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.

Why, just why, would you discontinue the perfect fragrance for men? Oh, the disappointment when he told me he’d ran out and I searched to find him another bottle, only to find there isn’t one out there... maybe we would have savoured those final sprays if we had known! I don’t have much to add that other reviews haven’t covered already - yes, longevity is average, yes, you need to reapply. But it was SO worth it. My hubby’s got some great fragrances, but none of them will beat his beloved Cade!

Cade is an amazingly underrated scent. It is a very refined woodsy scent. You can definitely smell the juniper, cedar, and pink pepper. It has a great dry down. Probably average on longevity and projection, but a very solid year round scent. As others point out, this is best worn on skin. Certainly very masculine and feels like I put this on after cutting up some cedar firewood. Very well done. 9 out of 10.

It reminded me the mighty Gucci pour homme I for about 2 hours before it became very close to the skin. I hoped it would be similar to Leau Bleu de Issey because of the juniper but on my skin pink pepper and cedar are more dominant than juniper which makes it for me a sweet woody scent rather than fresh spicy minthy woody scent. Lo:5/10 Si:4/10 Smell:8/10 i wish it lasted more..

This is a gorgeous fragrance. The opening is nothing amazing i'll be honet, but as it develops it becomes something really special. On my skin I get the juniper berries, but I also smell what I can describe as fruity violets. Lasted about 4 hours, and didn't project heavily. I really like it, also love the no nonsense packaging. Very good indeed.

Like most L'occitane fragrances, this one smells very natural and high quality for the price. A very gentle and refined barbershop fragrance that can be worn all year around. The funny thing is that this is apparently discontinued, but the Cade line still their main man's line for grooming products. So why did they discontinued the fragrance?

I went to buy Eau des Baux , but turned up buying this . This is so very nice full of spices ! Even my wife liked this more than Eau des Baux and this time i went with her choice . I feel Eau des Baux is more of a hype this is is genuily good .. GO TRY IT GUYS !!

Smoky juniper, cedar, a touch of tobacco, leather, dries powdery. Love the shaving cream!

Too bad it's been discontinued. Excellent barbershop fragrance that can be worn anytime.

I am begging for this one to be brought back! It was Your best male fragrance!

To my nose, it has similar vibe with Christian Dior Homme.

I detect all of the notes listed except the bergamot. Primarily cedar and juniper accented with the pink pepper and thickened up with labdanum. A bit of a rustic babershop/fougere feel. Smoke from a cedar wood fire drifting up into cold, clean mountain air. This one gives me eight hours longevity. It sticks pretty close to the skin and doesn't leave a trail. I have gotten some compliments on it. A unisex scent that leans a little "masculine". Any age range can wear Cade well. The brown bottle is nice but the sprayer is pretty bad. Best during fall and winter. Good for any occasion. With the weather finally cooling off I'm reaching for this more. This is not my favorite scent but it's good. Safe for work, smells nice on your man or woman, decent performance. Not too shabby!

Fizzy! It smells like sherbet or something fizzy, I don't know what that note is, but it's great. I've loved this fragrance for a long time, only ever putting it on in stores. But today I purchased it (because I had a $25 off coupon) and I'm very happy with my purchase. It's woody and spicy and a bit sweet. It smells like this place I like to go to in the summer. It's secluded, dry and woodsy. There's a small stream and a bridge made from a tree trunk. The sun beats down on the wood and that's what you smell. Nature. If you like woody scents, this is for you.

Not bad. No wow factor here, but not bad. I read it as primarily as a juniper berry scent. It doesn't last very long on my skin, but you can also use the Cade bath gel, shampoo and all the other associated products to boost the scent, I suppose. I get the impression this is good for men who don't especially care about fragrance, or for very young men. I prefer Eau des Baux from this house. I suspect most do as well.

Manly, dry, woody, but gentle scent. Not as sweet as Eau de Baux (which is also nice). I tested all of the L'Occitane scents with a lady friend and she liked this one the best. This is a very well behaved scent and does not radiate far. For me it becomes a skin scent after only a few hours, unfortunately. The aftershave balm of the same name is also very nice and oddly lasts much longer than this cologne version.

This is a very standard but impressive fragrance. L'occitane fragrances are geneally pretty universal in the fact that they can be worn on many people's skin easily. I like how this is very basic in ingredients yet it still smells great. For me the appeal is how natural the ingredients are. Good ftagrance

Very clean & refreshing, natural fragrance - no offensive at all. The sillage and the projection are subtle so it's not a compliment getter, but it would be good to use after gym works or taking a shower.

Very similar to Dsquared Silver Wind Wood. Not a bad thing. High quality as are all other L'occitane brown bottle offerings, a line the company has been neglecting for most of the last decade.

This fragance is flat. It feel like it is mainly an undertone that pretty much stays the same for hours. I feel like I just took a shower all the time. It is great for warm or hot days.

This one is aftershave (lotion apres rasage), as You can see in picture. EDT version Cade is 2014 product. In Fragrantica directory under name Eau de Cade. Very good version. 8/10

I loved the dry wood note with a hint of pepper that settled on me after about 20 minutes. Alas, less than two hours in, there's little more left of this than a hint of juniper.

Safe blind buy. Classic. Not unisex. Lasting power poor to average. They have a shaving cream with this scent.

Smelled this on a card and that was enough. For me it's definitely eau de wet dog. Suspect that comes from the immortelle - never been a favourite of mine. Could be worth a sniff if immortelle isn't a problem for you. My husband and I found a few nice scents for men in l'Occitane. If you don't mind vetiver then Vetyver is a nice, fresh woodsy scent. Seemed quite simple but in a good, honest way. L'Ocitan is a more complex blend of lavender And nutmeg. Fresh and spicy. But for us the true find was the joyous delight of Eau des baux a complex blend of cypress and incense notes That had us thinking of pagan rituals held deep in a forest. Or maybe just meditating in nature with an incense stick burning. This is incense without the usual dry and somber edge.

Quite disappointed with this, not the quality or longevity, just the scent itself. I was expecting deep woods, fragrant juniper and a bit of spicy pepper for warmth; instead all I get is pungent pink pepper, more medicinal and resinous than spicy, and none of the bergamot at all. As I said, quality-wise it's ok, but as a fragrance it's all pepper all the time, no balance or depth from the alleged bergamot and juniper. Certainly the most pungent of the L'Occitane line. As a contrast, L'Occitan Eau de Toilette manages to be milder, softer and much easier to wear while remaining fragrant without being boring.

più che colonia, ha la persistenza di un edt. prime note, molto gradevoli, di gineptro. le note centrali a me sembrano di legno di cedro (anche se nella piramide compare il sandalo, bah) e sulla mia pelle sono orribili. l'assestamento finale odora di muschio, pulito e piacevole. peccato che nel mezzo ci sia quella cosa brutta.

This fragrance smells very much like wild countryside in southern France: warm and green and fresh - the cedar adds just enough masculine weight to herbal scents.

I may be wrong about this, but here’s a theory: coming to Eau de Cade after having had some history with the house’s ‘classic’ offerings (Eau des Baux, Occitan Eau de Toilette and Eau de Vetyver), I would argue that what this newest offering does is to basically craft accords around the base that is characteristic to all of l’Occitane’s past masculine offerings. Is the word ‘Occitaneade’ too awkward? All of those trusty brown bottles have featured a tenacious skin scent that was a little bristly on top (a texture like cedar), warmed with spice in the middle, and settled into a nutty, unguent musk. Eau de Cade’s juniper topnote accents the textural opening (like the reviewer below, I get no bergamot), and cistus labdanum, tonka and cedar create a smooth, abstract light woodiness through what is essentially one long, linear base. There may be a touch of nutmeg, and pink pepper sounds credible, but if you’ve ever smelled a test strip of any of the l’Occitane’s brown bottle masculines a day or two after the topnotes have burned off, this is what you’re smelling with Eau de Cade... To be clear, none of this is bad news, per se. The result is, as has been remarked, a bit of a barbershop hygiene meets woody-fresh naturalness. The effect is pleasant, unisex but trending ‘masculine’ and tenacious as a skin scent rather than a trail. In today’s unadventurous fragrance market, I’m hardly surprised to hear an SA tell me it is their top seller, but I think I’d take any of the others (notably the underrated Occitan EDT, or sadly discontinued Vetyver) first.

It's not a bad perfume, but for me, something was missing here so it could be much better! Something that doesn't properly relate between the chords/notes, the dot on the "i" is missing here, I can't understand, especially from the drying to the end, which is where I most notice the loss of the fragrance's identity. Cade opens very aromatic, kind of reminiscent of the House of Dry Herbs that exude several blocks, so far so good, but it quickly loses that beautiful characteristic and becomes a breath of woody herbs, not very interesting. As it dries down, it becomes very interesting, mainly due to the burning woody note of Cedar, reminding office workers who work well dressed and in environments with mild temperatures. You can also feel the piquancy of the Pepper which is beautiful, but it doesn't have the strength to stay longer and make Cade a significant perfume with effect. In the end it still has a nice woody aroma, but mixed with a nuance of warm butter, along with a common floral touch and nothing more. L'Occitane is beautiful, it builds wonderful things, but here it took a big toll, at least in my opinion. From what I see, Eau de Baux is almost discontinued and Eua de Cade is on the shelves in droves; it saddens me.

Out of the entire L'Occitane men's fragrance releases over the years, this one smells the best and most "upscale" in my opinion. Very aromatic and herbal. The juniper and cedar in this combine to smell like walking through a forest after it rains, with that natural "green" leafy and woody type of real-life scent I'm sure you have smelled before out in the countryside. This stuff is just so invigorating, especially when you spray it on in the morning. Imagine if you were walking through a hypothetical forest covered in ancient cedar trees and thickets of fragrant juniper. It's the morning, and it has rained last night, so the trees/leaves have that extra pungent "green" herbal/aromatic type of scent about them. That's what this smells like. Of course, they decided to discontinue it. An absolute harebrained decision. A shame. Jeanne en Provence Bois d'Olivier & Cade is not a replacement for this. That one smells cheap and awful, like a dollar store fragrance. 8/10

Reading The Oracles review among many other's throughout the years has me starting to really dislike the fragrance community. I enjoy this hobby very much but the obnoxious opinions are getting to be a bit much. Look people, it's all opinions and people are going to like what they like and dislike what they dislike. So what you hate Sauvage or any other designer fragrance. I'm not a Sauvage fan either but I'm not going to reference how I hate it or draw a comparison in nearly every review. Next time you all have the urge to state your opinion on a fragrance as if it's the golden standard realize it's like telling a complete stranger Mr. John died and that stranger doesn't know you or Mr. John.

Contrary to some of the weird claims on here, this still under-recognized cologne has a serious "wow factor". No, it's not the bright goo-goo "Sauvage" type of department store fragrance. It's better - because it's very unique, sharply masculine (but not heavy), and manages to combine wood with juniper, spice and a bit of exoticism. And it's seriously sexy. I rate this as a serious babe magnet. Certainly my girlfriend went wild whenI first showed her this. Performance is average (lasts for a few hours), but who cares when it smells so sexy, masculine and unique? You just re-apply. Remember the Dos Equis beer "Most Interesting Man in the World"? This is what that guy would wear.

I instantly loved this fragrance because it reminded me of Proraso beard oil, which has a cedar and Mediterranean cistus (labdanum) scent. To me Eau de Cade smells like the summer sun warming a cedar mulch garden bed. Pure cade oil is extremely potent. Smelling it straight makes you feel like your eyes are going to bleed. It smells like a cross between smoke from a camp fire, and smoked fatty meat/fish, and nothing more. With that being said, this fragrance is dominated by the woody note of cedar. Perhaps the fragrance note of cade could be added to the Fragrantica database. Simply classifying it as juniper will lead to confusion as to what is the true essence of cade.

No wow factor necessarily, just some smelly goodness is all! I would liken this to Molton Brown Navigation Scent-Valbonne, even Banana Republic's Black Walnut, yet, with flair. There is a smokiness, woodsy, piney aroma; masculine and rustic, very clean. If you want projection, combine with the body wash, by the way, which is amazing! I hesitated between this and the Vetyver, and ended up buying the latter. Now, I find myself with Cade as well. Both are wonderful to have in one's wardrobe. If today is the day for a blended powdery moss then Vetyver is your go to. If woodsy and punch is what you are after, then Cade is your guy. Either way enjoy, because I will!!!!

This is like a combo of Eau Des Baux and L'Occitan all dialed back to make a smooth sophisticated elegant scent. Creamy, slightly sweet woods mixed with some pepper and spice.Smells natural as seems to be the case for L'Occitane products. Longevity is pretty awful at 2 hours and there is only moderate projection. It's rather nice but Eau and L'Occitan have more bold character and last a lot longer so I opt for one of those instead.OR perhaps even try layering them to achieve a Cade like effect with hopefully much better performance.

A new barbershop scent, but, not just another one. It's a new vibe into the style, woodsy, clean, confortable, young and modern. Reminds me Prada Amber pour homme (on drydown), minus safron, minus vetiver, very less soapy, but give me a light resemblance of it. A soft scent, not a great sillage, but good longevity and a perfect evolution on skin, standing very clean and enjoyable even after 8h you've applied. Well done, L'Occitane. Young, woodsy, discreet, non-sweet and very elegant scent. Try it.

I was able to test this the other day because I got curious on L Occitane's perfumes. It kinda reminds me of grass, some kind of earthly scent, a cool breeze, and...vegetables...I know the last one is funny but I can almost taste it when I smell this. Still, it's not that good but it's not bad either....so it's good. I think this would better suit up with a cold weather. Longevity, stayed about 4 hrs. Projection.. let's just say a person who is 5 inches away from you can get a whiff on it.

Cade has one of the best, most natural openings of any woody fragrance but... it seems to die so quick, I'm talking about less than half an hour to just a slightly vinegary smell, there's not even a skin scent. That's both on my skin and on a paper test strip. I'm confused because it scores well on longevity here with someone saying it lasts 8+ hours. Just had a thought.... I can't smell Iso E Super, is it possible the post opening of this scent is Iso E Super?

As you maybe know Prickly Cedar (Juniperus macropoda) is one of the different Cedar trees various which used in perfumery. Cade oil is the essential oil obtained through destructive distillation of the wood of this shrub. It produces an oil known as Cade. It has a pronounced leather-like, tarry odour. A dark, aromatic oil with a strong smoky smell which mostly pairs up with other aromatic notes in combinations for making a woody aromatic fragrance.

Wow this smells so amazing. My boyfriend just started wearing this and every time he puts it on I have to get close to smell it! This is a great juniper scent (I love juniper) and it's softly spicy, with a creamy sandalwood undertone. It's not a hugely strong scent but then, I prefer that. This is a great masculine scent that's neither too spicy or aquatic or just fresh. I guess this is my Goldilocks fragrance for men!

I bought this last January and enjoyed it during the cold Winter months. Then when it got warm it became flat and almost cloying, I moved it to my had list. Now that it is cold again, the Juniper and pink pepper accord is realy nice, and the Juniper smells very Christmasy ! I moved it back to a keeper, at least for the Winter months. Rating: 7.5/10 God bless you. John 3:16, Merry Christmas !

tried this in store years ago and wasn't crazy about it. recently bought a men's grooming product and I loved the smell. Go figure! They scented their grooming products with the smell of Cade so I decided to buy a bottle. Whoever is the genius that decided to get rid of the actual fragrance probably needs to go into another industry because it's just ridiculous to discontinue this fragrance.

I agree with lizziekayy here, I prefer Cade to Eau Des Baux...granted, I tested both on paper, but the notes of Cade are more classic and confident. Fresh juniper along with cedar spell class and confidence. Great for casual outings in the morning, but not for the office..."too happy", in my opinion...

Eau des Baux without the vanilla. Dryer than EdB too. Pleasant wood shavings (not hamster bedding). Excellent juniper note offering a hint of bitterness. Really, a very nice fragrance. Good longevity. The dry down reminds me of Lancôme's Hypnôse - one of my all time favourites.

Performance might not be the best, but as always fabric can help carry it. I spray 5 or 6 sprays on my chest under the shirt and I can still smell it at the end of the day. It might not be pushing out much at this stage, but I know it's there and I know I smell good.

بی نهایت خاص و صد حیف که کم اثر است ----------- Scent & Qualiy: 9/10 Longevity: 6/10 Sillage: 6/10 Creativity & Uniqueness: 9/10 Affordability: 8/10 ----------- Overall: 7.6/10

Another "men " fragrance that I like and wear, my nose detected some lime at first....I guess I was wrong.