Osmanthus
Apricot
Chypre accord
Gardenia
Musk
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A beautiful mysterious resinous-fruity-floral perfume from Mathilde Laurent.
This review is based on a full bottle of La Panthere Parfum that I bought in 2024 from a US grey market seller as a gift to my daughter. The iconic panther head adorns the bottle, a motif that comes from Cartier’s panther line of jewelry. Yesterday, I had worn Pasha de Cartier, which inspired me to try another perfume designed by Mathilde Laurent. Though officially this is a women’s perfume, I find it to be a unisex scent with a strong Asian personality.
Just as with Pasha de Cartier, the perfumer does not lead us by the nose by listing all the notes in the olfactory pyramid. Laurent and Cartier instead put out the following enticing but vague description. "Gardenia is colored and warmed with apricot notes of osmanthus. The chypre accord intensifies, like a caress on the skin." Perhaps this reflects the perfumer’s desire to let us discover the myriad accords on our own.
Though the description of this perfume as a fruity-floral chypre with musk is reasonable, it is also insufficient. The major opening notes are bergamot, floral notes, apricot and a resin that could be labdanum or camphor. Perhaps, this is the chypre facet of this perfume, though the bergamot is too weak to make this a chypre. As osmanthus is a disclosed accord for La Panthere, the apricot I smell could be coming from it. Similarly, the mild floral notes could be gardenia. The citrus notes in the opening disappear quickly leaving behind the rest of the so-called chypre accord. Whatever they are, the heart notes smell fantastic on my skin for a long time. The base notes and dry down are just a subdued version of the heart notes. I do not notice anything new emerging in the end.
La Panthere Parfum shows excellent performance without being obnoxious in its intensity and projection. It lasts on my arm for 4-6 hours and almost 8 hours on my clothes. It is better to spray once on your clothes to sustain the heart notes longer. The sillage is appropriate for a social setting that is not too wild. I can see this on a mature young person of any gender. Though not young myself, I plan to use it often for its elegant, beautiful and mysterious persona. La Panthere Parfum is definitely worth a full bottle if you are in the market for a resinous fruity floral perfume that doesn’t project any of these characteristics too much.
Just as with Pasha de Cartier, the perfumer does not lead us by the nose by listing all the notes in the olfactory pyramid. Laurent and Cartier instead put out the following enticing but vague description. "Gardenia is colored and warmed with apricot notes of osmanthus. The chypre accord intensifies, like a caress on the skin." Perhaps this reflects the perfumer’s desire to let us discover the myriad accords on our own.
Though the description of this perfume as a fruity-floral chypre with musk is reasonable, it is also insufficient. The major opening notes are bergamot, floral notes, apricot and a resin that could be labdanum or camphor. Perhaps, this is the chypre facet of this perfume, though the bergamot is too weak to make this a chypre. As osmanthus is a disclosed accord for La Panthere, the apricot I smell could be coming from it. Similarly, the mild floral notes could be gardenia. The citrus notes in the opening disappear quickly leaving behind the rest of the so-called chypre accord. Whatever they are, the heart notes smell fantastic on my skin for a long time. The base notes and dry down are just a subdued version of the heart notes. I do not notice anything new emerging in the end.
La Panthere Parfum shows excellent performance without being obnoxious in its intensity and projection. It lasts on my arm for 4-6 hours and almost 8 hours on my clothes. It is better to spray once on your clothes to sustain the heart notes longer. The sillage is appropriate for a social setting that is not too wild. I can see this on a mature young person of any gender. Though not young myself, I plan to use it often for its elegant, beautiful and mysterious persona. La Panthere Parfum is definitely worth a full bottle if you are in the market for a resinous fruity floral perfume that doesn’t project any of these characteristics too much.
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