Pas de Chat

This scent is highly addictive!!! It's veryyy soft and delicate yet still rich and buttery. True to Odette's style, it's heavy on the gourmand without being nauseating or overly sweet, it still feels very elegant and wearable, perfect for everyday use or wearing it around the office. Sillage is veryyyy intimate, I tend to gravitate towards fragrances with powerful sillage but it's such a unique and delicious fragrance that I don't mind this factor (I like to think of Odette's scents as a special treat just for my partner or anyone who gets close enough to enjoy LOL). When I wore it for the first time yesterday, my partner (who is EXTREMELY picky and sensitive to fragrance) couldn't help but compliment me as we were cuddled up together for bed. Longevity is kind of meh to me, I have to keep reapplying throughout the day, I lowkey feel like I have to bathe in it for me to smell it on myself but for the really decent price point I also don't mind this hehe. This scent feels like the perfect hug, the kind that feels so comforting it makes you well up with tears. Smelling it feels like my soft fuzzy Nebelung cat is curled up on my lap and purring while I'm vigorously petting his fluff. It reminds me of him so much which I adore. I recently moved out of my childhood home and had to leave him behind with my mom so it honestly helps me feel like he's with me everywhere I go. Whenever I take a big whiff, I can picture him and his adorable little fluffy face. It feels like your favorite sherpa blanket fresh out of the dryer on a cold day and you throw it around shoulders just soaking in all the warmth. It feels like when you're baking a cake and open the oven to check on it and wafts of vanilla and butter wash over the whole house. I cannot stop smelling/wearing this one!!! Looking forward to testing the other scents I got!

First, I genuinely love the artistry and scent of Pas de Chat. The combination of cake and iso super E is beautiful. It’s like powdered sugar sprinkled in the air. ISO super E kind of scatters the molecules or something so they float and dance in the air. It’s a lovely, dainty effect, much like the ballet step it’s named for (cat’s step). It doesn’t smell like kitten fur. But it has the spirit of kitten fur. Fluffy, soft, warm, delicate. The heavier elements (base notes) create a warm flour for the sugar to land. It creates the experience of watching this ballet step, where the body appears to have no weight and lands so softly. The ISO super E gives it movement, but as most things with that element, it doesn’t last long. It’s worth it to feel the moment of lightness and grace, imo. However, be conscious of the price. It’s $68 for 30 mls, which is $2.26/ml. At a 100 mls, it would cost $226, which is pricey. Are you willing to pay that much for an experience? If you want beast mode, long lasting vanilla, try Bianco Latte, which is $1.60/ml. It’s a great buy, and lasts more than a day, even.

i saw a review on tiktok for this fragrance and had been wanting to get it, and finally for christmas was gifted a 10ml bottle and it is seriously my favorite fragrance ever. upon opening, it’s very musky and ambery, which i liked, but initially i didn’t get too much of a “cat” smell, which was disappointing. however, after having opened it and letting it sit for about a month, it changed so much and smells exactly like my two cats and vanilla and amber, it’s so cool. i’ve always loved the way my cats smell, sort of like cinnamon and really light vanilla and animal, and this fragrance captures that perfectly. it’s musky, spicy, warm, peppery, and mildly sweet, and it all goes together perfectly, and gets a little sweeter over time without being overwhelmingly sweet or heavy. definitely more of an intimate scent, but a good one. it’s something i can see myself wearing for a long time, and i’d love to get my hands on a larger bottle of it. seriously my favorite fragrance ever, definitely worth a try.

I discovered Odette Parfum in 2024 and it has risen the ranks to quickly become one of my favorite houses. At my core, I adore gourmands and romantic floral perfumes, so it does feel like Odette Parfum was made for me. I love the nod to French culture, pastries, and the arts- it's not in your face or over the top, but a really sweet touch to the entire brand. As for Pas de Chat specifically, I've never smelled such a nuanced skin-scent x gourmand hybrid. It's sweet, like vanilla cake crumbs, but not overly saccharine. The skin musk facet is warm from the ambrette and cashmeran and also gains some lightness from the iso e super. It's the epitome of cozy. Similar to your favorite worn in sweater or curling up for a nap with a fluffy kitten. Pas de Chat, specifically the fantasy accord of kitten fur, accomplishes something so special. Another knock out scent from this beautiful house, I can’t wait to see what else Odette has up their sleeve!

I get the sweetness of a classic white cake with buttercream, a hint of pink pepper that tickles the nose without being spicy, a cosmetic kind of musk, and yes, a little bit of that animalic fur (The fur note in this reminds me of Poesie’s Forest Cat and Alkemia’s Kitten and the Falling Leaves, not literal and yet recognizable). This feels feminine but not girly, vintage but not old-fashioned, pretty and just a little bit dirty. I’m getting boudoir, coquette, Marie from Aristocats, Holly Golightly, Brigitte Bardot. I read a lot of reviews of this fragrance and really built it up in my head before actually smelling and I confess this wasn’t love at first sniff. However I’ve noticed that a lot of perfumes I wasn’t initially wowed by have turned out to be the ones I can’t stop spraying, and I have a feeling that Pas de Chat is just such a fragrance. It’s my first Odette perfume but won’t be the last!