Casbah Robert Piguet 2012

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8.0 / 10 283 Ratings

A popular perfume by Robert Piguet for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is smoky-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It was last marketed by Fashion Fragrances & Cosmetics.

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Main accords

Smoky

Spicy

Resinous

Woody

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Angelica root

Black pepper Nutmeg

Nutmeg

Heart Notes

Frankincense Tobacco

Tobacco

Iris

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Vetiver

Perfumer

Aurélien Guichard

Ratings

Scent

8.0283 Ratings

Longevity

8.6242 Ratings

Sillage

8.0240 Ratings

Bottle

7.2217 Ratings

Value for money

7.679 Ratings

Submitted by Profumo, last update on 08/01/2025.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

LAVS

Rêve d'Ossian (2012)

Sancti

Messe de Minuit Eau de Toilette

Full Incense

Cardinal

Reviews

11 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/18/2013

7.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 6
Scent

Pipette
63 Reviews

Pipette

Helpful Review 4

Not blown away

I can find nothing thrilling about that smell. Written by someone who just started on the oud trail, I am more in favor of blends which combine roses plus oud. There I can be comfortable with flowery notes empowered with oud.

Tobacco notes are just not for me.

Not wanting to embark on a long negative review, I just leave it here. Too much dust, too much tobacco.

11/28/2016

8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Hitchslap
106 Reviews

Hitchslap

Helpful Review 3

Angelic(a)?

Odd, it's weird how some scents come across.......was it my mood, nose, skin chemistry that night?
The first time I tried Casbah was after spraying it with the nozzle close to my skin.

I was turned off because before I fell asleep all I detected was a dark smokiness. It took over a week before I tried again but applied a mist and more over my body then walked out into the cool and breezy late afternoon.

Wow, so much better this time, I am not familiar with Angelica root but if it's that sweet scent that is intertwined with incense then I really love it.

Great projection and still going strong after 5 and one half hours.

Great unisex I believe, the incense here is definitely house of worship strength so that might turn off some ladies but Angelica root tames the beast.

Good name for this product, my first Piguet purchase, setting the bar rather high for the rest of the line.

08/26/2021

8
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Sillage 10
Longevity 9
Scent

Alebho
16 Reviews

Alebho

5

Top level of green incense

Here the level is very high. It's a very good cathedralic spicy incense with a dark but very present accord of natural resinous oil notes, that will be always in couple with this high incense Carterii and other. All it's perfect, and I can't believe to longevity. After 2 showers and 24 hours I fell again clearly in skin. Maybe it's in my top 3 ever perfume persistence.
In my mind an old beauty cathedral with the continue smell of the trees (i feel similar to pines als if not), with all these green dark resin very natural, strong atleast to have an important role in couple with all the strong incenses. Yes, in Casbah the green of plants, of Cedar, of the intense world of nature, will be always and always present.
So, For incense lover ready to feel the smell for 1 entire day and more. Dreamers.

10/26/2023

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Liviuss
50 Reviews

Liviuss

1

the best one

I think I'm not wrong in saying that Piguet's Casbah is the most famous incense in the world of perfumery; and with good reason I would add. The incensed note is ecclesiastical, but is supported by a base of green (artemisia) and woody notes that dilute its sacredness and make it wearable and very versatile (at least, in relation to the genre). Let me be clear, the incense note is there and it is very strong, prominent for sure, but it is adequately accompanied and therefore works in an orchestra rather than as a soloist. To my nose it looks more like Jovoy's incense than Sorcinelli's (both very nice to me). The duration and the trail are truly remarkable, both considering the genre and as an absolute datum, we are in fact about 7 hours on the skin with an important projection/trail for at least the first 2 hours; then it settles on the skin but still remains perceptible at medium distance. On clothes it lasts for days.
I really like incense as a smell, but of incense perfumes (canonically understood) I only have Casbah because it's so particular as a note that I can't use it often, so a single perfume is more than enough; and then,
having to choose one and only one, I say without hesitation "Casbah of Piguet".

04/08/2025

8
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

Thissideup
10 Reviews

Thissideup

1

Too much of a good thing... is wonderful

This has been my favourite for the last three years or so. I was fantasising about a church-like incense, but with some more depth to it. And Casbah was the first thing that has been suggested to me. At the beginning, I thought that might be a bit too extreme, but then I realised that nothing can really be too extreme if it perfectly resonates with me.

I’ve been exploring church-like incense fragrances for a while now, but LAVS, my second favourite, smelled too much like iron, Reliquia and Lacrima were too reminiscent of meat or burn flash, Full Incense weirdly smelled of pepper or chilies, Sancti had too much citrus, Cardinal was too boring, Messe de Minuit very quickly started going in a different direction, Orpheline was a bit too sad, Timbuktu was to random, Avignon was too weak, Zagorsk had too much cedarwood, and Hala was a pure cedarwood disaster. Casbah on the other hand seems to be very complex but very balanced at the same time. It has it all and in perfect proportions. It seems to be the perfect choice for every day, everywhere and every mood. And my brain does focus on different aspects of the fragrance on different occasions which makes it extremely interesting. Overwhelming – yes, but very pleasantly so. It’s on the very border of my comfort zone, and that’s very stimulating.

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