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Fir Balsam
Indonesian Patchouli
Pasha de Cartier
Resin rather than citrus is the first thing you meet in Cartier Pasha de Cartier Eau de Parfum, and that single decision tells you most of what you need to know about how this version behaves.
Labdanum opens it, which almost nothing does. It is a dark, sticky, sweetish resin with a faintly leathery, almost burnt quality, more usually found holding a base together, and putting it at the top gives the fragrance a heavy, warm, slightly ecclesiastical start. Fir balsam and Indonesian patchouli then run through the middle and continue into the base, so there is very little to follow in the way of development. Fir balsam is the interesting one: green, cool and sappy, with the resinous bite of a cut conifer, and it keeps the composition from becoming airless. Patchouli is the counterweight, earthy and dark, cellar cool at first and sweeter as it warms, and it is reinforced later by more patchouli still. Sandalwood is the only material that appears solely in the base, and it is what smooths everything out, creamy and dry and milky at the same time. With labdanum returning underneath it, the finish is dense, resinous and quite sweet.
Mathilde Laurent composed it and it appeared in 2020. The short material list means a simple shape worn rather than followed, and at eau de parfum strength it is long lasting and firm in projection for the first couple of hours. It is aimed at men, it is a cold weather fragrance, and it suits evenings and the kind of weather that makes you want something with weight to it.
Cartier is a French jeweller and watchmaker founded in Paris in 1847, which opened its first sales salon in 1853 and is part of the Richemont group today. Its perfumes, made since 1981, are developed in house, and Laurent has been the perfumer working exclusively for Cartier since 2005.
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