Cachet (Cologne) by Prince Matchabelli

Cachet 1970 Cologne

Minigolf
05/07/2016 - 12:39 PM
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Chypre doesn't get any better than this...

... I have already collected several Chypre fragrances from Azuree to "Intuition" to "Chypre de Orient." All of them are wonderful and have been highly rated by me. But the absolute standout in this genre is "Cachet" by Matchabelli, whose bottle, filled with a small remainder, I now hold in my hands and have sprayed. A fine moss note immediately greets me in the top note, along with spices and grass. Sharp, bitter green galbanum also plays a significant role here. One could slice through a thick bamboo stalk with a single blow... In the slowly unfolding heart note, it doesn't get any less dynamic (dynamic here comes from "Rasen," grass....) Rich vetiver first, enveloped in patchouli, rose, a bit of jasmine, with a finely powdery iris... cool... reserved... as a counterpoint to the other "hot" fragrance components. The green heat of a forest simmering under the sun after a heavy thunderstorm... Until the moment when the night begins to advance, and it starts to become pleasantly cool. Somewhere, deer are lurking... musk deer, and a cat that exudes fine civet under trees towering several meters high, whose wood smells of amber.... and still accompanied by soft moss, whose primary task is to cushion the entire fragrance progression and literally let it float. "Cachet" is the "ultimate" Chypre I have ever smelled (so far...), and I wish I could buy a full bottle of this "magic elixir" in its original formulation. My remainder, about 15 ml, I got from a flea market... but it probably won't last long in my Chypre-driven greed for MEEEEEEHR. I can stretch it a bit with the classic "Scherrer" (Scherrer on one wrist, Cachet on the other wrist, or left and right side of the neck), but sometimes I want the "pure" Cachet and the pure Scherrer, although both together also smell good and "crazy," but uniquely they are still unique.... for each of them.... Does anyone have a tip for a Chypre addict on "Parfumo" where I could get "Cachet" affordably?..... DROOL!!....
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MissKittyMissKitty 9 years ago
Oh, I loved that one too back in the late 70s. I must have gone through two bottles of it, which you could easily find in any well-stocked drugstore back then. His sisters, Wind Song and Aviance, also lived with me at the time, but Cachet was the clan leader :)
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