Cachet

I can't remember where I got the vintage bottle I have--the old twisty one with the silvery cap and C A C H E T C O L O G N E at a small angle up the side. It's the splash version. For me, this is a bit too aldehydic-bright when first applied. Feels a little like squinting into the sun. Have to breathe through my nose so my soft palate doesn't hurt. However, once those little aggressive molecules spiral up and shriek away, like evil chindi taking leave of a Navajo corpse, it is possible to enjoy the carefree 70's florals and grassy feel underfoot that rather quickly unfolds, to my relief. (OK, I'm exaggerating, but I'm still a little woozy from huffing the entire library of classic Lauder scents today, which while beautiful do--to the last dang bottle--cant rather heavily on the aldehydic side.) Cachet reminds me of growing up in and around the entertainment industry in LA in the '70s, shyly admiring the ambitious and pretty young women with balsamed hair who'd work hard cocktail waitressing by night then single-mindedly hoof it from casting call to casting call by day. And what the hell but my husband loves this on me. There's just no accounting for taste.

Where oh where has my Cachet gone??? I ordered what was touted as the original fragrance formula from EBay. Just sprayed myself expecting to be taken back to the wonderful aroma of my youth. No so! I am so bummed! What I have on smells nothing like the Cachet I remember so fondly. No freshness, no green notes no earthyness and certainly no lively or sexy notes. I am wondering if I have been slipped a reformulation, as the bottle and cap look new to me. it came without a box so I can't tell if it is the original or not, I am so bummed that I have been slipped a "Mickey". This stuff is insipid and downright unwearable. I am going to complain to EBay and the seller! The old saying goes, "Buyer be ware" sure fits here! BOO HOO!

My review is for a vintage version from the 70's. This is a gorgeous, bright, slightly mossy, green, floral chypre. I remember this being touted as a fragrance "as individual as you are", as it was supposed to smell different on everyone who wears it. Well, now we know that most perfumes are sort of like that. This one, although marketed as a chameleon scent, is definitely recognizable. The 1970's were full of masculine-edged mossy chypres, but this one is my favorite from that time. I find this to be crisp and bright, suitable for a strong personality, and very individual. If you are lucky enough that your skin suits this, you'll be stunned by its beauty. I have not tried the newer version.

I loved it as a kid when I smelled it in the drug store. Fast forward a couple of decades and a collection of 40 plus fragrances and my obsession has boomeranged. I can find bits and pieces of it in other chypres but the overall Cachet experience has yet to be duplicated. There is a green metallic note reminiscent of pennies in the bottom of grandma's leather coin purse, that draws in the spicy and floral elements under it, like an exquisite parachute. The depth of this instant gratification has yet to be matched by any other fragrance though Clarins Eau Dynamisante has come pretty close. #CrackPerfume #BringBackCachet

This review is for the vintage EdT. The box is a pink/buff colour with silver diagonal lines, and the bottle is tall and square-shaped with a silver cap. I'm guessing late 70s or early 80s. Fragrance was so good back then! Bearing in mind this was always very much a mid-budget range, the quality is remarkable. It's a chypre, in the style of Miss Dior or Givenchy III. Not very green. Longevity is excellent - I can still smell it after 20 hours. What more can I say? If you love vintage chypres you will love this. I do, and so I do :)

I FOUND iIT! Finally, after two months of searching and inquiring, I have found the original formula of Cachet and I couldn't be more pleased! Here are the aldehydes! Here are the orris root, jasmine and rose and finally, here are the amber and oak moss! I am in heaven! A perfect blend of notes that evoke happiness, self-confidence and a bit of avuncular whimsy! So happy am I! The scent is long lasting and depending upon how much you apply, the sillage can be moderate or heavy. I Indulge!

Aldehydic? Check. Mossy? Check. Animalic? Check. Cachet is a drugstore classic chypre that now fetches a pretty penny compared to its discount tag during its heyday (but it's still cheaper than most coveted discontinued vintages). What stands out to me is this distinct hay-like quality in its heart, and its lovable Evernyl overload and slightly dirty-civet-muskiness in its dry down. While it is surely an artifact of its time, I find it a fun and effortless wear.

This was one of my perfumes as a teen. We took aldehydes for granted. I loved it.😍 It was earthy, mossy and a bit leathery, yet somehow extremely 'femininely' sexy. It was one of those cheerful cheapies, now it's listed on eBay for (criminally) ten times the price, which somehow misses the point and saps the joy. You can imagine the chin-jutting sellers smirking, "you a real fan of this? Well you pay me for it."

Cachet is difficult to describe. It's as unique as the woman that wears it. It is one of the scents I wore in the 70's, 80's and 90's then forgot about. I have gotten myself into trouble since I found this site by finding and buying all the scents that I loved then forgot about till I saw them here. They all take me on a stroll down memory lane. I do love Cachet!

i own a square plain miniature bottle named Cachet - now empty - but nothing else is imprinted on it. idk if it's the same thing? my mother received that as a gift long ago and it was smelling very exquisite, sweet and pleasant, something classy in a vintage way. i'm not sure i could single this perfume out of many others from the 80's, though i loved it.

Love this classic from my youth, too! I wish this wonderful fragrance would last longer on my skin. For some reason, this one doesn't last but a few hours on me so I do better to scent my hair with also. An all-occasion clean, grassy blend with sweet warmth to anchor it. It's another one I love that I have to keep reapplying.

To my nose & on my skin, the original is a mossy-aldyhydic-animalic wonder! Cozy and yet party-ready. And perhaps a bit mischievous as a soft dewy fougere like opening veers into a chypre on drydown. A daughter of miss Dior perhaps, and mother to one of my other (modern) favorites, maison anonyme’s grandier. Just lovely!

This was my first signature scent way back in the early 80's when I was almost a teenager and I loved it. It was heady with great longevity and sillage and in my innocence at the time I didn't realise it was sex appeal bottled until I got older. I wore it through my teens and early 20's and would love to own it again.

2019 - I was shocked to discover Cachet on ebay and amazon selling for triple (if not more) its original price! This is absurd! Unjustly priced, taking advantage of a discontinued drug store gem!! We're talking like $200 for one 100ml bottle!! No way. This is ridiculous.

Was one of my first perfumes, and I loved it completely. I would branch off to the other scents like Jontue and charlie and jovan, but always circled back to Cachet. I am nostolgic for this scent again - time to ebay!!!

Cachet was my very first Chypre perfume!! My Mom wore it in the 70's and I would sneak sprays of it! I was 12 and she thought I was too young for it! LOL That was the beginning of my love for Chypre fragrances!!

This was the only scent my grandmother ever wore. While I adored it on her, it's not something I would choose for myself. I miss her.

11. june 2012 This review is for the vintage atomiser bottle of EDT. Oh boy! this one is green. Very green. In the beginning i was scared off even and thought that i must have men ́s version of Cachet (if there is any). Etremly sharp, very green and has a very profond smell of resin. No aldehydes in the opening for my nose. Well, maybe they are present, but they are surpressed and dominated by other notes. To some nose it might indeed smell like a men ́s aftershave adn it actually reminds me of men ́s "Aramis" i have smelled recently. The smell kept bothering me for a while, but it wasn ́t an unpleasant distraction. I was very intrigued by it actually. I believed that it must be good, i just have to give it time to srttle down a bit. And i was right. Now 6 hours later it still goes strong and green but much softer and the lovely leather is simply alluring. No powder still for my nose, no strong aldehydes, just vetyver, oakmoss (thanks to pre-reformutaed version), a bit of resin and LEATHER! Lovely! I have unpacked this today during my luchtime while my boss was sitting nearby and he complimented on a great smell. That must be something, since he is usually not talking much at all. Maybe it reminded him of some great male cologne from his youth? I see this one definitly as unisex, a man can easily wear this one as well. And this males women feel strong. Not common nowdays in use, but really lovely. I don ́t know nothing about the recent edition. Sillage - very good! Lasting power - very good as well!!! A HUGE "like" from me! It is even better than "Y" that i have recently fell in love with. P.S. By the way the very vintage bottle of this perfume must have been a prototype for Lancome ́s "Hypnose" since they look identical.

What a journey. After trying this perfume on and off for a year now, I've finally made friends! Initially, the rubbery note dominated everything else in my nostrils, horrifying my new--to-perfume self. On later attempts, I could smell a sweet, green rubber. Hmmmm, that's better. Then the impression became that of a retro, rather unisex scent. I have the current version, which I understand is less complex than the vintage, but it's interesting and enjoyable nonetheless. Now again the weather completely altered my perception of a fragrance for the better. :) Once crisp, cool days are upon us, Cachet gains glamour! The earthiness becomes balanced - the greens less aggressive, more warmly beckoning. I find myself in awe that I could come so full circle with a fragrance, from horror to admiration. But so it is! For me, there is nothing better than discovering a fragrance that once fascinated - but repulsed - is now a Fond Friend. Cachet was well worth testing, if only for the trip back in time. This is one time travel experiment that has become a part of my present. <3

I so rememeber this one, I had to have it in my early teens (late 70s). The advertizing pushed it as unique on every woman who wore it, little did I know that pretty much goes for all scents. Being a Prince Matchabelli (one of mom's favorite perfume makers) pretty much quaranteed my mother would do her best to get this for me. And she came through, she gave this to me for my 8th grade graduation, giving it to me just before we left for the graduation service, so I got to wear it that night. I recall this as being nice on me but not great, probably too mature for me at the time, as usual this was so much nicer on Mom than on me. She would inherit many of my fragrance hand me ups with glee. I liked the green notes to this and the sharp florals most of all. The civet was of such excellent quality that it held up on my mother's skin so well, she loved civet, but so often civet did not return the favor and ended up smelling like the cat had done a no-no. She continued to like this one the rest of her life, but never as much as she loved Windsong.

The original Cachet was glorious. The one I bought recently stinks of aftershave. Indeed, colleagues have openly asked why I've suddenly taken to aftershaves after wearing so many other fabulous perfumes over the years. So, now I use this as a room-freshener. And I live in perpetual fear that all my previously beloved scents will either be re-formulated, (Rive Gauche, Ysatis) -- if it ain't broken, why mend it? OR my beloved scents will be discontinued and disappear from the shelves (and websites) almost completely: Caleche, Calendre, all the Carons, Carvens.... Why do perfume makers fail to get the message? The world's top-selling perfume, (Chanel No. 5, one bottle sold every 48 seconds) is also the ONLY perfume that has never been reformulated and when new ingredients are necessary, every attempt is made to replicate the original cocktail of 1921. How many of today's stinkers will still be around, in the same format, 90 years from now, eh?

I bought it today for few euros. It was the last bottle of Cachet in a store with no future anymore, unfortunately, because of the crisis. The box looks like the one in the picture above but has softer colors, pink and purple and the cap of the bottle is black. Vintage? I suppose so. I had read the reviews and I wanted to buy it like crazy because it's a chypre perfume and because galbanum and oakmoss are my favourite notes. Now I'm sitting here, smelling my wrist every five minutes and the only thing that comes to my mind is that on my skin it smells exactly like vintage Body shop's White musk (with a hint of Ysatis). I'm not so happy for this. I was expecting something more green and sharp. Does anyone had any similar experience? I would like to know. Anyway, I'll give another try tomorrow and I'll write a new review.

The Body Shop's "White Musk"? I wonder what I was thinking that day. Today I tried it again after decanting some in a clear spray vial as the original one is a splash bottle. The perfume is nice and it brings me memories from my childhood. I was born during '70s and smells like this flooded my nose and my mind very often. I wouldn't say that it's a green perfume, although aldehydes and oakmoss are very prominent from the first minute, but it's fresh and spicy at the same time reflecting a young woman's sparkly attitude on those days. Moreover I cannot detect any flowers, maybe a tiny dose of rose, but the presence of vetiver and patchouli is so noticeable that anyone could think easily that the perfume has a masculine dimension as well. Pure taste of '70s and yes, I like it!

I have a vintage bottle of this, so my thoughts may not apply to newer versions. At least on me, this scent feels truly androgynous. It might even, in my opinion, lean a little masculine, though for me the jasmine certainly stands out, giving it this hint of floral sweetness that lingers. When I take a breath of it, there's first that sort of spicy, masculine scent, but its quickly followed by jasmine. This may be due to my own chemistry, because other perfumes with jasmine often perform similarly on my skin. Either way, I do really enjoy this scent. I want to love it, but something keeps me from being really obsessed with it. It's good, but it's missing a little something for me that's hard to name.

Just picked this up for $16. I wore this almost daily when I was in high school in the 1970s and thought it was sex in a bottle when I was 17. The version available now smells like a light and fleeting shadow of its former self. I remember it as lasting all day, but my new one is mostly gone in an hour or two. Having said that, I'm still enjoying it for the memories it brings back of white shirts and miniskirts. It smells pleasantly and faintly Chypre-y but not what I would call sexy. I will use it as a light fragrance that I can wear to the office without offending, but will not buy again. May try a few layering experiments to see if I can get a little more life out of it.

I've just made it to Sears and enjoyed the adventure of trying this classic chypre ~ Again. Wow. After the initial blast of alcohol dies down, this becomes a mossy lady not unlike the type of classic chypres from Estee Lauder. It has that kind of quality too...... but no loveliness on me. Within a minute of spraying, a burnt and acrid note dominates everything else. I've worn floral chypres, as well as scents with leather successfully ~ nope. Not this one! Don't let me keep You from venturing out to buy a bottle of this frugal treat. Cachet ( reformulated or not ) is definately worth a try. Four stars from me, and FIVE if I could wear it!!

I got lucky and found another perfume grab bag at Saver's. Along with some established loves, it includes a small dabber of Prince Matchabelli's "Cachet" in the perfume concentration. Soft, soapy aldehydes, creamy jasmine, grassy galbanum, powdery iris, warm heather, and sweet musks. The base is earthy and full, with moss, vetiver, cedar, amber, patchouli, and civet. Gorgeous chypre floral. Cachet feels comforting and homey. It reminds me of Avon's Moonwind, but this perfume's base is much richer. Edit: I purchased the vintage cologne concentration. The woody notes are turned down, it's predominantly sweet powdery musks.

Cachet is a classic from 1970 and recalls Aliage, Jontue and other 70's perfumes. C. opens with aldehydes and continues with a big load of oakmoss. More unisex than feminine, the grassy green C. will challenge anyone who loves sweet/fruity perfumes. But, as in so many cases, the difficult stuff is worth a little effort. Cachet reminds a little of Windsong, also by P. Matchabelli. Not nearly as sour as WS, Cachet is easier to wear. Of the two, I prefer C. for its soft dry down. It's not a high end perfume but it's very wearable and work safe.

I bought vintage Cachet blind for a song in a shop which still had some oldies . What a pleasant surprise ! It is a lovely chypre indeed . I guess I lucked into a perfectly preserved bottle and it loves my skin which often has some bad reaction with green notes . Cachet does not have a bothering blast of aldehydes and it is lightly sweet green in its very opening . I like the masculine twist it gets further on . I find myself loving the 70s style fragrances more and more .

My aunt had this perfume. I used to love to play at her dressing table and sample all her perfumes and I loved Cachet the most. It brings back childhood memories for me and has a fresh scent. It does remind me of Chanel No. 5 but doesn't smell nearly as good.

To my nose this is very soft and soapy. The soapy smell mellows and you're just left with a clean fresh scent. To me it's perfect for after a bath. I do not find this to be a sexy smell st all as some others have. It's a soft comfort scent to me.

I have the reformulation with the black cap. Waste of your money this one is. Weak weak weaker. Maybe the vintage one is good but this smells as weak as it cheap price. In the bin with this body water.

This has a sharp green fragrance. It smells good. My problem is I no longer know how to properly apply something that actually has a profoundly heavy scent. Maybe this is one of my "walk throughs".

Wow, didnt think they still did this. I remember this from when I was a young woman. I really loved it then. It was quite a strong perfume and quite cheap from what I remember, but I did like it.

it is for old ladies or Goths or emo girls mysterious, dark, long lasting, stands out even in the smoky crowd

My older sister was gifted a bottle of this (the older version with the silver top and twisted glass body) when she was little (probably too little, she wasn't even a teen yet). I remember thinking it stank and honestly couldn't believe anyone would wear it on purpose. Now I'm older and have been having fun checking out various perfumes and studying notes. I've learned that some people can pull off wearing perfumes that, to me, just stink and smell absolutely lovely. So I decided to give it another try now that my nose is more mature and I know a little more. Sorry, it still stinks to me. I've decided that it must be the aldehyde. There are one or two other perfumes that I can't tolerate in which the top note happens to be aldehyde. My hat is off to the ladies on here who can really pull this off and enjoy it. Sadly, it's just not for me.

My review is based on the pastel box pictured above on the right. I smell so much powder and galbanum in this fragrance! It's feathery soft and sweet. If I were a teenage girl in the 70's, I'd definitely want to smell like Cachet. You know how laundromats have that ventilation pipe from which all of the hot, humid air escapes? And the air is scented with fabric softeners and detergents? I love that smell. After I sprayed Cachet on my arm, I kept thinking I must be driving past an awful lot of laundromats because I kept smelling that soft, warm, powdery air. I finally figured out it was the Cachet drifting up to my nose. The descriptions of "green" completely elude me. I don't smell much in the way of plants or anything green. Just powder and resins. Good stuff!

Had one, gave it to my grandma. I can't stand it. I find it slightly similar to Paris by YSL, which is one of my worst experiences. It's that "old lady perfume" kind of smell. My grandma loved it, btw.

My review is a little different. While out for a walk along the canal a few kilometers away from my home yesterday I noticed, in the trees and bushes on the side of the path opposite the water, that there was a lot of garbage scattered around here and there. It seems like people might use the secluded spot as a bit of a dump. However, as I came to one spot in particular, the trash was instantly distinguiable as much older. My curiosity was piqued and I ventured into the trees to take a look, thanks mostly in part to the alluring lines of a vintage electric fan half burried in the dead leaves. I picked my way past old thick glassed bottles of various shapes and sizes, mostly broken. I saw what looked like a small knick knack shelf of yellow plastic, a small green melmac bowl(broken) and a crumpled metal tube of toothpaste or something. I realized what I was looking at was the discarded contents of a bathroom! I looked around my feet at all the bottles and broken glass and noticed the curved shoulder of a tiny bottle. I bent and picked it up. It was a perfume bottle with a twisted square body and the name 'cachet' printed on one of its faces with a little dash under it. The metal sprayer was rusty and bent. I held it up and saw it had the littlest bit of brown liquid pooled in one corner. I immidiately sniffed the rusty top, and actually smelled the faintest bit of something, though oxidized and indistinguishable. I would have brought it back with me, but what would I do with it? I nestled it back with its friends in the dead leaves, 'cachet' side down as I had found it. I looked up the scent when I got home and found this. After looking at bottle designs I feel sure my bottle was an earlier one. Like found treasure.

Wow...Cachet by Prince Matchabelli. Takes me back to my teenage years. I bought a bottle of this from my local drugstore back in the 70s and wore her religiously. I was always drawn to woody/spicy scents and Cachet fit the bill. Then along came Jōvan Woman, and it smelled so good I kinda threw poor Cachet under the bus lol Reading which fragrances Cachet reminds me of is, lo and behold, Jōvan Woman and Clinique Aromatics...shock and awe! But I'm not surprised. Back in the 70s, there were quite a few woody/spicy/floriental type perfumes abound, most of which were drugstore faves, and some that were higher end. I wore Cachet, Enjoli ("...I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in the pan...and never ever ever let u forget you're a man, cuz I'm a woman..Enjoli!" that was the TV ad for Enjoli..corny, i know LOL) , Raffineé, of course Jōvan Woman, Tigress, Woodhue, Aphrodisia, Emeraude and Chantilly. Some of those aforementioned perfumes still exist, but have probably been reformulated, so they may have some of the original DNA from their earlier formulations, and vintage versions cost an arm and a leg on Ebay, but there's nothing like the original. Maybe one day I will find a vintage bottle of Cachet if it's not outrageously priced...yeah right lol 'Cachet...by Prince Matchabelli...' Miss u girl...

My father bought this for my mother while they were still dating, and she wore it for the rest of her life. This is one of those fragrances that smells VERY different on everybody. It smells completely different on me than it did on my mother, and it does something completely different from either of us on my sister. It has a really strong opening that I find overpowering, but I still wear it at times when I want to remember my mother. (May 2012) UPDATE - JANUARY 2013: I never used to like spicy scents, preferring soft, feminine florals, but my taste has changed in the last six months and I actually began to like the way my Mom's last bottle of Cachet smelled on me enough that I decided to get some for myself. I always like the design of the vintage bottle from the 70s, so I got one on evilbay, and OH MY GOSH it's so much better! THIS is what I remember my mom smelling like when I was a kid! Much brighter and greener than the current version. The vintage could be a year round fragrance for me, whereas I would only wear the current version in cold weather. LOVE THE ORIGINAL! UPDATE - JULY 2014: I now have three vintage 70s bottles of eau de parfum, and it smells almost exactly like the current cologne spray formulation.

This is a review of a brand new bottle. I used to wear this a long time ago and didn't remember what it smelled like but that has never been a problem because when I encounter something like that it all comes flooding back. Even with Rive Gauche and Chantilly, which I wore in the 70's and which have clearly been reformulated quite a bit, I was able to say, yes, this reminds me of the way it used to be but it's not the same. I expected to have more of that same experience with Cachet. It may just be me but I'm not getting any sense of familiarity from this bottle. So I'm going to review the modern formulation completely for it's own self without comparison. While wet it smells cheap. You have to wait for the dry down. It's worth the wait. I'm going to guess that it's pretty loaded up with alcohol which would give the cheap smell and the cheap price because you can get this for a song. Once it dries, though, it turns into a soft, mossy, floral aldehyde that is really very nice. I'm glad I bought it and I will wear it, liberally! Maybe it really is some sort of magic juice like a chameleon that changes for each person and it decided that I should smell different now than I did when I was in my 20's.

I wore Cachet in the 70's and I adored it. Like many other people on here I tried to find it again but when I eventually bought it off Amazon it was nothing at all like the original. Being a bit of a hound on a trailI I tracked down the now owner of the Cachet name who is based in America. Cachet has been reformulated a number of times since the 70's but the now owners also own a fragrance company that sells perfumes that smell like i.e. copies. People are spending cash on what is basically a copy. As many of you know reformulation is another way to say we (the manufacturer) are using cheaper ingredients, which might smell something like the original, will cost you the same if not more and not give you the fragrance you are looking for. I think there should be legislation regarding reformulation in that it should be illegal to sell a product where the ingredients are altered without informing the buyer. Some people may like the perfume now called Cachet but they should also have the opportunity to know exactly what they are buying.

I sprayed this on my arm, and an hour later all I'm getting in the sillage is Rive Gauche and hairspray. Am I off base here? Did I get zapped with something different? Edit: I tried the juice from a different bottle at a different location, and it is sweeter and less "tarnishy," leading me to believe the prior bottle had turned or was old, or something! One spritz wasn't doing it for me, so I lay on a generous four sprays all around my chest and back hair line. Now I feel like I'm wearing a fragrance and not alcohol with used up hair spray. It's still not fabulous, but light years ahead of where I was with the first test. This fragrance doesn't "develop," it's just a linear blob of smell, notably oakmoss, musk, and patchouli. I actually think a dude could wear this. Compared to other drugstore classics like Ciara, this doesn't have nearly the punch or "wow for a classic drugstore fragrance this is really cool" vibe to it. It just needs a little violet and would be a tame and junior My Insolence. Pass.

Cachet is an old love. Back in the pleistocene era, a skating buddy, Monique, would overload this and she would stink up half the rink LOL. It is lovely scent though. Rare and unique. The vintage I am speaking of. Musky, woody with an aldehydic floral tone in there also. And I love the story of Prince Matchabelli. This is a romantic perfume. A girl of 17, in late aternoon, sits at the dock, waiting for the ski instructor to come by in his boat and plan their lesson the next day. She is wearing a tube top and cut off shorts. After a few moments, the boat appears and then its roar slows and then cuts. Silence-- the boat glides towards her. His tanned hand reaches out with the rope. Her long sandy ponytail falls down over him as the boat docks. Cachet wafts about intermingled with the gentle fragrance of cool lake water, sparkling pink granite rocks and sun warmed closing water lilies. Vibrant young romance. Clean and natural, wholesome, these are words around Cachet.

My first introduction to Cachet was when one of the girls in my Math class (back in High School, mid '70's) took a big bottle of Cachet out of her purse one day during class and sprayed it on herself. Ahhhhh......this incredibly beautiful; classy scent came wafting my way and it was divine! I had to ask her what perfume she was wearing because I could not see the name on it and she said "Cachet". Well, I just had to go out and purchase a big bottle I loved it so much! I cannot think of a more beautiful; sophisticated fragrance than the original Cachet that was first introduced back in 1970. It was in a class by itself and as the advertisement stated, "Cachet...as individual as you are". Beautiful, beautiful fragrance. (PS: The Cachet that is out now in the purple, pink, and green box has been reformulated. This new; darker version is a far cry from the original. I'm so sad about this. I'd still be wearing it to this day if it was the original formula.)

I have only tried the vintage version. It is called cologne spray mist. At first, there seems to be very strong aldehydes, and it's more than a little animalic too. Once that largely dissipates, you are left with a very blended scent, which isn't necessarily "bad," but you have to think of particular notes if you want to perceive most of them (they don't "stick out,"' that's for sure, other than during the opening). This certainly isn't a "blob" of notes, nor is it "synthetic" in any way. I think of it as "feminine" version of Aramis, and it's certainly enjoyable when I am in the mood for it, which is true for all my scents anyway. After a few hours, it reminds me of Gucci Number 3, though I haven't worn that one for a long time. After obtaining my first vintage bottle I found another one at a good price, so I grabbed it in case I wanted a backup bottle. I may be willing to swap it (it's got that great 70s design to it and is over 1 ounce).

It's really strange. My Mum used to wear this years ago and I remembered it as being nice. I bought some - the 'modern' version, tried it and couldn't believe what a stinker it was - seriously, like bad aftershave. HOWEVER.... don't be quick to give up on this one. I'd given the bottle to my Mum (who lives overseas) and she said it smelled like it used to to her. I was visiting her over Christmas and tried it again and this time it was fine and just like it used to be! Weird huh? Upshot was, I came away with the Cachet in a swapsie with Mum, she got something of mine that is v similar to Aromatics Elixir which she can't wear anymore because of migraine. I've just proudly added Cachet to my wardrobe! Really not bad at all for the price - smells much more expensive and complex than the £s would suggest.

I'm at a loss to describe Cachet. It was one of my mothers fragrances, so I expected to recognize it. It has lovely galbanum in it, which I expected to smell. But Cachet is not so easily captured. My first impression was one of sweetness. Not candy or flowers, but the sweetness of new mown hay in the sun. I think this was the grass, galbanum and green notes together. Later, the rose drifted in, followed by a smell like slightly sweaty skin: the leather? The civet? Not sure. The orris and vetiver leave some earthy sweetness. This is a gentle and pleasant smell, like a walk in the open fields on a warm day. It reminds me a bit of Must by Cartier; it could be Must's country-cousin. Longevity about 6 hours, sillage moderate until halfway, then a skin scent.

I didn't realize how old my bottle of this was until I started researching it online and realized it was from the 70s. I asked my friend who gave it to me if she knew how old it was and asked her if she wanted it back and she said "No, my mom had so many bottles of it stored away, enjoy!" Ok, I absolutely will! This is a HUGE scent. Naturally, I'm all about that as I have never met an aldehyde I haven't loved! I have learned that it needs to be worn carefully so as to not overpower the air around the wearer. I've also discovered that it is either immediately recognizable to some people who remember it from when it was more popular or a complete mystery. As a lover of vintage scents, this is a gem I will use sparingly due to its age and rarity.