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Cabotine Eau de Toilette(1990)

At a glance

Created by Gres's in-house perfumers, Cabotine opens on bergamot, green notes, and ginger, moves through a heart of tuberose, jasmine, and lily of the valley, and closes on musk, sandalwood, and amber. Its unusual ginger-spiked green-white-floral opening gave it a distinctive freshness within the house's catalog, and it went on to become one of Gres's more enduringly recognized late-20th-century releases.

Did you know? This scent's jasmine note owes its richness to indole — the same compound found, in larger amounts, in feces. Read the full story →

Brand

Gres

Perfumer

Gres in-house perfumers

Launched

1990

Family

Floral

Cabotine Eau de Toilette is a fragrance from Gres, released in 1990 and composed by Gres in-house perfumers. It sits in the Floral family. It opens with Bergamot, Green Notes, and Ginger, moves into a heart of Tuberose, Jasmine, and Lily of the Valley, and settles into a base of Musk, Sandalwood, and Amber.

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