Cartier

About Cartier

Cartier is a maison founded in Paris by Louis-François Cartier in 1847. Alongside jewellery, watches and objects, it treats fragrance as another form of personal expression. Its official perfume catalogue combines signatures such as La Panthère, Déclaration and Pasha de Cartier with high-perfumery collections built around materials, time and travel.

Fragrance History

The current range brings together creations from different periods, including Must de Cartier, Santos de Cartier, Déclaration, Pasha de Cartier, La Panthère and Baiser Volé. When more than one concentration or version shares a base name, this catalogue adds the concentration or version wording to the public name for identification. When only one version is present, the concentration remains in the record but is omitted from the public name.

Perfumery and Style

Cartier's official descriptions tend to define a fragrance through its central textures and movement—flowers, woods, spices, leather or oud—rather than through an indiscriminate list of materials. The signature range favors clear, wearable identities. Les Heures de Parfum, Les Épures de Parfum and Les Heures Voyageuses explore time, focused materials and the idea of travel in a more abstract register.

Notable Fragrances

Must de Cartier, Déclaration, La Panthère, Pasha de Cartier and Baiser Volé are central signatures. Rivières de Cartier and the Les Heures de Parfum, Les Épures de Parfum and Les Heures Voyageuses collections show the breadth of the maison's fragrance language.