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Cabana La Rive Eau de Toilette

6.6 / 10 244 Ratings

A perfume by La Rive for men. The release year is unknown. The scent is spicy-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Sweet

Oriental

Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cinnamon

Cardamom

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Lavender

Eucalyptus

Carnation

Base Notes

Vanilla

Amber

Sandalwood

White moss

Ratings

Scent

6.6244 Ratings

Longevity

6.0221 Ratings

Sillage

5.8219 Ratings

Bottle

6.1228 Ratings

Value for money

7.9151 Ratings

Submitted by Baeumchen, last update on 09/12/2025.

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Reviews

15 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/02/2014

8Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Ajkastenas
2 Reviews

Ajkastenas

La Rive Cabana

Hi,

In my opinion this is inspired by Le male, cuba gold, and perhaps javari.

It is extremely sweet fragrance, that on thy drydown bears resemblance with le male.

It is not that bad, quite good actually as a substitue fragrance. I was wondering using this to play with layering/mixing it with my cuba gold. Vanilla note in Cabana is very strong and could contribute to Cuba Gold Longevity/projection.

All in all it is a good cheapie, especially after 30min starting with application.

try it, it wont hurt.

05/29/2017

8Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Mantus
487 Reviews

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Mantus

Top Review 14

A very good alternative

Personally, I'm not a fan of dupes/plagiarisms, but I gladly make an exception for this one :-)

I would like to express my sincere thanks to our dear Parfumo "Skywalker92," as he suggested I try Cabana for Men, since it bears a great resemblance to my beloved Le Male.

As some may know, Le Male has been poorly reformulated, and I simply refuse to invest my money in a fragrance that has no real longevity and no sillage.

I found it at Dm and sprayed a spritz on my left wrist, then continued to search for and find some cosmetics.

I have the phenomenon that fragrances disappear from my left wrist an hour earlier, which is probably due to the stronger blood circulation.

I wore Cabana for Men for about 5-6 minutes while standing at the checkout and took my first sniff.

And I immediately had the association: Le Male.

However, the top note is a bit deeper, I would say duller, which I attribute to the cardamom; the cinnamon is integrated just right, not too much and not too little.

10 minutes later, the heart note can be detected on my skin, leaving me standing there as if frozen.

THIS IS LE MALE, the original version from 1995, just a tiny bit lighter.

I was just being checked out and then went straight back to the perfume shelf and took home a 100 ML bottle for €5.95.

Lavender, slightly sweet, Mediterranean sets the tone for the heart note and is pleasantly fresh with eucalyptus.

Also, this famous light soapiness of Le Male, which characterizes it, can be detected.

The clove acts in the background and supports the components of the heart note.

This constellation remains detectable on my skin for about 4.5 hours before the base note makes itself known.

The base note is a tad sweeter than that of Le Male, which comes from the vanilla.

Unfortunately, I can't sniff out the white musk, but I can well imagine that it is meant to serve purely as a fixative.

Overall, the fragrance is detectable on my skin for just under 6.5 hours.

The sillage is moderate right from the start, by no means overwhelming, but you can perceive the fragrance at half an arm's length quite well, and this remains so for the next 3.5 hours before it becomes slightly skin-close; it is just a tad over, so that the scent can still be perceived by someone sitting next to you.

I am really very impressed and must say that La Rive has created an extremely good alternative to Le Male here.

While the fragrance does not have the same longevity and sillage as the original Le Male, for this low price, it is clearly very well made.

06/01/2017

9.5Scent 6Longevity 8Sillage

Blutadler
1 Review

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Blutadler

Top Review 12

Wonderful

I still remember exactly how I was at a friend's house, and he sprayed himself with this perfume. I thought 1:1 "Damn, this is amazing. No matter how much it costs, I have to get it too" until I did some research and bought it for around €5 at a DM. I love the scent when sprayed, which some describe as alcoholic, but I find it rather warm and pleasantly chocolaty/vanilla. I'm not an expert, not even close, but it does remind me quite strongly of le Male, which I also own (got it later) and I'm really impressed. I would use La Rive Cabana in my daily life and save le Male for going out in the evening or for the club. I also have Boss Bottled, but I prefer La Rive, even though the general public probably prefers the Boss scent. After a while, the vanilla scent comes out strongly, which is something I also love about this fragrance.

If it weren't so weird to give away scents that you wear all the time, this would probably be my first choice if I were to gift a perfume :D

03/25/2020

7.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Manuel81
59 Reviews

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Manuel81

Helpful Review 6

Back to the Future ......La Rive Cabana vs. JPG Le Male

This fragrance literally beamed me back to the past ...and that despite the fact that I have NEVER owned it myself.
A colleague wore this scent a long time ago, and he just wouldn't tell me which perfume it was, as it must have been sometime between 2001 - 2002, it was probably the UR - Le Male that has burned itself into my brain.
About 6-8 months ago, I then received a sample of the original at Douglas ..... sprayed it briefly, it wasn't my thing ...... so back it went to the perfume shelf, where it still sits.
With my nose close to my arm, it smelled like moldy fruit.
Since I had good experiences with La Rive Extrem Story, I decided to give perfumes from this ultra low budget brand more attention .... lists can be found in abundance online regarding which scents correspond to which.
Last week, I tested this one .... and again, this scent of moldy fruit hit my nose ....... only 30 minutes later while shopping, this irresistible scent suddenly wafted into my nose, reminding me of back then; at first, I thought someone had walked past me wearing this fragrance, but no ... it was ME who smelled so good!
At home, I then did the A/B comparison .... and found that today's Le Male is less robust compared to this one, but significantly sweeter.
The scents are undeniably similar, but it was this affordable one that reminded me of back then, and NOT the original!
The sillage of Le Male is clearly stronger for the first 40 minutes, only after that does La Rive take the advantage .... and the original collapses.
The longevity is also decent, lasting about 6 hours on my skin ..... on clothing, it is still present even after days.
I also find it great that this La Rive, apart from the first 10 minutes .... doesn't smell synthetic at all.
Overall, a great & impressive performance for a song.

02/05/2022

10Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Celinacsk
4 Reviews

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Celinacsk

Dad, you smell so good

Whenever I enter the front door and hug my dad, I automatically say, “Dad, you smell so good.”
I love this scent on him... So much that he gets to receive it every birthday from his daughter :D
And when I, once again, sneak one of his shirts, I smell that wonderful scent everywhere that simply reminds me of my father.... What could be better? :)
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Lasts forever - 1A sillage - P/L out of this world
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In my opinion, you need to have a certain character and presence for the scent to “fit” you.
(Of course, skin chemistry plays a role too, I know)

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