Cartier Perfumes

Cartier's fragrances carry the same considered restraint as its jewellery — nothing here is designed to dominate a room.

What to know

Declaration, composed by Jean-Claude Ellena, is the house signature: cumin, bitter orange and wood in a spicy-citrus construction that has aged remarkably well since 1998. Pasha Noire and Pasha Parfum take the men's range somewhere darker and more aromatic. La Panthère leads the women's side — a gardenia-chypre with an unusual animalic warmth underneath, and one of the better modern florals from a jewellery house.