Panthere

Amazing perfume. I'm lucky to have a vintage miniature dab on which is better than a spray because it's pure parfum and on your skin directly you can really experience the fragrance as it's meant to be. This starts off with a delicious 1980s cool rich mom vibe - leather handbag of the expensive kind, luxury powder and lipstick, make-up. Smells like a mix of all the most feminine products in one handbag. The multi colored florals kick in right away - yellow ylang ylang, white jasmine, purple heliotrope, pink rose, red carnation, blue iris, among other florals. The vetiver and green notes, courtesy of patchouli and oak moss follow immediately. Green but soft green not a heavy hitting chypre green. This is not that mossy or herbal but what it is is a bright powdery floral with a slight green accord that gives it an exotic jungle flair. Evokes the image of flowers found in the middle of a jungle.This is sweet because it has fruit notes in the top (which I can't detect) but mostly sweet floral. The powdery effect is so lovely. Dries down to amber and musk. It's a civet musk that is actually not that bad. Gets dusty and musky at the same time. The fragrance lasts for hours all day and has a very good projection. It's warm and spicy, Oriental and smoky, rich, fills the head. I love the bottle with the panther. I would peg this as mainly a fall and winter fragrance but it's good all year round. The florals are definitely spring and summer whereas the spices incense and musk are fall and winter. This is a beautiful classy fragrance which although dated has so much going for it. If you like Poison by Dior and Magie Noire by Lancome, chances are you will love this perfume because it has those kind of vibes. Great for wearing on a fancy dinner date and formal events. Ultra femme, super feminine, for a confident woman who enjoys perfume, as in real perfume.

Vintage Panthère is such a gem (pun intended). I believe the current La Panthère is a completely different scent (though I have yet to smell it), but I'd expect it to be decent, considering it is the work of Mathilde Laurent. Panthère is such an 80s time capsule - spicy-amber-woody goodness with a big floral heart. As a sandalwood aficionado, I was also keen to try it for this note alone, and I'm not disappointed. The bottle is great, distinctive and luxe, worthy of the scent inside. Panthère opens with a lush orange blossom note, bolstered by a fresh, zesty citrus accord. Soft spices, notably ginger, add a peppery lift, while labdanum creates an ambery effect from the beginning. Here, it is reminiscent of Christmas in the very best way. As it develops, a bold floral bouquet emerges, led by heady tuberose and clean jasmine. The florals are sweet instead of indolic, and ylang ylang and rose are also detectable. There is a hint of spice, adding depth and interest. The florals become powdery as they develop, with iris and polleny heliotrope emerging, blurring the edges of the more carnal white florals. Sandalwood creeps in after the floral heart has fully bloomed, tempering and complementing Panthère beautifully. It acts as a counterpoint to the feminine sweetness, being smooth, rich and warm. Vanilla adds some sweetness to the drydown, while an earthy, animalic accord emerges, adding a typically vintage finish to this scent. It becomes an ambery skin scent as it fades, with hints of sweetness and woody notes. Sillage is moderate and longevity is impressive. Bold yet elegant, this is a typical 80s scent yet manages to be more refined. Luxurious and feminine, it is just the right amount of sexy - best worn during autumn/winter evenings. For women, not girls. I would love a full bottle housed in the red box. Excellent. 4.5/5.

Incomparably beautiful, rich, redolent, golden and sensuous. Truly feline, sleek, stealthy. Glossy noir. Gardenia, jasmine, orange blossom, a cascade of white florals restrained by the depth of civet, sparkling with ginger, hinting of rose. Golden ambery, warm with exotic nutmeg; the nutmeg of the islands, the real, old nutmeg. A carnation that is clovey, but not medicinal: sweet, sexy, purring like a fat cat, this is rich, luxurious, velvety and posh. Animalic? Yes, no doubt. This is the kind of intoxicating perfume that leads me to contemplate buying up the world's supplies. This is the kind of perfume where the idea of a dupe is laughable, as in diabolically cackling laughter. This is the kind of perfume that inspires words like masterpiece, and makes a signature. This may well be the sultriest perfume of all time. There is so much happening here, such complexity. Some of that comes from the sheer number of notes and constituent elements. Like a symphony orchestra versus a chamber orcestra, a big band versus a small jazz band: neither is better, but with a big band you can attempt things you can't with a four person band. Cartier panthere is like a great symphony orchestra, inspired and led by a brilliant conductor, featuring masterful solos, interpreting a beautiful, brilliant work. It feels ridiculously opulent, over-the-top gorgeous, almost too much, veering into a thousand and one strings. DRAMA!

19. may 2011 I have a vintage version of pure parfum 30ml bottle and also a vintage parfum de toilette 75 ml bottle of this discontinued treasure. I haven ́t tried a newer version in EDT and EDP of "Panthere" so my review is for vintage only by far. I don ́t see this as oriental fragrance, this is quite sweet and rich. To me this is a typical rich-bitch perfume. Very complex and sophisticated, but not in any way simple. Also not in any way i would palce it in a category for mature/old women (though when i wear it i hear comments about smelling like an old lady). The category for this one is feminine and classy women. I would highly recommend to wear this with fabrics like velvet or lace (but i really enjoy it while wearing something casual as well). Why? because it is agressive and powerful and also quite soft like a kitten. At first i thought that the name for it is not propriate, but later i realized just like panther it can be either cuddling or agressive, depends on the wearer type. I really like how tuberose is combined here with other florals (carnation in particular) without being smelling too floral. The drydown has a strong sandalwood note, which i really like. A really powerful fragrance with a great lasting power. And like other Cartier fragrances it has really nice packaging and amazing bottle. The new version is very simplified, but the vintage bottles are even more beautiful!

I just received this blind buy, 50ml vintage parfum de toilette recharge bottle today in the post, sans cap or decorative panther around the bottle. On first spritz I knew I’d have to immediately get a back up for this even before it had dried down. Creamy white & exotic yellow florals, the combination of amber & spices with these florals produce an almost honeyed, narcotic/indolic incense that wafts off from my skin, I’m actually quite surprised honey isn’t mentioned in the notes because I can swear I smell it here, although it could be the combination of orange blossom, tuberose and ylang that is creating that accord. This fragrance is spellbinding and beautifully feminine to me. I’m on the hunt for a parfum version now, I’m so happy I discovered this. Edit: I also bought a 50ml of the vintage eau de Parfum spray in a glass diamond etched bottle with the glass panther lid similar to the image above. Strangely enough, to me the eau de parfum is not as powerful as the parfum de toilette the fragrance is just as beautiful though. Edit: the eau de parfum is superior. Smells like magic when it dies down, the craftsmanship of this perfume is stunning.