La Panthère, the feline fragrance by Cartier. The house of Cartier was founded in 1847 by Louis-François Cartier, master jeweler. Cartier is today known worldwide for its watchmaking, jewelry and leather goods lines.
Robin, of Now Smell This, and Victoria Frolova, of Bois de Jasmin, agree: La Panthère has nothing of the wild beast Cartier promised, but it is a very accomplished modern chypre, an abstract gardenia over a base of woody musk and moss.
What critics say
Robin, Now Smell This, March 4, 2014
Robin describes an opening of light, blurred fruits, spiced and tart, almost weightless. The heart keeps the promise of gardenia, but a conceptual, blurred gardenia that will give no one a headache.
She finds the base, a woody musk and a clean moss, worthy of a very modern version of a fresh chypre. The fragrance hardly strikes her as feral, but beautifully done, luminous, with a golden glow; she likes it without loving it.
Victoria Frolova, Bois de Jasmin, April 2014
Victoria Frolova senses an old-world glamour in La Panthère from the first moment. Lovers of animalic notes will be left wanting, she warns.
For anyone discovering chypres and wondering why their fans rave about the smell of moss, she considers the fragrance an excellent introduction.
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