Declaration Essence

Cartier Declaration Essence EDT opens with a moderate projection of citrus, floral, and sharp green notes. The opening is mature, elegant, intense, classy, and versatile. The vetiver, tea, orange blossom, lavender, and lemon are the opening noticeable notes. The vetiver is by far the most prominent note, it comes across a freshly cut grass, dry, green herbaceous, earthy, pure, fresh, intense, and sharp. One step behind is the tea which supplements the greenness of the vetiver with a slightly sweet, green, and herbaceous note. The flowers, sandalwood, and musk are two steps behind and work as support notes, the lavender adds a soft clean-like, purple floral accord; the geranium a sweet, warm, lemony, and green note; the orange blossom is a white floral with a citrus touch. The sandalwood and musk are faint notes in the back of the fragrance, they contribute with a pinch of sweetness and a musky earthy note. The opening to dry down transition is relatively linear, the lemon is noticeable during the opening but just for a brief moment, then the notes of the fragrance line up as described earlier and continue into the dry down. Once Cartier Declaration Essence EDT has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, intense green vetiver, tea, sandalwood, white-purple floral, and musky fragrance. The fragrance feels bold, casual, classy, cold, dated, dry, earthy, elegant, exotic, expensive, formal, fresh, grassy, green harsh, high-quality, intense, invigorating, masculine, mature, musky, natural, nicely-blended, office-ready, persistent, professional, pure, refreshing, rich, sharp, slightly sweet, versatile, white, zesty, and pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020 (#8HBE). WOW RATING: 10/10. A very intense and pure vetiver fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 3/10. The intense vetiver, and a mild musky earthy note, are noticeable. UNIQUENESS: 9/10. Vetiver fragrances are common, the intensity of this one makes it unique. MASS APPEAL: 5/10. Vetiver fragrances are suited for mature wearers, not a crowd-pleasing fragrance. PROJECTION: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 6/10. Very good, about 6 hours, it projects well for over 4 hours. SEASONS: Winter, spring, summer, fall, colder days, daytime, nighttime, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, gym, sports, office, business, casual, holidays, vacations, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 10/10. Vetiver fragrances are highly versatile, any occasion, any season. GENDER: Masculine. The vetiver is a masculine note. AGES: 30 and above. RECOMMENDATION: Cartier Declaration Essence EDT can be found discounted for under $40. The collection of every mature man requires a solid, masculine, green, classic, and fresh office-ready fragrance like this. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: No, sample it first, the vetiver is intense, also a mild musky earthy note. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. • Alfred Dunhill Pursuit EDT Men is a good, mild, vetiver, green, woody, cedar, and spicy fragrance. • Bentley Infinity Rush is a great sweet orange, vetiver, spicy, woody, and soft musky fragrance. • Escentric Molecules 05 EDT is a good, woody green cashmeran, juniper, cypress, ISO E-Super, and musky citrusy ambroxan fragrance. • Montale Red Vetiver is a great, vetiver, and cedar fragrance. • Parfums De Marly Shagya EDP is a very good, mild, green vetiver, fresh cedar, guaiac wood, and bergamot fragrance. • Terre D’Hermes Parfum is OK, a mild, slightly sweet, woody, mossy oakmoss, citrusy, orange, and grapefruit fragrance. • Versace The Dreamer EDT is a good, classy, mid, tobacco, floral, powdery iris, resinous amber, herbal artemisia, and juniper fragrance. • Cartier Declaration Essence EDT is a great, intense, green vetiver, tea, sandalwood, white-purple floral, and musky fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, intense green vetiver, tea, sandalwood, white-purple floral, and musky fragrance. The fragrance feels bold, casual, classy, cold, dated, dry, earthy, elegant, exotic, expensive, formal, fresh, grassy, green harsh, high-quality, intense, invigorating, masculine, mature, musky, natural, nicely-blended, office-ready, persistent, professional, pure, refreshing, rich, sharp, slightly sweet, versatile, white, zesty, and pleasant.

i have been looking for a great and pleasant sandal wood fragrance and i think i have just found it.. something that isn't TdH's cedar scent!! it has quite a captivating woody spiced freshness about itself. i know people are going to compare the two so let me just put it out there it's not as obnoxious as TdH to my nose. it has a great quality and long lasting freshness the ebb's and flows between a woody smell and fresh/spicey. very strange yet captivating. if i had the chance and would have tried this first TdH would not be in my cabinet. however as a collector i will have to add this to my collection soon. sooo if you are looking for a subtle yet refreshing woody type scent i suggest you try this one. after spending a half hour with the cartier rep i understand the perfumers objective. i think mathilde laurent hit spot on with this one. this fragrance gets a big thumbs up from me. 8 out of 10. all around good fragrance and good sillage and longevity * side note if you have a moment read up on Les Heures de Parfum.. or try and find a place to sample it.. there are only 13 stores that carry the 13 hours line... as for ordering one of the 13 scents i'm sure you can from a certified online vendor.

Terre D'Hermes has been one of my favourites, and is chimed to have the same Ellena DNA. Probably so, but I find Declaration Essence to be an interesting, natural, herbaceous, complex and elegant composition. Blending is first class and this is one of my favourite vetiver-combos ever. The notes project stronger than in the original Declaration EDT, especially the prominent vetiver, which is why I like it a lot.The tea-note adds a special touch. Performance is better as well, though, the EDT is fresher overall. Projects a polished, intense, aromatic, invigorating, distinctly accomplished and masculine personality; very versatile and perfect for office and social occasions. If TDH is professional, DE is distinguished. I like them both. This is one classy and stylish scent, and like TDH, signature worthy. I don't get any BO at all, it's just zingy. For anyone who doesn't have this issue either, this ought to be a top-shelf recommendation. I prefer DE over many, including more expensive scents. Update: Got confirmation that Essence is officially discontinued, very disappointing to me as it was a favourite and signature as well. Have some test bottles on stock but still a shame it's officially gone.

After reading piyux's review about Cartier Declaration Essence EDT, I decided to buy a full bottle. He was dead on accurate in his assessment of this fragrance. If you really want to know about Essence please scroll down and read the review by piyux. That guy is utterly amazing in his detailed analysis of fragrances and I always try to read his reviews when I am looking on blind buying anything even if it is just a sample size of a particular scent! To nutshell it for you, if you like the original Cartier Declaration EDT but want something with a little more vetiver, musk and citrus kick then grab a bottle of Cartier Declaration Essence EDT and you will be happy wearing it for the Spring, Summer and Fall. It is a very clean, professional, classy and elegant fragrance that you can wear confidently to work, but has enough sex appeal to wear it after hours.

I am a woman, but I love wearing this fragrance. Then again, I love the naughtiness of blurring gender lines, and I don't really believe that there is such a thing as a male or female fragrance. At first spray, this fragrance definitely has some bite. Very peppery, some of that "BO" note that a lot of people have mentioned. After about ten minutes, though, it settles down to somewhere in between spicy tea and a winter forest. Towards the end of the day, it smells soft and floral with a hint of lime. It lasts me for about a work day, and it's subtle, not overpowering. Beautiful evolution, truly for the days when you have something to elegantly "declare." :)

Nice clean and soapy, barbershop esque fragrance. Not a fan of the original Declaration but this is great. Green and fresh and pleasing. Soft tea, pleasing soapy orange blossom, clean sharp lavender and geranium, some citruses, and a nice soapy vetiver and sandalwood base make this smell classy, gentlemanly, and masculine while being accessible and super clean. The vetiver in this is woody kinda too, this scent smells very unique to me while being very easy to wear, especially for a vetiver frag. It has a sweetness too somewhere in there. Just extremely well blended IMO and a great all around frag. What a banger this is.

Nose Note #293 It's much like the OG Declaration. I wouldn't even guess which one was which, but I've sprayed the two on each arm and the OG is obviously much more spicy - spicy in a gourmand way, just reminiscent of spicy food. Here it's more aquatic and more about citrus - the way I read remember the OG actually. It's quite surprising to me because before comparing the two I never considered Declaration to be as spicy as it is with cumin, coriander and cardamom. So in a way maybe this is closer to Rodriguez Bleu Noir which is kind of a simplified version of OG Declaration.

Update: Wore this at a lounge/dinner event and every woman kept telling me I smell good. Of course being alcohol at the event, women started getting a bit loose as well and kept smelling my neck and hugging me especially one who kept flocking to me and smiling and saying I am her ideal man. I dont mind but a bit awkward as most had dates or husbands. In any case this is a MUST have fragrance for real men. Not teens or boys as girls their age just dont get it and dont have mature noses. This is pheromones in a bottle guys just like Terre D'Hermes!

Declaration Essence di Cartier è la versione agrumata di Declaration. Prodotto autunnale e primaverile. L'apertura è agrumata grazie al bergamotto e al limone. Lo spirito vispo è tenuto in piedi dalle foglie di tè, mentre la proiezione tridimensionale è fornita dalla contemporanea presenza di legno di sandalo e geranio. La nota di vetiver rende il prodotto salato e legnoso, ma ciò che rende unica la fragranza è il bergamotto che continua il suo viaggio olfattivo dall'inizio alla fine. Profumo 9/10 Sillage 8,5/10 Longevità 8,5/10

this wud easily be one of my best blind buys. it's a complex beauty. initial blast of tea, geranium n amber. which stays for a long long time. getting all the attention a fragrance possibly can. just love the dry down.. still as rich n spicy n exotic. in a hot country like india, it easily lasts for 10+ hours. never letting u forget what u wearing for the day, can imagine what it'd be doing to others. verdict? get this underrated piece of art.

The note pyramid is wrong. Essence version is still heavy on cardamom, cumin and birch and cedar like the original declaration. The difference is that the citrus notes of the essence version are toned down and the addition of labdanum makes it a little darker on the skin - I'd say Declaration is the extroverted and playful brother, while Essence is the introverted and less playful version But they're both twins.

I'm agree, it's similar original Declaration. But it's darker more earthly less fresh more geranium. Long last and sillage is good but you will disappointment if you compare with original Declaration. It's good to rear for business appointment or office. Because it's no less, no more and no annoyed to crowd. It's hi-class and good quality as same as all CARTIER product.

I believe this one is as close as you can get to the early batches of the OG Declaration. The cardamom is still pronounced, even though it’s not listed as a note on Fragrantica. I probably wouldn’t have noticed the tea note if I hadn’t read the note breakdown beforehand. Overall, it’s a very enjoyable fragrance and a great performer if you’re a fan of declaration.

Glad I was able to snag a bottle for a good price before it got discontinued. This is really a classy Spring/Summer gentlemanly scent! A little more mature, so I'm not sure the younger crowd will appreciate this. I've been very impressed and happy with everything I've gotten my nose on from Cartier and this is no exception. Well done (as usual) Cartier!

Amazing! Seems like it gives the wrong impression to first timers. But Its such a manly fragrance. Very woody, spicy and smokey. Its a bit up there and like Terre D'Hermes with something I cant think of right now. Much better then the original as its more noticeable and has a little extra and lasts longer.

My lord! This smells just about identical to Krigler 31 (America One) from 1931 worn by Hemingway and JFK, which currently goes for $660 for 100ml. It’s the only fragrance I care enough about to have a backup bottle. If you like Krigler 31, buy this before they’re all gone.

اين ادكلن از اون ادکلنایی هستش که هربار بوش کنی اون تلخی و بوی خاصش تا همیشه همراهته . بویی که هیج جا و هیچ ادکلنی بهت نمیده . نیاز هر شخص برای استفاذه روزانه و یا استفاده توی مراسم و جشنها ادکلنی که هرکسی دیدت میگه چه ادکلنی زدی ❤️😍

All i get fr this is citrus citrus citrus And i love it. Its a light , uplifting and amazing scent. Sure not the best performance ... I get about 5 to 6 hours of longevity with moderate sillage.

This fragrance is really elegant. Declaration Essence is a fragrance for fussy classy gentlemen. Both the regular version and the essence version are original and unique fragrances.

great quality: you can even see a little bit oily structure of liquid on the walls of the bottle after shaking it!!! have never seen nothing like this in ordinary edts before!!!