Eau de Cade

For some reason this fragrance is listed twice on this website, with slightly different notes! Where this page lists bergamot, cedar, pink pepper, juniper and labdanum, the other one lists juniper, sandalwood, rosemary and immortelle (plus bergamot, which is not listed, but its avatar is right below the description!) However, trust me, these are not two different fragrances, but the exact same Eau de Cade - only listed twice... and both times with wrong notes. :) I don't know who is responsible for this confusion, but the truth is that this beautiful scent contains all of the aforementioned notes, and I bet there's some coriander or saffron in it as well. As I have described in my review on the other EdC page, I bought this scent for my husband, but I ended up wearing it myself. It's a beautiful fresh spicy fragrance, completely unisex. I find it quite similar to Volutes by Diptyque; on paper, these fragrances share only a couple of notes (pink pepper and immortelle), but the overall olfactory experience is surprisingly similar. If you're looking for a gorgeous fresh spicy scent, but cannot afford Volutes, Eau de Cade is a very good substitute, and much cheaper.

Cade is a heartbreaker. Something that smells this delicious, this subtlety perfect must, by the cruel universal laws of equilibrium, have abysmal performance. If you are one of those who are suspicious when reviews talk of poor longevity, no sillage, etc, I encourage you to try Cade. You will find out the true meaning of low performance. It goes on lightly- a beautiful, ephemeral juniper, peppery scent that is one of the nicest things I’ve experienced. It is exquisite. I want to bathe in this scent. But I jest not, this scent lasts two hours before it is virtually undetectable. It’s an EDC at best, but more like a spritz of water with essence of juniper. A true “what could have been” fragrance- rightfully discontinued, but if they brought it back with greatestrength, I’d be the first to buy. Update: I've worn it often since I've bought it. It's such a great scent- there is no way to overspray this so just keep on spraying throughout the day.

I bought this scent for my husband, but I ended up wearing it myself. :) Eau de Cade is another winner from L'Occitane, tailor-made for colder weather. It's a simple yet beautiful composition, but I must observe that the notes in the description above are not entirely correct, as there are many more ingredients than listed. The opening is mostly bergamot with spices (rosemary, corriander, cloves) and other ingredients include immortelle, cedar, juniper and sandalwood, with the last two being especially prominent. This has now overtaken Guerlain's Vetiver as my favourite men's scent (although I would definitely classify Cade as unisex). I cannot wait to wear it during the winter months!

It smells very fresh and pleasant. When I was buying it, I was deciding between this and Cade and Lavender and liked this one the best. I only later realized though, that the performance is not the greatest. The smell however is amazing to me. I think you could wear it anytime of the year, except maybe on very hot days. It smells expensive and natural, although I'd expect that for 50€/100ml. One con besides the weak performance is the sprayer, which is not that high quality. The paint on the plastic start to peel of after only a couple of uses.

Eau de Baux gets a lot of love on this site but when I tested it alongside Cade, I much prefer Cade. It is well groomed gent but very confident, understated and with a lot of sunshine and soap. The juniper is not gin like rather it perks up the cedar to produce the warm wood effect. Bergamot is not that obvious at any stage but again peps it all up to be fresh and sunny. It is not sweet but not bitter either. Smells very natural. Projection is very polite and longevity good. If it was cheaper I would defo buy a full bottle.