Pasha de Cartier, a men’s eau de toilette launched in 1992, takes its name from the house’s Pasha watch. Cartier describes it as a classic fougère accord in which fresh, luminous lavender contrasts with the woody depth of patchouli; its original description added mandarin, thyme, mint, rosewood, coriander and oakmoss.
One signed reading: in 2017, Sergey Borisov finds Pasha deep, rich and powerful without harshness, more refined than the big masculine fougères of the 1980s, and ranks it among gentleman’s fragrances made for a suit.
What critics say
Sergey Borisov, Fragrantica
In December 2017, Sergey Borisov looked back on Pasha, which he had bought when it arrived in Russia. He found it deep, rich and powerful, without harshness, and saw it as one of the house’s landmark fragrances. He recalled that the first press releases listed golden alyssum, a floral note rarely seen in perfumery.
He recognized traits of Azzaro pour Homme, Tsar and Jazz, but found Pasha more refined, as if polished smooth with sandpaper. He noted nutmeg and clove, a resinous, sweet labdanum, and an animalic, almost tarry accord with cumin that asserts its masculinity.
He placed it among gentleman’s fragrances, serious and formal, more at home with a suit than with jeans. He noted that Cartier and Haarmann & Reimer classify it as a fresh fougère, while its citrus, flowers, labdanum and moss also bring it close to the chypre family.
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