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!!!

scent : 10/10 sillage : 7/10 longevity :7/10 70% day / 30% night fragrance nice green and woody scent

Beautiful Green Woody Citrus Fragrance .... Love it

I wore the ORIGINAL Déclaration at launch and absolutely loved it, but felt it didn't love me (as I wrote on Fragrantica 17th May 2014). Ever since, I've avoided all its flankers at duty free, not wanting to endure a long haul flight testing a scent that had earned an ambiguous reputation with me. Wolfgang Mazrin describes a similar experience with Essence as I had with the original - that body chemistry interaction is noticeably a real determiner of how one gets on with either. Having read selectively about 'Essence' here and elsewhere, and discovering a good online offer, I've taken the plunge once again with this Machiavellian wonder. The good news is this flanker works for me when original Déclaration didn't quite. Bbjr (Dec 24 2018) reflects my thinking in that the toned-down citrus solves the cloying problem. If the lime gives Essence a sweaty, virile, body odour 'pheromonal' post-coital redolence; it's the addition of lemon that cleans it up so that it's edgy but safe. Déclaration Essence gets it 'right'. The subtly smoky tea and vetiver really works for me. Combined with the lime and amber there's a brooding atmosphere that evokes hot and steamy tropical Indian subcontinent hillsides. Like tea plantations, with their sweaty tea pickers battling the humidity and heat of the afternoon. Trying it, leaving it, returning to it, I'm perplexed how I really can't seem to pick out any of the florals. All I get is citrus and woods from beginning to end. Strangely, I want to believe there's cardamom in there somewhere. (It isn't.) A curious semblance persists though. Déclaration Essence is a beautifully crafted scent with respectable longevity and projection. It couldn't possibly matter which side one's preferences fall - original or Essence - the drydown of each is so similar. Essence gets my vote: a purely personal view on what are subtle differences between two awesome creations. Essence takes the best of the original whilst taming its challenging aspects. A good scent has attained true greatness.

I'd been putting off reviewing this one because I had such odd memories of it. At first it's a nice, light, spiced wood scent. Very soon, though the wood seems to disappear and is replaced by very sharp, sweet, peppery smoke. And that is why this fragrance is a barbecue, or maybe a campfire. No, not *exactly* in every note, but to me it seems so obvious...standing there by the fire while the mesquite wood burns. That being said, back to the clear liquid in the vial: it's still sweet, sharp and peppery, and feels very incomplete, like a Demeter fragrance. "Backyard Barbecue". I think there's some sandalwood, and probably some believable incense, but I just can't make any association at all beyond Barbecue. If I could take this seriously as a personal fragrance for use in scenting my person, I would first of all debate whether it's too piercing; the sharpness, the direct and harsh sweetness, and the pepper might stab at other people's noses, even though it's not an overall "powerhouse" onslaught. I also don't see it as a room spray, because it's too close to the smell that I want to get off my clothes and hair when I come home after barbecue or a campfire. Plus, the basenotes have an assy BO component which isn't doing anyone any good.

This is a spicy-aromatic scent in my opinion, I don't understand why Fragrantica says that it belongs to the group of citrus fragrances because I don't get those citrus notes, neither on the paper nor on my skin. Generally, Cartier "Declaration Essence" is rather a stronger fragrance than a soft fragrance and I suggest to use it during summer and fall rather than during winter and spring. In summer this one might turn out to be the perfect fragrance for hot days and vacations. Smelling this fragrance I have to think of a wealthy and sophisticated type of man who's wearing a polo-shirt and reading a book while sitting in the shadow on a hot summer day. I do get the tea, vetiver and geranium ingredients in the top with a soft orange blossom in the base. Although they officially say there is no cinnamon in it I get the feeling there must be cinnamon in it. My advice would be not to spray too much of it on your skin since this - especially in hot weather - might give you headaches. However, this fragrance was a surprise to me because I always thought that only the original fragrances were good and worth buying. This was a present for me by my parents and I love it now!

This is basically a deeper and darker version of the original Declaration. Many of the sharp top notes have been removed, and the green notes, like tea play the main role here, along with the lime and cardamom. Essence smells like Declaration's drydown (which is wonderful), and this from the opening. For those who dislike Declaration's BO note that I love, don't try Essence. To my nose that note is even more present in this flanker. That apart, Essence has kept the classiness of its father declaration, which I tend to prefer. Longevity and sillage are medium / high. Love it. EDIT : reformulated as well, along the original Declaration. Loss of character and longevity.

My nose read this flanker as spicy. For me it's mainly vetiver and tea. Perhaps more tea than vetiver. It's a very nice scent; I like it. This is the third Declaration I've tried and I like them all - good work from Cartier. I guess I need to try the cologne variation. I do not get any animalic or citrus notes in this at all - or perhaps I didn't really pay attention when I sprayed it on. (Update: I sprayed more on later in the day - I got them then. The animalic/BO notes weren't offensive at all, just unusual. It made this particular flanker more interesting.) Why is the bottle a blue fade? It should be a tan fade, I think.

To me this is a washed down and milkier version of Voyage d'Hermes. What I get from it is milky cardamom tea which not cardamom nor milk are listed as an official note. Either it has cardamom or the combination of other notes is mimicking it, it is there to my nose. Also it is very unisex to me. Unfortunately like most of other new fragrances, longevity and silage is not there. If you like it then you will enjoy it and maybe another person who is sitting/standing very close to you. I think this is a perfect scent for mid-spring day time.

sophisticated, classy formal scent, i love it, i put it on this morning, but after 2-3 hours, i can barely notice the scent, i dunno but i'll try again, its kinda perfume for a moody type of guy. The 1st time i wore this i felt this is an excellent, perfect with its elegant scent but i dunno why it took me 2 months before i decided to put it on again, today is my 2nd time, not sure when will be the 3rd time. Overall: Scent - 5/5 Longevity - 2/5 Projection - 3/5 Sillage - 2/5

There's this fragrance and then there's "Declaration" which came out before this one. I've tried "Declaration" and then when I tried this fragrance, I can't quite pinpoint the differences in both of them as they smell quite the same. Declaration has more fragrance notes then this one. I think the perfume pyramid is kind of wrong because I smell the same type(s) of spices that "Declaration" has, yet the pyramid for this one doesn't list them.

This smells nice but is lacking when compared to the original Declaration. It's darker and seems to be missing a lot of what made the original great. The longevity only seems to last for three hours or so where I would get all day with the original though the projection seems to be the same at just below average. This fragrance feels like the B version of Declaration where everything is not as streamlined or satisfying.

Very close to Declaration keeping the fresh effect but meatier. The citruses are balanced very shrewdly with a sweet-warm amber body odor smell present in the heart of this. Not overtly animalic so don't run to hills. Spicy for sure and smoky in a friendly way. If you are into clean (laundry type) smells you will probably be surprised. The rest of us can indulge freely.

I've tested once more in summer (Spain, nearly to the beach) and I've changed my opinion from my last review (see below). The cardamom note is less noticeable in hot weather leaving the protagonism to the bitter orange note. I still don't like the top notes, but after half hour... Yes!! That was I've expected of this fragrance. Thanks, summer.

Its not bad but its not great . This cologne gave me a ho hum feeling. It's probably safe enough to wear at the office. To be honest the smell made me a little nauseous after wearing it all day. A lot of these colognes depend on your body chemistry and this one doesn't seem to work with mine. Luckily, I only got a carded sample.

Even this is a very heavily and mannish perfume that I cannot wear just for a few occasions and it not fits me it's something in it that i like,it makes me feel powerful,confident and happy.This remember me of the last Christmas.And for me this is definitely the mix of Christmas's flavours.

Super spicy , sort of rough opening. Once you let it go for an hour it dries down to a slightly smokier version of the original. Overall it's good, but not for everyone. It doesn't seem like the notes are correct.

This is much better than the original, but I detect the same cardamom note (not listed) that ruins the top & middle notes (imo). Great smell passed 2 hours. Maybe unisex.

Soapy, earthy and spicy. Theres a weird cumin/BO smell in the background that puts me off but all around its a decent all season fragrance.

pretty decent clean masculine scent, nothing incredibly special, 8/10. great performance though I'm still getting whiffs 9 hours later

Well , on my skin Declaration is much better Performance in every Angel & that is the long story short.

Case you do more than one little splash per body region you might be sued for privacy threatening. 8/10

Citrus and BBQ in a bottle with above average performance. 4/5

In short.....smells like sexy man sweat.

It's funny how I can not actually make up my mind whether I like this or not. From the atomizer (which is tacky but very high quality) to the juice and notes used, this screams a freshy that takes itself very, very seriously! There is no playfulness in this, this is a freshy still, but not in a gym scent kind of way, this is a freshy in a gentlemanly dressed up type of way. The moment you spray this, you will notice how great the atomizer is, and then you will be hit by a very spicy opening, for some reason, being this spicy does not really suit all age groups in my opinion, and the opening can be a bit too much if you ask me. The tea note in the opening can be dialed down a little bit, and I agree with BOish kind of vibe this can give especially if mixed with a little bit of sweat. This is not very unisex in my opinion, it is very manly and seductive, not easy to pull off especially if you are a younger guy, and if a fragrance can evoke a picture in my mind, this for some reason smells like a grey tux on a gentleman. If you like the Sauvages and the blues, do not get this, and generally do not get this as a blind buy. Longevity is kind of meh too, performance in general is average.

Declaration Essence Cologne is a rather curious perfume in that it has poor sillage yet a quite determined longevity. It's a skin scent about half an hour in. After about six hours you have to go hunting for it on your own body to find it but it hangs in doggedly in traces and elements for ten hours and beyond. It opens with geranium, lavender, tea and a vague feel of citrus. Two and a half hours later the smell is the same but with the addition of the orange blossom and lemon. It remains that way but getting progressively weaker. I don't get any sandalwood or vetiver. I just get a rather dull, bland freshy. The vibe reminds me of YSL Cologne Gingembre and Chanel's Platinum Egoiste. It's all just a bit office safe, not wanting to stand out or make a statement. I don't object to the smell but it's as exciting as wallpaper paste. It certainly doesn't smell like the original Declaration and it certainly doesn't have the flair of Declaration Cologne or the presence of Declaration D'Un Soir. When I look at some of the reviews below I'm also convinced there are people who are reviewing Declaration Cologne here by accident instead of Declaration Essence Cologne.

A lot has been said, so I'd rather compare the 3 major flankers of this line: - Declaration (original): citrus top and spicy/woody cardamom base - Declaration Essence: toned done citrus and tea top, base identical to the original with a hint more vetiver - Declaration Parfum: different from the two previous ones. The citrus top is out, and spices are toned down. It's all about resins, leather and cardamom, with a hint of incense. I see the original as a tribute to Eau d'Hermes, the Essence as a minor woody twist, the Parfum as a resinous leather flanker more distant than the other two. My preference goes to the original, with Essence as a close runner-up (these two would be hard to differentiate in blind test, tbh, for how similar they are one from the other).

This is similar to declaration but stronger in scent, if u like declaration u would like this as well, I do like this a bit more more than declaration , coz it is stronger , I give the scent 7.8/10

it's citrus, but not that sharp citrus you are thinking of. It's sweet citrus. But overall it's not very easy to wear.

Cartier's own website says: "A fresh perfume, spicy and woody with the power and majesty of cedar, brightened with cardamom and warmed by notes of labdanum." Printing on the back of the store tester says similarly. Déclaration's usual spice-cedar structure with a clear touch of labdanum are apparent in this flanker. And yet there's totally no cedar, cardamom nor labdanum in Fragrantica's note table. Notes for this one seem all over the place, depending on who you ask or where you look. Selfridges says "Bergamot, Bitter Orange, Cistus, Pepper, Cardamom, Cedar Wood, Vetiver, Oak Moss." At least that is closer to what the fragrance actually smells like. Nonetheless, hasn't stopped countless reviewers before me from miraculously smelling lavender or geranium in this due to Fragrantica's error.

The initial scent is of a very fresh, very pleasant, slightly unusual, but unusual in a nice way spicy aromatic, woody, citrus. It’s smells like a scent you could really like, but after wearing it for two hours the scent was almost undetectable on my skin. This scent would probably work well as a light, inoffensive, but kind of nice, daily work perfume. For me it’s too faint, too subtle, and it doesn’t have the wow factor that I’m looking for in my scents. Yes, the initial blast is very nice, but the scent doesn’t last long enough, so I won’t be investing in a full bottle of the perfume.