such as Jean-Claude Ellena, who composed Déclaration Eau de Toilette in 1998.

Which Pasha should I choose: Edition Noire, Edition Noire Sport or Noir Absolu?

Pasha Edition Noire combines green and citrus notes with amber and cedar, and the Sport version adds a marine, hesperidic note. Pasha Noir Absolu is an eau de parfum built on burnt wood and caramelized sugar, in an ultra-black bottle.

What does Cartier Déclaration smell like?

Déclaration is a woody spicy fragrance built on cedar and spices. The Haute Fraîcheur version heightens its green side with resinous cedar and citrus leaves, while Déclaration Parfum reinforces the woods with oriental notes and is a warm, enveloping fragrance.

What is the difference between the La Panthère versions?

La Panthère Eau de Parfum is a floral chypre with gardenia and musky notes. In the Parfum version, apricot and osmanthus join the gardenia, and the Eau de Toilette, which the house presents as a light creation, has white flowers and crystalline musk.

What inspired Cartier La Panthère?

La Panthère is inspired by the panther, the emblematic animal of Cartier jewelry, which Mathilde Laurent translated into an accord she calls floral-feline, with a luminous gardenia, musky notes and a chypre structure. According to the perfumer, every flower holds animal essences at its heart.

What does Cartier Baiser Volé smell like?

Baiser Volé is a floral devoted to the lily, portrayed in all its facets. In Baiser Volé Parfum the lily is paired with tonka bean and a powdery touch of heliotropin, in a bouquet of lilies that the house describes as delicate as a caress.

How do you use La Panthère hair mist?

La Panthère hair mist is sprayed onto the hair. It is a mist the house created from the eau de parfum formula, with pure gardenia and musk notes, and it comes in a faceted bottle shaped like a panther's head.

Which Cartier fragrance should a man choose?

For men, the house offers Pasha and Déclaration. Pasha is a fougère, with lavender and patchouli in the eau de toilette and burnt wood and caramelized sugar in Noir Absolu. Déclaration is a woody spicy fragrance, with a greener side in the Haute Fraîcheur version and a warm, enveloping oriental side in the Parfum.

Which Cartier fragrances have a matching shower gel?

A perfumed shower gel is available for Déclaration and for Pasha Edition Noire. The Déclaration gel has a fresh, spicy scent with cedarwood and cardamom, enhanced by a fresh note, and the Pasha Edition Noire gel carries the Edition Noire fragrance in a formula made for the shower.