Cartier · 2023

Pasha de Cartier Noir Absolu

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Cartier asks $168 for 100 ml

The houseFor men

VersionParfum

A fresh fern accord over dark, smoky black wood and burnt, caramelised sugar.

Cartier says

You’ll smell accord of fern, black wood and burnt sugar.

More from Cartier’s description

It also mentions Burning wood and Caramelized sugar.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Pasha de Cartier Noir Absolu’s scent picture, a draft: black wood, burnt sugar, patchouli, virginia cedar, clove, iso e super (pencil shavings on velvet) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Pasha de Cartier Noir Absolu, top notes: Limonene (orange peel), Pinene (pine needles)

Heartas it settles

Pasha de Cartier Noir Absolu, heart: Accord of fern, Burnt sugar, Clove, Citronellol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Pasha de Cartier Noir Absolu, dry-down: Black wood, Patchouli, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Galaxolide (musk), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Cartier names

Black woodBurnt sugar (spun sugar)Burning wood

What the label names

22 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

3 citrus2 herbs & lavender3 florals5 woods2 sweet5 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus3

Limonene (orange peel)alpha-TerpineneTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender2

Pinene (pine needles)Linalyl acetate

Florals3

Citronellol (rose)Rose ketonesGeranyl acetate

Woods5

Patchouli oilCedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)VertofixEbanol

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices5

Eugenolbeta-CaryophylleneClove bud oil3-propylidenephthalideIsoeugenol

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Baccarat Rouge 540Maison Francis Kurkdjian · shares burnt sugar$355 for 70 ml
11 11 VanillaLake & Skye · shares burnt sugar$105 for 50 ml · about the same as Pasha de Cartier Noir Absolu’s $168
Cloud AuroraAriana Grande · shares burnt sugar$75 for 100 ml · about half of Pasha de Cartier Noir Absolu’s $168

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.