La Panthère

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La Panthère

Cartier · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2014

≈ $93 · 1.7oz · approx. retail

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A bold, feline floral-chypre built around a creamy gardenia laced with animalic musk and velvety oakmoss. Bright fruity touches of strawberry and rhubarb open it up before it settles into a sensual, leathery-mossy warmth.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

SpringFallWinterEveningSpecial OccasionDaily

Perfumer

Mathilde Laurent

French · 21 in collection

A French perfumer who trained at ISIPCA and spent over a decade at Guerlain before becoming Cartier's first dedicated in-house perfumer in the mid-2000s. She is celebrated for an artistic, conceptual approach to fine fragrance.

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