Cabotine Fleur Splendide by Grès

If you’re looking for medicinal syrup, here it is. Sweet, striking with patchouli, and warm with amber. Very sexy and feminine. Ideal if you want to turn heads and enjoy strong, sweet scents. It’s fruitier, younger, and more fun than La Vie Est Belle. It has its own personality; it’s not a clone.

I got this through an exchange and I love it. It’s sweet but delicious. Just two or three sprays. I wear it occasionally when I crave something sweet, and then I enjoy its nuances. It’s a spiral of sweetness blending rose, patchouli, and sandalwood with an apricot-caramel twist. Bergamot pops out upon opening. There’s caramel, burnt sugar, sweet powdery musk. The trail is good, lasting about 4 hours. It’s suitable for informal situations or at home, but not for summer or sports. For me, it’s a great fragrance at a good price.

My first Cabotine and I absolutely love it. I bought it for the notes; I’m a cypress lover, but on my skin it smells more like amber. At first, it felt familiar; now I know it reminds me of a discontinued Yves Rocher scent: Nature Millénaire. They share the musk and give me the same vibe.

I don’t recall smelling anything so disgustingly sweet since Fantasy by Britney Spears, although at least the latter has more nuances, more ‘soul,’ and I can even enjoy it on someone else. Here, I can’t distinguish anything other than sugar, an oppressive sugar, slightly candied and burnt, nothing more. It’s not that it smells bad; if I smell it for three seconds, it even seems pleasant, a very sweet, fine-scented sweet, but prolonging the exposure results in nausea and exhaustion. I detect no evolution whatsoever; that burnt, cloying sweetness lasts hours from start to finish with the slightest variation. Nuclear sillage and desperate longevity.

Curious that I love it despite not distinguishing many notes. At first, it smells like boozy dark chocolate candy or orange: sweet, thick, and sugar-free. As hours pass, I notice the patchouli and amber, lovely and not overbearing. I’m not a big gourmand fan, but this seems appetizing for autumn/winter. It lasts almost 8 hours with moderate sillage. Bravo, Grès.

The sillage of this perfume is crazy. You get in a car and everyone asks about it. You’re in a living room and everyone who arrives asks about it; it permeates the whole room. Watch out with that, if you’re in an office or small space, you’ll overwhelm everyone. On the other hand, I liked the scent a lot but I think it’s getting tiring to wear it in enclosed spaces; you have it right in your nose all the time. I think it’s better to use it outdoors.

I love this Cabotine; I’d say it’s the best, even surpassing the original. I’ve recommended it to others for its quality-to-price ratio, and everyone was delighted. Definitely repeating. I hope they don’t delist it. It’s for anyone wanting a perfume that lasts hours—noticeable but not heavy. Good sillage, you can tell where you’ve been. Suitable for all ages and cold seasons.

Smells super sweet with an incredible trail and lasts forever. It immediately reminded me of the most famous gourmand, La Vie Est Belle, which strangely came out a year before this one. This is for strong people… sensitive noses will get overwhelmed and might even get a headache.

I love it; I bought it blind for the price and the notes, and it was a total hit. I’m hooked. I’m a fan of the brand, and this is my favorite by far (with all due respect to the nineties classic, Cabotine, which is too strong for me). It’s sensual, feminine, sweet without being cloying, just the right amount. Good sillage, noticeable but not annoying… I can’t stop smelling my wrist and feel like biting it. Maybe it’s because it reminds me so much of Dalimania by Salvador Dalí, which was my favorite perfume for a long time; its scent brings back millions of memories of an era and a love that never fades.