Cabaret Pour Homme

Hard to find but worth seeking out,Ebay can be good. Cabaret Pour Homme is a dry,dusty powdery fragrance with hints of fruit & spicy woods. I wouldn't describe it as an Oriental fragrance but it does fall in to the Fougere category quite easily. The opening top notes are very crisp & clean,there is a deeper sweet note too,maybe the pineapple? The middle and very lasting notes lull you into memories of a traditional barber shop,with crisp almost medicinal lavender & lily-of-the valley. The base notes have a deep warmth which lasts for hours,the tonka bean & oakmoss being very identifiable. I do agree with most other reviewers when they say this is a fragrance for an older man, (I would suggest mature & refined),but really when you get a top quality scent like this.Surely it's for anyone to make their own mind up. At the time of writing this review,Dior has just released "Sauvage" which smells very similar.So maybe the old fashioned barber shop scent is making a come-back? I have worn CBH for years & I always get compliments. It's very hard to find now,so I keep it for special occasions. But it's worth looking on Ebay for bargains.I found a coffret on offer for less than £20 with 50ml EDT & 200ml shower gel. This fragrance has excellent longevity with a good but subtle projection. Would I buy it again? Most definitley ! I love the ruby red,ribbed glass flask like bottle,very stylish,an homage to Art Deco. For longevity- 8/10. For projection/sillage 7/10.

This a very interesting, well composed (pierre bourdon) fragrance. My initial thoughts (review later) are this does in fact smell like drakkar noir. I respectfully disagree with the review below saying it smells like Tsar. Im usually the first one to disagree when people generalize about old school frags since thats my thing...but nah its totally fair to say theres similarities. By no means whatsoever is this a clone, and its more that theyre both a certain kind of fougere that have other relatives. Instead of the big dihydromercanol dose like DN, cabaret actually goes more the tom ford anthracite route, reminding me of the "concrete" aspect of that but not as intense as in the TF NA. I actually wonder if pierre was trying to out-drakkar-noir drakkar noir lol, i think there is a quote about him saying he wanted to make a "new kind of freshness" after D.N. released, which led to Green Irish Tweed. It performs allright...just allright so far. Maybe with air in the bottle now it will come alive more. P.s. really suprised nobody else thought this smells kinda like RL Safari...i think it might smell more like that than Pasha de Cartier. Also i dunno about this being the precursor to the pineapple note in aventus, they seem different...although its true that bourdon taught herault and then herault created aventus so... P.s. to be honest, i think this pineapple note smells more like pineapple than aventus. Hot take maybe? You decide lol.

This one was a surprise. I was researching Pierre Bourdon and the origins of Creed Aventus and I stumbled upon this perfume as being one of (but not the) original mens perfumes featuring pineapple, which turns out was a signature ingredient of Bourdons and lends heavily to the theory that either he or his protege were the real nose behind Aventus. So I have not worn Drakkar since I was in highschool in the 1990’s. My interest was in buying this was as a reference perfume and for the outrageously beautiful bottle (which I’ve come to realize is higher quality than one would expect). Consistent with what others have said below, this one opens very similar to Drakkar - notwithstanding has been 25 years since I’ve worn it, I would know that smell a mile off. However, within 2 to 3 minutes you experience the most dramatic change where the perfume pivots into the mid - and a bright aromatic pineapple-based Fougere presents itself. As someone said below, this certainly feels like the blueprint for Aventus. It is a modern version of Drakkar with pineapple mixed in, blended very well so that it wears extremely smooth. So, my curiosity has resulted in me owning a very fine, criminally underrated, and sadly forgotten beautiful pineapple Fougere. If you can find it for a reasonable price I would say go for it. Edit: Two back up bottles on order.

Very masculine, long-lasting fragrance that strikes me more as a woody musk than oriental fougere. The sillage hums with sophistication with the understated elegance of bespoke clothing. The opening is almost watery in a cool forest air fashion - I think that's the juniper berries lightened by pineapple. The floral mid notes rise quickly and blend with the herbs in the top notes, almost as if there's no middle. But the real treasure is in the drydown. Ah, oakmoss, vetiver & wormwood bitterness warmed by tonka and spiced up by cloves & patchouli with musk pulsing through like a beating heart. Very, very nice indeed. Nosed by the great Pierre Bourdon, my fragrance guru. The photo doesn't do the bottle justice. It's actually quite handsome with its "bakelite" top and thin profile. The red ribs in the glass feel good to hold, as would, I think, any man classy enough to wear this. I wear it on days when I want to waken my inner Wonder Woman.

Some good, accurate comments that I agree with on this one already. A clean, beautiful, grown-up, complex, sophisticated scent with subtlety and some floral notes. Some feminine feeling notes but gently masculine throughout. Very natural smelling. Seems to gently evolve. Sweet but not too sweet. Gently woody and musky. Feels like a happy scent to me. Subtle but projects well for at least 4 or 5 hours. Still smells clearly at 7 hours with a little bit of projection. Still on my skin at 11 hours. Not got many subtle, complex fragrances that last as well as this without ever being too loud or sharp. This would suit cooler weather and more formal or professional situations but you could wear it anytime. Well worth a try.