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Cacharel · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1998

≈ $45 · 100ml · approx. retail

A soft, transparent musky floral built around freesia, peony and white musk, created by Olivier Cresp and launched in 1998. Its signature is a clean, powdery wearability often described as one of the great everyday musks.

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Perfumer

Olivier Cresp

French · 48 in collection

A Grasse-raised master perfumer at Firmenich and 2018 Fragrance Foundation Lifetime Achievement honoree, Olivier Cresp is one of the most influential noses of his generation, responsible for the genre-defining Mugler Angel and a string of bestsellers.

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