Declaration Cologne

This is the quintessential summer EDT, taking all of the positive qualities from the original Declaration, and adding ginger (one of my all-time favorite perfume notes) to the top notes, creating a wonderful, light, fresh and spicy masterpiece. The cardamom is heavily edited, but still has that Declaration DNA therein, making it a delightful and affordable scent for spring and summer. Heck, you could even wear it in the fall and winter, although I don't think it is heavy enough to be able to pull off in the dead of winter. And, even though it's labeled as a cologne (making me assume it's EDC strength), it's actually an EDT. Longevity is slightly less than average, but pricing makes it possible to apply throughout the day when it begins to fade to a skin scent: carrying a small decant is entirely possible. Very, very nice and I too pray they don't discontinue this as they did Bois Bleu.

Awesome Fragrance... one of the best aroma! Very fresh, relax and energizing! I feel a lot the Lemongrass smell... great combination of ginger, citrus and spices. Unfortunately It has a very poor longevity (only 4 hours). The sillage is ok- moderade. Fragrância/Fragrance: 10/10 Fixação/ Longevity: 4/10 Projeção/ Sillage: 6/10 Versatilidade/ Versatillity: 10/10 Fragrância incrível... um dos melhores aromas que existe! Muito fresco, relaxante e energizante! Eu sinto bastante o cheiro de Capim-limão.. uma grandiosa combinação do gengibre, cítricos e especiarias. Infelizmente, Cologne tem uma péssima fixação (apenas 4 horas). A projeção é ok- moderada.

Excellent summer choice. starts with a sour and almost bitter citrus notes, with the original declaration in the background but without the cumin note here. The is a smooth ginger note in the scent which blends in with the bergamot and bitter orange to give it a slight smoothness to the scent. This scent has decent silage and lasts around 6 hours on skin you may get an hour less or more. For me a solid spring/summer choice if you want to be different from the usual aquatics. Scent 8.5/10

My most recent flanker from this line, and wearing today for the first time, and I agree with some reviewers here that this is a more easy going frag for the warmer months when you want still to enjoy The Declaration core notes but at a cologne level classification; I will need to try it in a hot summer day to find out its performance on my skin in such condition. So far I liked it in Spring, but it fades kinda quickly.

If the original Declaration was a man in a pinstripe suit, this Cologne would be a man in an ivory cashmere or wool turtleneck. The ginger and bergamot in the opening are just intoxicating, refreshing, energizing. I wish they stayed much longer before revealing the original Declaration DNA. The projection is discreet, longevity is decent. Elegant, relaxing, easy to wear. Love it! -AB-

Beautiful, natural smelling citrus rinds with a bit of this air OG Declaration DNA lurking in the background. Beautiful fragrance, this is one you'd reach for throughout spring all the way up until the hottest summer days because this is so refreshing. Brilliant flanker, I can't believe that I didn't even know this existed until about a month ago.

Holy moly what a blast of Pure lemon, ginger and lemongrass all at once! its lovely stuff and totally made for the summer, very refreshing, clean but not bitter in any way as some lemon/citrus frags come across. I dont get much spice or jasmine as stated in the notes?? Shame its so expensive but a great scent.

I miss this one, starts strong with a realistic ginger and citrus, the ginger is not the candy/sweet ginger "thing" you get in today's perfumes, this is zingy and spicy! dries down to an inoffensive, feel good soapy base, this is an abstract Declaration flanker, not a literal one...

melhor colonia que ja senti.semelhante a dior sport é verdade,mas achei mais elegante,nao fixa tanto,em torno de 5 hrs talvez,mas é otimo,suave,projeção razoavel,quem se aproxima de voce sente a fragancia.muito bom mesmo,ja estou tentando um para mim usar no verão carioca.

I just recieved this today. I was little bit suprised because it smells like ginger. It was very clean, light and sharp. After half an hour I smell lemon and later it's like nice soap :) I think it's very nice frag.

The best ginger I've evre tried, fresh, spicy, juicy, a little bit of sweetness, reminds me of a very traditional ginger based drink we have in my state. This is a gem, too bad is not easily found where I live.

Reminds me of my youth and summer holidays. Great stuff this is.Very very soapy ,clean and spicy. Fresh out of a warm shower feel to it followed by a walk on the beach with the wind in your hair.

Love this! Citrus with a touch of spice. Breezy and fresh. Got a bunch of samples and I may have to get this. Totally unisex. Reminds me of Trussardi Skin.

I always get compliments. This is a summer frag. Can wear all year but little light in cold weather. Smells like fresh lemon grass.....

Very very soapy ,clean and spicy. Fresh out of a warm shower feel to it.

A very distinctive, elegant and beautiful fragrance. This was made to be be subdued I think. Declaration Cartier Cologne starts out with a blast of highly concentrated Mandarin Orange, followed by the Ginger and later, the Bergamot. Hints of Jasmine and some Spices follow. There is almost a slightly soapy accord to this scent and it plays beautifully with all the other notes, thus eccentuating them. A very beautiful composition, well made, affordable and still available, albeit in limited quantities. Is it long-lasting? I don't believe so. This lasts maybe 3 hours on my skin, but it's a very enjoyable three hours. Sillage is moderate and that's ok, as long as I can enjoy it. After all, I paid for it; not the office staff. I recommend this for formal wear which it leans more to, but anytime is ok. Kudos to Cartier for this slice of masterpiece!!!

Declaration Cologne is a lovely perfume. It opens with a burst of bergamot, orange, mandarin, spices, ginger and cardamom. It's fresh and a soft projector. Some forty minutes later the citruses have toned down and the jasmine, cedar and vetiver have all come out to play and the spices have toned down. Bergamot and orange and jasmine together often tend to turn the bergamot into having a lime effect - a similar thing happens with Dior Homme Cologne 2013 which has bergamot, orange blossom and musk - but there is no lime. It's a case of clever perfumery rather than the wrong notes being published. Two hours in and the perfume is fading. Somewhere between three and four hours after spraying, it's gone. Classic cologne - fleeting beauty.

Good smell at a low price (I bought it on Fragrancex and paid around 35$ for 100ml). Less spicy than the original version and more citric. Better for the summer days. Longevity are great (about 6-8 hours) and sillage moderate. A good option if you like Declaration and are looking for a more fresh version.I prefer this than a original. ('m not saying it's better than the original, just fits to me more ...) scent: 7/10 longevity: 8/10 sillage: 7/10

Got my hands on a 2ml sample of this. To my nose it starts with a kinda synthetic citrus smell, one that reminds me of scented furniture polish. But then it evolves to a nice gingery scent that sadly doesn't last more than two hours. I'd still own a bottle of this if it wasn't discontinued

Images of Tangier first come to mind. A zesty clean bitter orange opening with the classy DNA of the original Dėclaration, but extremely poor longevity and sillage. There is no dry down because it just disappears! Such a shame as this would be a perfect summer fragrance otherwise.