Last year while foraging through the women's side of my favorite designer perfume shop, 42 Street perfumes, I discovered Gres' Cabaret.
I'm always on the look-out for a good, masculine rose. I believe I've found my favorite. Peppery rose over sandalwood. Nothing goth going on, thank god.
As usual, I felt like a geek about liking it as it is rarely discussed here. Well, to my surprise, Luca Turin likes it too, and who couldn't use a little validation.
"Cabaret (Grès) ★★★★ woody rose $$
Divine surprise! I was not aware of the existence of
this fragrance, despite it having been around since
2003. Given Cabaret’s fugly bottle and Grès’s
recent Marlene Dietrich series, I was ready for the
worst. Ten seconds after putting it on a strip, I was
smiling beatifically, for this brilliant Michel
Almairac composition turns out to be a landmark,
among the earliest of the recent slew of
transparent woody roses and one of the best.
Looking back over the years, as TS points out, it
all started with Almairac’s Voleur de Roses for
L’Artisan Parfumeur (1993), which smelled great
but did not quite work. Cabaret’s combination of
pink pepper and incense up top makes it
wonderfully fresh, while a clean rosewater note
and huge musk gives it a down-pillow softness
that makes you want to go back every hour and
spray some more. Makes a superb masculine. LT "
Luca Turin. September '08 supplement to The Guide.
I'm always on the look-out for a good, masculine rose. I believe I've found my favorite. Peppery rose over sandalwood. Nothing goth going on, thank god.
As usual, I felt like a geek about liking it as it is rarely discussed here. Well, to my surprise, Luca Turin likes it too, and who couldn't use a little validation.
"Cabaret (Grès) ★★★★ woody rose $$
Divine surprise! I was not aware of the existence of
this fragrance, despite it having been around since
2003. Given Cabaret’s fugly bottle and Grès’s
recent Marlene Dietrich series, I was ready for the
worst. Ten seconds after putting it on a strip, I was
smiling beatifically, for this brilliant Michel
Almairac composition turns out to be a landmark,
among the earliest of the recent slew of
transparent woody roses and one of the best.
Looking back over the years, as TS points out, it
all started with Almairac’s Voleur de Roses for
L’Artisan Parfumeur (1993), which smelled great
but did not quite work. Cabaret’s combination of
pink pepper and incense up top makes it
wonderfully fresh, while a clean rosewater note
and huge musk gives it a down-pillow softness
that makes you want to go back every hour and
spray some more. Makes a superb masculine. LT "
Luca Turin. September '08 supplement to The Guide.
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) This is the only frag by Stella worth wearing IMO. Quarry is the one who got me started on it, and I believe her DH wears it!
