Lesh147 – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Cabaret is a full-bodied rose, not a watery little simpering rosebud. It’s earthy from the super green patchouli and langorous from the incense or smoke. The musk is my kind of musk: slightly animalic, slight clean dog smell. Now that may not sound like praise, but it is.
Too many rose fragrances veer towards being powdery or whispy little girlish. Cabaret is strong and unique. Best of all it’s INTERESTING, meaning you don’t experience the ennui of a linear scent that fades like a Cheshire cat leaving nothing but a smile. Instead, the notes take turns becoming dominant so that you can smell it at five minute intervals and not get the same experience every time.
Super excellent if you like originality, patchouli, and roses. Actually this is rather balsamic although balsam and resin are missing from the listed notes.

ildarka771177 – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Not red, pink. Watery lotus-peony-rose, but powerful. Instead of incense, I smell pepper. Dominated by musk. I gave it away.

deappibre – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

An odd fragrance. Not full of roses for rose lovers. The top has an odd, herbal quality. It seems all about the patchouli but more like the dried patchouli plant, not the hippie oil. Not sweet and a bit unpleasant but not like anything else. Yes, it is a bit mouldy/earthy. This fragrance smells old. Not old as in vintage but like age. Like loved roses left in a box in the attic for years and found by the next generation then sniffed but all that is left is the desiccated rose and dust.

pytakow – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

At first it smells a bit metallic, like crushed leaves of rose geranium + rose + patchouli / new birch leaves + metallic “fish” incense.
After one hour its getting sweeter, I detect the oleander flower.
Unique, salty and woody fragrance. Roses and new light green birch leaves, a forest in spring, like a lonely amaranthine rose blooming in the shade, in a dark virgin forest
Resinous, pitchy, salty, melancholic like an abandoned jazz tavern, red carpets, cigarette smoke (Twin Peaks?).
It has a nice musk base reminding a little of Narciso Rodriguez for Her.
Beautiful, short living, though.

frist2008 – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

CABARET is a waxy, slightly spicy rose scent with a touch of mystery about it. I agree with @Gabler, whose review (below mine) mentions a vintage aspect about this fragrance and it’s surprising to see that it’s a relatively modern one – released in ‘02. This vintage-y quality is something I like very much and it makes me feel as though I’m wearing something I inherited or found at an estate sale. Having said that, I don’t find this at all old-fashioned or dated. Some things are timeless to me.
Although you’d think from the name that CABARET would be loud and bold, this fragrance is on the softer side and it takes awhile to develop on the skin. After dry-down, the smoky note starts to emerge and I get just a touch of powder a little later in the progression. This isn’t a sweet fragrance and despite the dominant rose note, I wouldn’t call it a floral. To me, this is a very versatile scent, but I prefer to wear it with dark colors. I get about 6 or 7 hours longevity.
I have a current version and don’t know what sort of reformulations have been done. The current bottle looks a little different from the one pictured. Instead of the jagged-edged red design on the neck and “shoulders” of the bottle, there’s now just an inch-wide red band below the cap and the rest of the bottle is colorless. Oddly, the fill level is intended to leave the upper part of the neck empty. Per the picture of the older design, this was less noticeable under the red glass, but with the new clear bottles it’s a little startling and makes a brand-new bottle look used. (Batch code:150823, manufactured in May, 2015)

шустрик – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

This is the typical /and unique/ sweet smell of any theatrical green room /a backstage resting place for actors/. Old hardwood floor, sofas, upholstered chairs, dust, a scent of makeup, powder, rouge & perfumes of actresses, cigarette smoke, ashtrays, bouquets of dark roses & nervous anxiety. Expectations, high hopes & nostalgy concentrated at one place.
So, welcome to the Cabaret!
– postscriptum –
Cabaret has been on the market since 2002 – but it “acts” like a vintage treasure from the last century, that´s amazing.

Algyzen – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

such a seductive scent
it’s woody rosy and smokey
it’s quite light and airy but remains quite long
not sweet at all
it’s like a lighter version of Midnight Poison
and maybe Perles De Lalique
i can think of a lot of scents that have connections with this one
patchouli and rose are the most dominant smell here
i mean, it’s not a brilliant work but not bad either
i think this is easy to wear
less offensive than most rose-patchouli scent
definitely worth a try

alexslimsex – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

I dont usually wear florals, so this was a pleasant surprise. This is a well blended, rounded fragrance. On me the dominant notes are rose, patchouli and sandalwood.
I plan to try blending it with other single notes. Sillage and longevity are on the low side.

gosha2556 – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

J’aime plusieurs parfums de la marque Grès, mais là c’est le flop. La pyramide olfactive et les avis avaient l’air tentant, mais pour moi c’est une petite rose poivrée palichonne, franchement fade, la reformulation a dû le massacrer. Où est le sex-appeal de la danseuse ou chanteuse de cabaret? A mon nez, nulle part.
Peu de tenue.
Rien à voir avec ce que j’espérais en lisant le descriptif du parfum, très déçue, je l’ai donné.

mexan1982 – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

I had never sampled this till last week when I asked the shop lady for something inexpensive and cinnamon-like. It’s strong at first but dries into something so fresh and pleasant. It might not have cinnamon, but I’m guessing it’s a mix of amber, musk, and sandalwood that give it that amazing scent. Amber is one of my favorite notes ever. Beautiful, inexpensive, longevity, classic ($10 for 3.4 oz)

kekckekc – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

I have been wanting to try this for awhile, so I jumped at the chance to swap for it. I was expecting it to smell dark, sweet and a tad poisonous. This is the only fragrance I have ever encountered that contains Oleander, a poisonous flowering shrub that grows everywhere here in Arizona and has a distinctive heady/narcotic scent I can’t say that I can smell it in Cabaret though. This is a dusty dry dead rose with a bit of incense and patchouli. While I’m sad I can’t smell the Oleander in this one, it is a very nice rose/patch, I love the ones that smell like dusty dry rose petals. The silage is very skin close I fear for longevity but will update on it later.

besikhell – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Trying hard but not feeling the love with this one. It was recommended to me as a dark incense rose (I normally layer Fille de Berlin over Incense Avignon) but I get nothing but soapy, sour, cheap tea rose and no incense or patchouli at all. What a disappointment. Luckily, I only spent 15 euros on a second-hand 100ml bottle, so am currently using it up in the bath. Hope it will grow on me, as tastes do change, but currently it smells like a cheap knockoff.

dm_annenkoviv – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Very surprised by this bargain – but then, Cabochard is also the most excellent classic cheapy.
Sparkling, effervescent, slightly dry hint of pink and champagne rose petals sprinkled over pale lace of the politest of incense. Beautifully polished in its restrained transparency.

вадим17041995 – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

A blind buy and a great surprise! For me it`s easy to wear, easy to like. I wear it with velvet shoes, dark lipstick and cat-eye sunglasses. One of my autumn favorites but it`s also very beautiful during dry winter nights.

Abigail_fromAC – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

I don’t quite smell roses ,only patchouli and iris mixed with dust. This smells dirty but not in a good way, I think maybe of old luxury brothels

fokus68 – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

@Gigi the fashinista : thanks for your review.
Some words that you use in your description, are very useful for the ones like that’s haven’t tried the perfume. These words gives us an global idea of what are we goin’ to smell

Unlalslak – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

The first and always impression reminds me of Beckham Signature Story for her, in a more gentle way. I like!

grourpomi – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

I have copied and pasted this from a place where I simply put down my thoughts about a perfume as I come across them, I will try to organize it a little better and delete a few things that were merely first impressions but please keep that in mind.
This is a little bit rosey, and not as dark as I had hoped. There is something very familiar about this, maybe someone I knew wore it? Not very long lasting but definitely cheap enough that I don’t mind reapplying often. (I’ve since changed my mind, while this is no 12hr perfume it has decent longevity.) Thankfully the sillage is fairly light, so I don’t feel embarrassed wearing this. It is a little “old fashioned,” or, as I (a college girl) prefer to think of it, mature. But in a good way, not in a “your grandma wore this badly” kind of way. I get the cabaret association, but to me it’s a more intellectual perfume than that. I think it will perform better in colder weather; though admittedly I have not tried it in warm weather I bet it would be cloying. I have the bottle without the red, I wonder is there a difference? The bottle IS rather tacky, but seems to be good quality – mainly because the lid is very heavy. I think it’s solid metal. The sprayer is fine, even, and generous. I definitely get peony, patch, LotV, and…lavender? Incense in the background, of the nag champa variety. Sandalwood seems to be a top note on my skin…
Actually, I just realized it’s familiarity. Rose incense sticks. They used to burn them in the Indian restaurant in Budapest where my family used to go when I was a little girl…It was too strong for me then and I hated it and always made the waiter put it out. I was little and cute and had him wrapped around my finger. Once this dries down, it smells just like Govinda, minus the food smell. That’s not a bad thing, to me. It’s very beautiful and nostalgic.
A bit of a jammy rose, just at first. I wear this now to the theatre – not to see a show, but when I am in one. It fits perfectly – even when one is told not to wear perfume, it mimics the natural smell of the theatre so well that it’s perfect. It’s almost even better when I’m working “on the dark side,” sitting in the dark booth staring at a computer screen as sound or light operator, or pointing hot spotlights at the actors. This is the dust, sweat, skin, hairspray, the stage makeup, the deodorant, the wood and the paint of the newly built set, the hot metal of the lights, and the almost maple syrup smell of the fog juice.
I love it.

gena2606 – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Flowers, sour bits, dust, and a little incense.
Smells really great in the bottle, it’s not bad on paper, but it is NOT GOOD on (my) skin. It has a kind of overripe rancid vibe- I don’t know what it is, but I also smell it in Hilary Duff’s With Love.
I would only recommend as a blind buy if (1) you’re very confident you’ll love it based on the notes, and/or (2) you’ve got money to burn.

Bauka_kz – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

This smells a lot like White Linen, and therefore sour.
I don’t like it, though I wanted to like it.
It seems like only half of a fragrance, like during war time rationing, there wasn’t enough ingredients to really finish this off…
Or possibly you just want something so bare bones that you think this is a winner.
Gres should reformulate with some other notes and fill in the skipped parts.
I tried this on some fabric, as a sort of room perfume,
and I find I like it very much independent of my chemistry.
So even as a blind buy, I recommend it.

getman – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

After Agent Provocateur (Coriander, Rose, musk), which I found it too relaxing I wanted to try another “rose” perfume. The opening on me is sour and slighthly old fashioned. The silage is so weak I had to sniff it hard. I wrote it off and start using it on my wrist only. In mornings I started waking up into lovely roses smell and realising it came from Cabaret. The silage is so soft, but it’s longevity pleasantly suprised me plus it smells as a true wild roses. I like being in a cloud of fragrance but this is too delicate for me. If you like quiet, gentle, rosy smell this would make a lovely summer perfume.

afgan2502 – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Smells like the inside of a mahogany chest of drawers in a smoker’s home. AND I AM LOVING IT.

rolleyday – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

Fragrance Review For Cabaret By Gres
Top Notes
Rose Peony Lily of the Valley
Middle Notes
Iris Violet Incense
Base Notes
Nerium Oleander Musk Sandalwood Patchouli Amber
Cabaret is a spicy floral Oriental with a patchouli and incense. It’s not very mysterious and certainly not the Opium of the Gres fragrance line. I find it very modest and soothing, like sitting down in a dark booth at a restaurant or café with an Arabic theme. This has a unisex body and it can be masculine but that doesn’t make it any less engaging. The aroma is a hypnotic oleander flower that is rare in perfumery and on here is not the star but can be detected when it mixes with the other floral notes of rose, peony lily of the valley iris and violet. Due to the lack of fruits in this fragrance, the flowers are taking center stage. They tend to become powdery. A sweet powder but it is not a powder puff either.
The scent is long lasting and nocturnal. The incense note and the patchouli give it an herbal, almost medicinal, exotic touch. The more I wear this perfume the more I enjoy it but it has to work with your skin chemistry and your nose. A girlfriend of mine can’t stand it and calls it cheap incense. While this fragrance is affordable I don’t think it’s cheap or badly made at all. This is as good an introduction to incense as Galliano. It’s a soft incense. If you’re also curious about patchouli in fragrances this is a good and easy to wear patchouli, certainly not as heavy as the patchouli in Jessica Simpson’s Fancy Nights or L’Agent Agent Provocateur or Opium. If you want to get into incense start with this one. It smells very good and if it were more full bodied it would have been a perfume for Marlene Dietrich.
This scent makes me want to wear black clothing, smoke cigars and philosophize with German guys in Amsterdam or Berlin. It’s also very sexy so after a night of coffee tea and discussing Nietzsche or Kafka, it’s possible there could be a threesome involved. This is an intellectual and provocative powdery spicy floral scent for college girls! It’s also rather European. It’s really nice and I wish I had worn it years ago when I was that naughty college girl who could talk about Voltaire. The fragrance has a decent sillage and longevity but it’s intimate and warm and wears better in winter time. It’s also best to apply with a light hand. The oleander, the patchouli, the incense and the powdery iris and violet really send me! I love it.

zrc498JeomiWogkig – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

Though the bold packaging grabs your attention, this is not a strong perfume. It is a subtle spicy floral. Initially it doesn’t thrill me, but after thirty minutes it gets sexier and softer, slightly smoky, and exotic.

teh60 – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

Cool and dark and smokey, an old fashioned cabaret after closing time. The faint strains of a Tom Waits song on cool night air, or maybe Amy Winehouse. It’s wistful and beautiful and a little bit chilly. Reminds me of the beautifully musty scent of my favorite rock venue when I was a teenager.

zpEngel – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Cabaret is a rose perfume with patchouli, incense and musk. It’s not a vavoom sexy perfume so I had a hard time at first trying to figure out why the advertisement had a leather corset on it. After wearing this I realized it reminds me of the Broadway play “Cabaret”. It’s reminiscent of the dark, smokey, underground club where you go to escape the darkness of reality. This rose is soft and alluring yet dark and haunting. As a fragrance its a lovely scent to wear.

connect – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

If you have the original, treasure it and enjoy it. Big mistake buying a recent version of Cabaret. Transparent, heavy, difficult to use bottle. The fragrance – diluted, slightly resembling the original. No depth. One dimensional. Fades quickly. Goodbye to a great classic.

Emesyimmift – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

Sorry guys, but zero sillage, zero longevity, and almost zero aroma at all! After reading other reviews I start wondering, maybe there’s something wrong with my exact bottle of Cabaret…
Just keep in mind, that absolute weakness of this one is also possible.
Maybe it’s the fault of my tester bottle which I received without cap?

autodilleryga – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

I find Cabaret quite a cool, haunting, aloof perfume which definitely reminds me of the dry chypres of the 50s and 60s. Though there’s no oakmoss in listed notes, it makes me think of oakmoss.
The first notes I thought of on first sniff were lily of the valley, lemony frankincense, iris and clean rose. I wondered what gave this its darker/dusty tone and realised of course after looking at notes here that it’s patchouli.
I’m not used to patchouli being paired with the clean notes of frankincense and lily of the valley, since these days it tends to be paired with vanilla/fudge or very strong rose .
There’s not a trace of sweetness here, it’s dry, elegant, the muskiness is hazy, slightly metallic, not animalic.
Caberet reminds me of a scent that I remember from childhood (in the 70s): the scent of my parents returning from a summer party late at night: a hint of smoke, of outdoors ozone/fresh air, and of course expensive perfume. This smells quite specifically like a classic Edinburgh garden party outdoors when the sun has gone down – cool, elegant,silky, the musty scent of dank earth, tobacco and ancient stone
My mum used to wear Miss Dior, Madame Rochas and Ma Griffe back in the 70s – dry, elegant chypres indeed.
So to me this is a little blast from the past. Yet it makes me feel a little sad, I’m not sure why. @flowersinthespringtime (review below) describes it well. This perfume has the coldness of lily of the valley and frankincense mixed with the dirt of patchouli, which somehow makes me think of a church graveyard on a chilly day in spring.
Or, maybe it suggests (as many of those cool chypres of the 50s and 60s do) a woman who doesn’t give her heart lightly, if at all. Some have descirbed No 19 as having that particularly cool, even icy aura, but as someone who still enjoys No 19 in its various forms, I must say I find Cabaret icier!
There are some days when this introspective coolness might appeal to me, but this is not a perfume I’d throw on carelessly. I respect it though; its message isn’t simple or obvious – it’s the scent of an urbane, experienced women with considerable poise who never wears her heart on her sleeve.
Sillage light yet tenacious, longevity average

Incoming – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

Ok, so i tried “NR for Her EDP” today and am astounded how similar these two smell on my skin…i.e. virtually the same. but i prefer Cabaret! The rose is fresher and more like a real rose.
both scents are very similar once the top notes have moved away. Cabaret is everything Angela Agiannidou (below) describes (thank you!) i so couldn’t have described it this well.
for me it’s the very clever notes that keep on coming through as it dries down that i find so incredible. this is an unsung hero of the perfume world.
i snipped this from eBay last week and it is the bottle with the circus-like red design on the glass and the holographic box. band new unopened and i feel rather glad i discovered this before i tried the NR. I also wear Agent Provocateur (a scent which i found repulsive on first try and now i adore). This also shares similarities with cabaret, but it is a totally different perfume and the dry down of AP is much sweeter on me.
like any good record…good perfumes grow on us…it’s the clever nuances that we notice each time we listen (smell) that make a masterpiece that stays with us and changes alongside us. it’s not always an instant attraction. in fact i find the instant love scents…i quickly fall out of love with them and find them rather boring.
honestly, all rose and musk lovers, please grab yourself a bottle and enjoy. don’t be put off by the bottle design (i think it’s positively clown like)..it really doesn’t reflect what’s inside!
oh sillage and longevity are long-lasting…this smells like a quality vintage fume.

Rufet648 – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

Pure heaven made of patch, musk and beautifully rounded by rose and sandalwood! It starts off with a bang, the patch heavy and smooth,with nuances of peony and amber occasionally wafting through, mellowes over time when the rose note becomes apparent, it lasts such a long time, very strong, almost masculine, the dry down is a game between musk and rose, very feminine yet with an amazing longevity and personality! For a musk and rose lover this is an absolute must

sedaIcodida – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

I’ve ordered a wee sample of this from ebay and am V E R Y excited about trying it after reading all the totally amazing reviews. I love Agent Provocateur, so surely I’ll love Cabaret? More to follow …
///// Well, I’ve put this on my wrists and arms two days in a row now, and although what I CAN smell is beautiful, I can barely smell it at all. I’m only using wee phials, not a spray, so I don’t know if that’s the reason, but there is just nothing to this perfume in terms of potency. I’m a bit surprised, given that Cabotine is SO powerful. Do I need to order a spray bottle and douse myself in Cabaret in order to get anything from it? It’s just so lightweight.

svlook – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

I am so glad others are enjoying Cabaret, even though my experience proved identical to that of Pearlie17.
Tocade ( pre 2014 ) is everything I wanted Cabaret to be!

iturup2007 – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Sometimes names of the perfumes are so misleading!
For me Cabaret is the spirituality in the bottle. little bit serious and sad, the right opposite what I expect in real Cabaret to encounter. Hmmm….rose, incense , patchouli… when i smell it on, I really think of churches and spiritual things. Stays very long on clothes. I just love it and only regret its poor availibility.

titoav – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

Please buy Tocade instead! Cabaret is similiar but the EDP is faint, it’s like a watery shadow of Tocade, without the happy punchiness of the Rochas.

RRRusel – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

When my stepdaughter was a very little girl she was eating a very spicy curry and crying between each mouthful. When she was asked what was wrong she said that it was too spicy for her, we offered to remove the dish but she then cried some more and said that she still wanted it!!
This is how I feel about Cabaret. I find that something in the composition makes me uncomfortable and yet, I feel compelled to wear it and to smell it continuously.
There is something very comforting and addictive about this perfume. It reminds me of my Mum and yet she never wore it.
The notes are everything I love in a perfume and yet somehow it doesnt work well together and I get a continuous ‘hairspray’ kind of vibe going on, which isn’t unpleasant and actually it’s grown on me to the point where I like it..
This is a very fresh perfume which I feel would be better suited to summertime. I would almost go as far as to say that it’s very ‘green’ to my nose. I do get the woods and most certainly the peony but I get a faint and rather cold rose scent.
This is a very unusual and seductive perfume. It doesn’t try too hard but it remains unforgettable, unique and utterly aloof.
The price of this perfume does not reflect its quality which is excellent. Longevity is amazing, I wore it last night, slept in it and I could still smell it loud and clear this morning.
Silage is good too, about 2 feet.
I like it enough to get a FB because I feel that I will crave this perfume from time to time.
Highly recommended as this is as good as any niche or high end of the market scent, but shhh, it’ll be our little secret!

alex81397 – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

As a blind purchase, I did a deep research about the notes and review. Finally, this purfume has never failed me. I feel confident, classic, mysterious and can’t help sniffing. Lately, I bumped into Guerlain Idylle. The top notes and middles notes of the two are almost the same. But Gres bewitches me forever since price is affordable

15951 – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Great heavy bottle glass, heavy hat-lid, patterns, different
Its like a quirky vase for this intense smoky patchouli rose, will be my substitute for Bond 9 Bryant Park ( both made by Michel Almairac) as they share same character but Cabaret rose less in your face, less “medicinal”, but woodie, has ancient dry dusky feel in a drydown. Actually drydown similar with Rochas Soleil woodiness.
By all means its more niche quality rather than designer one.
Loving it, just pity it took me too long to decide and make this successful blind buy.

тамерлан2 – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

On my skin, rose is the predominant accord and it doesn’t change much from beginning to end. But I have no problem with that, especially because, though linear on me, it’s still so beguiling. I’m in lust, with a whole lot of love.
The rose is nicely toned by the patchouli. It’s not sharp or cold, but it is crisp. The projection is subtle but it never goes into hiding. Although linear, subtle and tame, it still manages to be mysterious and sensual, graceful and elegant. Longevity is 8 hours on skin, 12 on clothes. It makes me feel pampered, important and flawless.
I’m truly captivated by Cabaret Gres.

eihsiedler – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Very potent patchouli ! .. Very low key blast of cold vibe that need a couple of time to summarize, .. then the flower came and followed by the sweetness .. Getting well compose !! For me , this one is a kind of scent that need to wait before left a judgement ! .. It does last kinda skin scent on me, not strong silage but still noticeable when I move ,, that I think, it doesn’t impressed to someone who like kinda bold fume strong and sweet-candy like!! but for me is just right, really unique when it blend nicely with my skin chemistry .. 🙂 My co-work keep asking me when I wear it .. 🙂

skr426speagoessenda – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Cabaret is very comfortable. The listed notes don’t really match what I get out of it. For me, it’s mostly dried crusty flowers, musk and maybe a touch of warm lemon? No rose. The patchouli is very prickly. Maybe that’s where the lemon feel is coming from. I think someone who dislikes patch but enjoys herbs might be a fan of this despite the note. Honestly, it smells a little closer to marijuana than to patchouli in my book. My husband wears this occasionally as he finds it soothing. It smells very nice on him and not overtly feminine in the least.

ritka – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Finally, I am able to find Cabaret. There is not much that I can say. I think I smell a lot of patchouli, it indeed is very mysterious. The rose is not sour nor girly like most roses (which I dislike), it blends perfectly into the patchouli. Somewhat powdery and I thought there was vetiver in it. But, most of all, I swear it bears a lot similarities with Cartier Le Baiser Du Dragon.

black23rus – 2022-06-07:

4 out of 5

Perfect for day and evening wear. I can feel the musk, incense notes and jasmin, which mix together very well and makes you feel sexy and powerful.

dmitters – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

I used to love this perfume, but I find it just doesn’t work with my chemistry anymore. It does have excellent sillage and staying power, considering the reasonable price you can buy it for these days.

Ferupseve – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

Hmmm …
The first couple of hours of Cabaret are gorgeous. A lovely warm incensy rose, a little spicy. A total “can’t stop sniffing my wrist” experience.
Unfortunately though, the drydown turns very masculine on me. Far too much of the wood and above all, amber. Smells like cheap men’s cologne, in fact. Almost as bad as Avon basenotes, and that’s saying something.
This makes me sad, because up to that point this is divine. I suppose I could always scrub the remains off after two hours?

BoBdegandaexhize – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

I have been wanting a good old-fashioned rose scent for awhile now and Cabaret was recommended to me by more than one perfumista of my acquaintance. So since it’s very inexpensive on ebay I decided to purchase a full bottle, not a sample(which I usually try to do). My first spray smelt of roses, celery and graham crackers! I’m not kidding! Exactly in that order too. I was to say the least – not excited. Luckily, I never judge a book by it’s cover so I patiently waited for the drydown. It’s not bad. Not the best I’ve tried, but it is at least wearable.

tutov1976 – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

I Have a feeling that this scent is particularly sensitive to heat so beware. This now leaves an oily residue on my skin and smells mostly of patchouli and burnt rubber and then disappears. It is sad because I used to really love it!

utg178InsuffBooni – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

i’m very impressed. what a sleeper of a scent!
an extraordinarily transparent, incense-smoked rose with just enough supporting florals, patchouli, musk and amber to give a dry, well-seasoned wood effect. i think i read in another review that the wearer likened this scent to the smell of the inside of a piano or antique wooden furniture items like old chests, trunks and wardrobes made of aromatic woods.
there is a wonderful radiance that doesn’t seem to overpower even with over-application – the transparency and delicate nature never becomes tiresome. just beautiful and very unisex.

godaacrof – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

Lovely scent. I received a bottle as a Christmas gift. The bottle doesn’t have the red- orange points on it as in the picture above. Not sure what that means.
It’s a very soft incense/rose scent, and spicy at the same time. The rose is a natural almost cinnamon clove rose. Impossible to spray on too heavily. It lasts throughout the day but wears very close to the skin. Dry down is pretty straightforward in a good way as it doesn’t get cloying,as some rose scents can. It’s very beautiful. Why isn’t every department store plugging this fragrance?

kner – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

One of the most underrated perfumes ever. It was probably too good/special so they discontinued it like they usually do! Shame!

mama_tanya77 – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

Cabaret is a beautiful and slightly dirty patchouli and rose infusion with an initially strong camphor note from the patch. It is well balanced and perfect in many ways but I miss some sweetness. Maybe some honey or amber would do it?

oyu033Diobtetty – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

Once I got over the silly bottle with it’s ridiculously slender neck (I feared it would snap like a twig if I didn’t handle it carefully) this was a completly unexpected delight. This was recommended by a fellow fume head and I can honestly say before the recommendation I didn’t even know it existed. It’s delicious, spicy, floral notes are utterly compelling and somewhat addictive. I spent the afternoon sniffing myself – in the politest possible way of course. This is really beautifully balanced, easy to wear, day or evening and all year round. It’s also a perfume that is interesting and rather unique, and because it’s a well kept secret it feels special to wear. The boon is, it’s affordable too. Stock up before it’s discovered or reformulated!
And it is misleading to think this shares any characteristics of NR…. it’s nothing like it in my opinion and I have both. Cab is way way better and much more interesting.

promin – 2022-06-07:

5 out of 5

A lovely, simple fragrance, a rose that is dried and not sweet, reminding me of rosewater, earthy patchouli, sandalwood, and as it dries, a sweet woody musk, with a lot of incense. I really like this.
Now for the damned bottle–really hard to spray!
And I really, really don’t think it smells like NR for Her EDT.

Renovatio.80 – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

I received a sample for testing together with Femme Individuelle by Mont Blanc and I must say they share the smokey-woody undertone, which does not blend well with my skin. I gave it to my mother and it works much better for her. Whereas on me Cabaret is irritating, on her it creates a warm shawl. It makes me think of a pear in the incense smoke. I’d avise it for autumn/winter, but my mother loves it and wears it all the time. 🙂
It’s rather strong, but not overbearing, and you can count on its sillage: even after an hour I can still smell it in the air.

Guns – 2022-06-07:

3 out of 5

Love it. I liked Cabotine (the scent everyone loves to hate) when it came out but found it a bit too too on the skin. Eventually I was only occasionally using a drop of it but even that was giving me a headache. Cabaret is gentler and woodier, and doesn’t club you over the head like Cabotine