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valscher – :
Came across a misplaced bottle of vintage Must de Cartier. Spritz inside elbow and went about day. It has been developing into something delightful. I’m all for galbanum, citrus, civet, leather. But I can detect PINEAPPLE in the fading scent, a note I’ve ever detected before. Obsession has too many spices for my liking, but this has something special I must yet explore. We’re going to be friends this fall and winter.
justas666 – :
Unexpected love, this one (edt). More opium than YSL Opium, in a way. It doesn’t have the unyielding assault on modern nostrils that my vintage Opium does, and I’m willing to bet money that a light application of this would magically draw out the gentleman in the men in your life and make the women ask if you had your hair done or went to the spa. Excellent choice for a smoker, certainly on par with Habanita.
koniv – :
This review is for vintage red cap bottle…edt.
I currently own and love the new Must de Cartier,which is the reformulation…very Obsession/Krazy Krizia like type scent. Today…I received the vintage EDT of Must and I am overwhelmingly HAPPY !! This is the stuff I first sniffed years ago and loved,but never purchased.
The vintage is more floral-ish and greener,but still holds that spicyness. The carnation note is much more upfront in the vintage,to my nose.To ny nose and chemistry it is way OK to have both, due to the distinct differences in the two…IMO.
A classic revisited….and thankfully…an amazing moment.
X_master – :
I just received my sample of this, and it is an incredible beauty. A deep rich Oriental, elegant and spicy, with excellent longevity and remarkable silage. It has an underlying powdery note which only shows itself at the “end” of the trail. If this scent was a color, it would be a shining copper, warm and gold in the sunlight. Perfect for a summer afternoon drifting into evening. A keeper.
dzhur – :
Agree totally with Elsee. NO comparison, unfortunately. I was so disappointed with the new formulation.
timon-boss – :
I started wearing this in 1982 when it came out. It was gifted to me when I was living in Cairo. I wore it for years.
Sadly the formula has changed and it doesn’t smell the same at all. I want to love it but it gives me a major headache.
iljanl – :
Clean, soapy green. This is a light (for the era; late 70’s/early 80’s) galbanum fragrance. Unlike many of it’s contemporaries has a clean, even evanescent feel, despite the presence of civet. I don’t get anything balsamic; to me, this is a very cool, detached fragrance. I get more Jacomo Silences, or Chanel 19, than anything oriental. Delicately woody/rosey, nestled in a cool green nest; gives it an almost laundry-like feel. This was apparently Cartier’s attempt at a “light oriental” and I think they succeeded. There may be nothing that stands out about Must but it’s a lovely, smooth, well crafted green scent. A great place to start exploring older styles of fragrances. More friendly than No. 19, less wild and sap-like than Silences. Orderly and immaculate in a calm, approachable way.
sergeimikh – :
I’ve worn it for years. Very dry and woody. Like pencil shavings but in a good way. Sexy, spicy, deep. But I feel confident wearing it at the office and in hot weather. Never turns bad or cloying even after 24 hours. It’s expensive and it smells like it and wears like it.
sekin – :
Tried it on a blotter,loved it,reminded me of Vent Vert by balmain,then went back to spray some on me,30 minutes later it had turned into fly spray!ghastly,couldnt wash it off fast enough!
mover – :
I have never had the opportunity to try this one. But I read in a book that it is the perfect fragrance for a Scorpio woman, so I hope I come across it one day. Seems to expensive to blind buy.
Чувик – :
Find the vintage — just find it. It doesn’t even compare to the newest version. It’s glorious, it’s deep, it’s old school and it’s sexy as hell. Find it. Nuff said.
SlicsBefsycle – :
I’m a child of the 80’s (born in the late 60’s) but had never tried this fragrance until today. Got a vintage mini and tried it out today. I’m not getting the comparison to CK Obsession. I had a big old bottle of CK Obsession that I bought in the ’80s, and this doesn’t resemble it. Never the less, Must de Cartier is an in your face, big hair don’t care, ’80s era delight! It has that lovely hairspray accord that brings me back over thirty years ago to my youth (when we all had giant cans of Aquanet).
foxxel – :
I got a mini of this off Ebay because I was so certain I’d like it but didn’t want to commit to a full bottle. It’s so nice! It is like Calvin Klein Obsession with a big fat galbanum note sitting on top.. I love it. Green and herbaceous but oriental and spicy at the same time. It is definitely something to wear to be noticed.
Madelyn_fromAD – :
I grabbed an EDT of this for $20, and yesterday it came.
WHAT MEMORIES!!! OMG! <3 Except, it’s memories of the 1990s because I wore Obsession. (Must came first in 1981, and when I wore Obsession, I’m going to assume it was an original formula being about 1996-2000).
But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad scent. I love it. Brings back many memories, and has wonderful sillage and potency. I went spray-cray but it wasn’t overpowering or cloying. (I layered with 90s Shalimer EDP after 4 hours, but Must quickly broke thru and made the Shal disappear).
The sillage radiates all sweet Obsession (spicy sweet musky amber) but up close I def get the green-spice more. I WISH I got the aldehydes, leather, galbanium, and civet since I love vintage notes, but this version is prob stripped of them due to reformulations. Bummer.
This is not quite creamy, too dry for that, but it does evoke a warm, happy feeling of sitting by the fireplace on a cold day. I don’t have a fireplace, so Must and I will pretend. 😉
vlad13.05.98 – :
A serious, grown up fragrance, it will mortify the young ladies who love their sugar bombs, another reviewer mentioned that this is a dangerous fragrance to give to a young girl..so true!
Sophisticated, musky, woody, exotic…it drapes sensuously on its wearer, the vanilla is not of the screeching sweet variety, but slightly acrid, which gives this fragrance its depth. I also get that Coca Cola and bourbon hit on first application, but ever so slightly and it’s gone in a flash, so not at all disturbing.
Longevity is ridiculous…wear it at 8pm and you’ll revisit it at 7am on your skin, only softer and slightly powdery like a vanilla soufflé. So what’s not to love about this?
My aunt who is 91 wore this for many years, however, she had the original version, and it was breathtaking on her. I have the newer formulation, and although it hasn’t got that jaw dropping, swoon inducing effect of its predecessor, it’s still a classic beauty that’s too good to pass up, and at a sensible price. I would snatch up one of these before they’re all gone and we are bemoaning the loss of yet another classic in the not too distant future.
GdanAlex – :
As I have fallen in love with galbanum fragrances I really wanted to try this. Yesterday my sample arrived and I can´t stop smelling it since then. This is definitelly my cup of tea. It is very difficult to describe this sensuous, sophisticated and rich scent. The beginning may be sharp for somebody but after a while I can feel lovely spicy and floral notes. I can´t wait to buy this into my collection. It is simply must.
Pgflrltaz – :
This is the review for new EDT, batch code check says it was made 2/2016 (clear glass, golden cap).
I can not object to any reviewer who states that this, many times reformulated EDT is a shadow of the vintage EDT and that The Giant is fallen, because I have vintage and, in my oppinion, the regrets about the scent begone are in place.
BUT, for all those who did not try the vintage, I have to say that – in a reasonable price range and outside of niche – this most recent EDT iteration of Must is still worth a try.
Current EDT is still nobile, warm but green, sharp and velvety, aromatic, ambery-woody, slightly leathery and vanillic oriental.
In today’s context, Must is absolutely unisex, and fitted for today’s etiquette of moderate silage.
The heaviness of the 80-ies classic is gone, and thickness is transformed into into light but still substantial aura.
So, if you compare this 2016 iteration of EDT to vintage, adjective “pale” comes to mind, BUT – if you are comparing it to whatever in today’s high-end designers section – this EDT is perfectly ok.
Must is cosy, elegant, warm, serious, particular, familiar, distinct, and – as time goes by – more modern, not-mainstream and niche-like than it was in the beginning of this millenium.
Paradox? Maybe.
But even if looks like a paradox, if you are in search for non-sweet / unisex oriental combo of woods-amber-leather-aromatic-vanilla with the fresh, green element, you will probably have to leave today’s designer’s market, overfloded with sweeties, fruitchoulies and other play-for-sure scented mediocrities, and either reach for vintage or reformulated classic, or go to niche. And then, chances are that, after you look around the niche, you wil eventually find that the grass is not always greener on the other side, but is almost always more expensive.
Test Must before that.
Test it, just because it is smart thing to do.
For current EDT (2016)
* like (love remains attached to vintage version only)
* silage: moderate (arms lenght at first three hours, after that just a bit more than a skin scent). Current EDT is very far from being silage-bomb. There, it is perfectly ok for office and works beautifully as day-time unisex. The scent descretely marks personal space, but does not intrude other’s. (Still, I wish that performance is better.)
* longevity: moderate (up to 6 hours, but it needs very generous applying.)
* time: For me – the true “golden autumn” fragrance. As last autumn, I’ll start wearing it again when leaves start falling and days become short and rainy, but not really cold. Day. Night. Casual to formal.
mazafack – :
I don’t know how old my bottle is. It’s the parfum spray, in a long thin rectangular red glass bottle with gold top, that was packaged in a clear red plastic box that looks like a hard glasses case. 2000-ish edition maybe? Anybody know? I tried researching the packaging but only saw it described online as “vintage”, although I doubt it’s very old.
Anyway, on to the review…
I absolutely get the comparison to Obsession. But, in my opinion, it’s just a superficial comparison. Must de Cartier is much more complex than Obsession. The notes really do develop and change over time. Just when I think it’s reached the final drydown, some new notes move into the forefront and it takes on a whole new dimension.
It’s an interesting fragrance. Definitely one to put aside until cooler weather though.
Now I’m intrigued about the original formula, I’ll have to track down a mini and compare them.
kartel – :
Must de Cartier was launched in 1981, while Obsession was launched in 1985.
It’s not that Must smells like Obsession. Rather, Obsession’s greatest wish was to grow up to be Must de Cartier.
Unfortunately, such a lofty goal is unattainable.
No matter how loudly Obsession yells out its presence, the harsh reality is, Obsession never had the innate elegance of Must de Cartier, and to top it all off, it never attended the right schools either.
It’s not Obsession’s fault. I actually like it and own it. It’s just the harsh reality of it’s condition.
What Obsession should do, is focus on it’s strengths. Which are: that even though it was created to emulate Must de Cartier, Obsession was astute enough to pick up and treasure some of the spices that were so carelessly left behind by 1977’s Opium when she shed some weight. This has rendered Obsession quite the sexy unisex bombshell for fall/night.
While Must de Cartier is and will remain the most elegant of classics in my book.
any011speagoessenda – :
A gentleman informed me of this fragrance’s existence this evening and I’ve never been more glad. I adore Cartier as a house and a fragrance developer.
Ever since trying Le Baiser du Dragon, I’ve wanted to own it and several other Cartiers. Oddly, this escaped my sight
Looking at the notes, I get very confused. At times they seem to indicate a close relationship to Chanel’s No. 5 but at other times they seem to scream Obsession. Very very keen to get my nose into this.
123123123 – :
My mother wore this and so did my aunt, whom in my childhood imagination, embodied what a movie star must have been like in real life. (Imagine a loving and kind version of Joan Crawford… that was my aunt). I remember wishing to grow up in order to wear Must de Cartier.
The first time I owned this magical elixir, it was a gift by a friend who gave me the 4ml parfume version. She knew I loved the scent, and God bless her heart, thought of me as sophisticated enough, as to be able to pull it off when I was 19 years old. Every time I wore it I felt a mixture between empowered and as though I were 4 years old wearing my mother’s heels.
Since then, either the EDT or the EDP (different formulations created by different perfumers) have been part of my wordrobe. There is as much of a difference between the vintage parfume and the vintage EDT, as there is between the vintage EDT and the reformulated version of the EDT. (All formulations, I currently own, and unabashedly hoard).
The different formulations range from more ambery, spicier, more vanillaic and smoother potions, to cooler/green, and then to less complex fragrances, with less longevity and a more pronounced indolic heart, as you go down the ladder from vintage parfume to vintage EDT to current EDT. I’m not thrilled with the indolic nature of the current formulation, but the drydown is still beautiful.
However, I think it must be said: to Cartier’s credit, the fragrance remains true to it’s DNA, which is remarkable, when compared to many other classics that have either no resemblance to their former selves, or have entirely lost their soul.
To me, this is first and foremost an amber, a very complex amber, and it is precisely that well rounded complexity that makes this fragrance, in my view, the most elegant of all the fragrances I have ever encountered. It surpasses Bond No.9 Amber, Amouage’s Ubar and even Serge Luten’s Ambre Sultan (my second favorite amber). Factor in favorable online prices, and even if the quality of Ubar and Ambre Sultan is better than Cartier’s current formulation, Must de Cartier is the no contest winner for both: value and scent.
It would be pointless for me to describe the scent, as many have done so eloquently already. If you’re looking for a description, I recommend you read Sissi’s from 2010 and Weegee’s right below it. (Hover over the bottom right corner, you’ll see the dates).
I however, can offer you this: Ever since my first bottle, just the act of purchasing Must de Cartier, has made me feel empowered. I have now grown into this perfume and I wear it every time I start a new job, or I need to go to an important meeting, or when I meet a man I value and admire. It is my suit of armor, the scent that clings to my cashmere sweaters, my “pick-me-up” when I’m feeling low, my invisible strand of pearls.
hmn82 – :
Am I the only onw who thinks its smells like Anne Pliska?
CalvinGZ – :
It is wonderful. Just wonderful. I do get the comparison to Obsession that some people mentioned. Of course these two fragrances don’t smell totally alike, but I see them being in the same vicinity, almost like distant cousins, with noticeable familiarity. Must is not so loud, sweet and smoky, but there is a vibe to it that is very similar to Obsession, in a classier, more subtle and refined way. And yes, it does smell oriental on me. I think it is a matter of how it reacts with your skin, nothing bitter here for me, but the most heavenly balsamic smoky sweetness. I think if you like one, you will like the other. Must is stunning. Definitely a scent that will stay in my collection.
black120874 – :
Listen up, men. Buy this for your wife or significant other, then steal it. It’s completely unisex. Not fruity, not flowery, NOT powdery. It makes a great winter-day scent for when you want to break away from the Paul Bunyan woodsy routine. It’s a big ol Amber party that somebody invited Musk to, and it works.
suchko112 – :
This review is for the new version.
Received this today..and I am still “on the fence” about this one. I guess I need a full wearing,maybe. I do think it is somewhat “different” than the original. I remember years ago working with a girl who wore the original everyday…her signature scent….and I loved the scent on her…I did get this on eBay auction for a low cost…$19.99 plus s&h…so…I am not too upset..
I think this is the typical..”be patient, and let the scent develop with your chemistry ” type scent. I have it on now, just sprayed, and already it is going thru changes on my skin….and it is making me “smile” more!
I get the spice,vanilla…and also a “nutty” tone…??
I am actually getting a touch of Valentino Uomo….??!!
Btw..the opening is aldyhede-ish for sure, but that dissapates, when the scent starts to develop.
This scent is a “kalidescope”….multi-faceted.
But, still….ohhhhh the original version….that would be the one. For now, this will do….
Now that it has “dried-down”….I am getting the “vibe” of the original!!! There is one note projecting that reminds me of what I used to smell from the original…the “ahhh….” there it IS !!
I need to follow my own advice about get to know the scent, and let it get to know…YOU. Patience, all.
Edit: After several full wearing of this….I LOVE,LOVE, LOVE it !!! Into my TOP 10 list…for sure. I am curious about Must de Cartier Gold now !!!
moguchev87 – :
Beautiful rich nuanced fragrance that projects both confidence and comfort. I have to be light with the sprays or the galbanum takes over. One or two sprays and I get deep amber with the ylang ylang hovering over. As it dries down the vanilla becomes stronger and ultra comforting, with the green notes vibrating through. I keep trying to find a 80s masterpiece I like more than Must de Cartier, but I don’t think I ever will.
wanjatka – :
This scent is like a woman’s pantsuit from the eighties: extravagant, timeless, and effortlessly gallant. This is a power bomb of aldehydes, civet, and vetiver; trademark ingredients from the golden age of perfumes. I was a little apprehensive about this fragrance, it’s certainly a statement piece with an extremely loud presence and great endurance, however I feel Must can also come off as slightly cold and intimidating.
On my skin this is a heavy composition of galbanum, woods, and aldehydes. Must phases out into a vetiver and sandalwood base with dry downs of carnation and supple leather. I can detect mild notes of civet but it isn’t overwhelming; I don’t pick up any roses, jasmine, or pineapple unfortunately. The dry down is a bit lackluster with mostly amber, aldehydes, and sandalwood. This is not a safe blind buy, like most fragrances from that time period, Must veers heavily into the “masculine” territory.
Personally I have yet to find a vintage chypre that doesn’t remind me of damp rotting earth; Must is actually quite enjoyable and one of the only eighties fragrances that I can stand. This is a power house, with the first application being strong enough to command the attention of a small village, and the longevity is incredible.
Overall I can see why this was a classic for over 30 years, it’s a legendary scent meant for the most sophisticated and powerful woman.
Vienna.Pink
misha.kotikow – :
Ellie-7 the formulation has changed. All perfumes have changed their formulation for various reasons.
I don’t know what the old formulation smells like as I only have the new one. But I have Opium from the late 80’s and the current formulation and they are very similar but the new formulation is thinner and not quite as complex. I would imagine it is the same for Must de.
_marck_ – :
The new formula is NOT like the one I used to use in the 80’s I am so disappointed. The retailer tells me it’s the same but I know it’s not. I used to LOVE this but now it’s different and it gave me a headache.
Does anyone else find that it’s different? Please let me know. I find so many of my old faves have changed 🙁
doy02 – :
There are certain things in life that you don’t understand. Ignoring this liquid jewel was one of them.
I just can’t believe why I never discovered Must in all theese years, specially beeing addicted to those heavy perfumes of the 80’s.
Let’s get straight to the fragrance.
The opening is a little bit “juicy” on me but in a very nice way. The pinneaple maybe?
So this gives this european perfume a beautiful tropical note that for someone from a tropical country like me, is very familiar and pleasant.
Later on I get the green note that balances the sweet pinneaple followed by the alluring and enchanting jazmine that makes it adorable.
The base notes are a sexy and refined vanilla with perhaps some dark chocolate, shavings I would say that far from making it gourmand, give it a very intresting twist.
All this is finished by a sexy yet subttle civet ( artificial but refined ) that makes the whole thing a perfectly sensual, classy and alluring perfume that makes you feel gorgeous.
While there are fragrances that are female with no doubt ( despite what some people might say ), Must is perfectly unisex and feels divine on anyone.
I must agree that Must has some shared notes with Obsession, but that is not a bad thing when you keep in mind that Must was the inspiration ( it is not stated anywhere but come on! ). But while Obsession feels a little bit vulgar, Must feels luxurious, chic and bewitching.
Don’t want to sound cheesy but for me Must is a must for anyone who loves those perfect 80’s scents and specially when thinking that Must was the first oriental of that gorgeous era where most of the best perfumes were created.
Buterbrodik – :
gtabasso The oriental part is probably referring to the original PARFUM formulation, which is a completely different fragrance from both the vintage and current EdT – there ought to be separate entries for these, as it’s really misleading!
asarafan – :
I first smelled MdC back in 1997, when I got a small sample from a perfumery in NYC. It made quite an impression on me, even then when my love for fragrances hadn’t quite reached it’s peak. But even then, I remember it seemed a very sophisticated scent and not really like anything I’d smelled before. Fast forward at least 10 years to when I bought my first bottle back here in Oz. I wanted to recapture some of the feeling it gave me back in NYC, a feeling of glamour and richness, and being outside of the usual normality of my life. But until recently, I’d always associated this scent with total musk…in my mind, despite whatever was really going on within the chemistry of the juice, my brain said “MUSK”. I admit my inadequacies at differentiating or detecting notes, but I still really liked it regardless, which surprised me!! Now, I have realised that it’s not exclusively musk I smell but also sandalwood and some floral which could be the carnation or rose I expect. In any case, I love it. It’s sexy and has a sort of haute couture grandness feel about it for me (could be the label??)while still being a scent that is very much the “modern woman”.
slemiViesia – :
This doesn’t happen very often to me but I couldn’t smell anything with this fragrance at the beginning. As it warms up I pick up cloves and amber but no flowers.
Then there is that pesky sandalwood. It doesn’t ruin the scent for me but I know it is there. It amazes me that I never smelt Must when it first came out. I would probably have worn it if I had the chance. For 2016, I don’t know. There is something in Must that is just a little sharp, can’t put my finger on it. The tonka helps to smooth things out but still…….
No, I don’t think I would track down a bottle of this.
PixelPlus – :
Vintage 1oz Must edt.
This is the much maligned vintage edt in the smoky dark and red capped splash bottle.
I like it. It’s a sexy green galbanum rosewood hit smoothed out with Tonka and vanilla and at times the dark cocoa note appears but it morphs into the sexiest unisex, bordering on masculine scent. I can’t believe I’m calling green galbanum sexy but here I am. Its the sexy that when you inhale you smile.
In the 80s we played a lot with gender bending and it wasn’t uncommon to wear a masculine type perfume.. bandit did it first, Yves saint Laurent introduced the women’s tuxedo in the 70s..its the juxtaposition with a wink of irony that pulls everything off.
Bandit by Piguet was loved while this was shunned. Maybe I’m different than most, or open enough to give this unrelenting green opening attention..but if you run a cross it.. try it. On a man it would be super seductive.
This really is the sportier version as it is very different from the edp parfum versions.
tamir147 – :
Fragrance Review For Must De Cartier
Top Notes aldehydes, pineapple, mandarin, galbanum, peach, bergamot, brazilian rosewood lemon
Middle Notes carnation, leather, yellow narcissus, musk, orchid, orris root, jasmine, vetiver, neroli, ylang-ylang rose
Base Notes: amber, sandalwood, tonka bean, vanilla, vetiver civet.
When perfume was perfume it smelled like Must de Cartier. This is an absolutely gorgeous fragrance. Just my type. The kind of perfume that makes me swoon. The opening has all the ingredients I enjoy in opening scents: aldehydes, sparkling, electric, and green galbanum, sweet juicy pineapple fruit as well as mandarin and peach. The citruses dissipate and reveal the scent to be an Oriental floral chypre. It has more chypre tendencies especially at the end. It has some fragrant rosewood and sandalwood I die for. It has unisex leather and musk. It has orchid, a sexy orchid, and carnation, silky, and yet strong. It has powdery orris and spicy vetiver and additional flowers of rose, narcissus and jasmine. I love the floral touches here. The dry down is sandalwood for days and there is also a touch of vanilla. I can describe this scent as being fruity, floral woodsy and balsamic. It’s like a rich perfumed oil for the skin. Gorgeous, luxurious. It wears for hours, all day on me. I have nothing but love for this perfume and all the well made Cartier fragrances. I recommend all of them.
awairmbruinia – :
Are these people’s noses broken? This is not close to Obsession or Krazy Krizia which I wear all the time! This is not oriental or spicy. This is an old-style bitter, aldehyde chypre. Straight up.
hag266Unlogrere – :
I’ wearing the vintage parfum. I really thought I would like it, seeing the notes, but I guess a high dosage of galbanum doesn’t agree with me. The opening is so bitter it makes me cough (something that never happens to me), it’s not worth to wait for the sweet and warm vanillic drydown… I’m really sad about this but I’ll have to pass it on.
archibolt – :
I remember my mom had it before. It was so strong that it used to give me instant headaches so I had to run out of the room as soon as I felt it, haha. It smells quite musky and cinnamony, it totally fills the entire room!
mixefem – :
This is very much like my signature, Obsession. The differences are: The opening contains a celery scent and the drydown sillage is much less than Obsession. I find that I need to reapply this upon drydown in order to get the level of projection that Obsession gives me.
fkl712Bessinepome – :
dopo anni di allenamento, riesco adesso ad accostarmi ai cosiddetti grandi classici orientali senza troppo raccapriccio – chissà forse arriverà il momento in cui gradirò anche il n.5. oggi provo il must: ricchissimo, ipercomplesso, come molti profumi pensati e realizzati negli anni 80 e anche prima, quando la profumeria era astratta e surreale. la qualcosa aveva pure un senso: perchè, direi oggi, profumare di qualcosa che già in natura esiste? quindi spazio alla creazione, unica, irripetibile, originalissima. di cose così ce ne sono tante e tante sono quelle molto riuscite e assolutamente non datate. una di queste è must: che è verdissimo (prime note di galbano) e pare anche aldeidico, ma poi vira sul fruttato (nella piramide c’è frutta per tutti i gusti), sfiora il floreale passando per il legnoso e si ferma su un delizioso resinoso. inutile citare tutte le sensazioni provate, sono troppe, e ogni pelle sia maschile che femminile (questo è un profumo decisamente unisex) riuscirà a scatenarne alcune piuttosto che altre. come per altri capolavori quali k de krizia o helmut lang, si tratta di un senza tempo che ancora ammalia. ottimo.
tusiaa – :
Hello from Decodawn. Must de Cartier is a Giant of a fragrance in the perfume world it has been 35 years since it was first launched and it’s appeal is everlasting. A perfume that radiates from the skin and is quite strong at first spray sillage is huge and could fill a room but eventually after half an hour settles to arms length. Top note is a burst of fresh fruit & spice, whoosh straight up your nose but wait for it the middle notes are very powdery warm and eventually the base is a gorgeous comforting oriental scent consisting of Vanilla, amber, chocolate, caramel, but also powdery. MUST is both refined and sophisticated, sensual and very comforting. I can see the similarities between Guerlain Shalimar, Prada Amber and CK Obsession but they are definitely poles apart in relation to the refinement and quality of ingredients but for cheapness and a daytime replacement CK is very good value and a near decent copy. For all who are devotees to MUST it really is a monument to love and once you fall in love it usually lasts forever. Elegant, sexy but in a demure way this fragrance is exciting and classic and timeless. A MUST for any lady over the age of 30. Try it you will love it.
sergey2805 – :
What is 80,s or early 90,s vintage EDT like ??? Is it different to the edp ? I read there totally different ?
Arwen – :
This magnificent fragrance can be described in one word: PERFECT! MUST de CARTIER is a luxurious scent and one of the sexiest, sophisticated and original scents ever, this sure makes people heads turn. Rich, deep, heavy, oriental, complex, intoxicating, strong, timeless and a wonderfully sexy scent.
The first time I tried this fragrance was in a department store when I was around 16. I just went around spraying loads of different perfumes on my arm and then left the shop and went somewhere else. Suddenly I could smell what was quite possibly the best perfume I had ever smelt coming from my left arm. Other people in the shops remarked on it as well but because I had sprayed a lot of different perfumes on at once, i couldn’t remember what it was called. I was positive it was a Cartier, but I didn’t know which one.
About 4 years later, i decided to try and find it again, so i went to the Cartier section of the perfume shop and after determining that it was definitely not Pasha, picked this one up. I remembered the feel of the fluted glass bottle, so I was pretty positive that I had the right one, as no other Cartier fragrances (at that time) had fluted bottles. I sprayed this on my arm again and was instantly disappointed. It smelt sharp and off-putting, and nothing like the warm rich smell I remembered.
Then, after about 2 hours, that amazing scent was back! I had been right after all! The opening was a bit loud and screechy but the dry down was to die for. i could live with that for the sake of that dry down. I bought a big bottle right away and would never be without one now.
Also, and this is a bit weird, but the review below me remarked that this perfume smells like money. I agree, but i mean, literally, money. It smells a little like bank notes, as in that papery lineny, slightly metallic smell that they have. Although it’s actually really lovely and not a dig at all!
This one is probably my favourite fragrance ever. It is not a scent for the shy wallflower types, but the best for a assured, grown-up woma