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Pastel de Cabotine(1996)

At a glance

A lighter, softer variant of Gres's Cabotine, opening on bergamot and green notes before a heart of tuberose, jasmine, and lily of the valley, closing on musk and light woods, offering a pastel-toned counterpart to the original's ginger-spiked structure.

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Brand

Gres

Perfumer

Gres in-house perfumers

Launched

1996

Family

Floral

Pastel de Cabotine is a fragrance from Gres, released in 1996 and composed by Gres in-house perfumers. It sits in the Floral family. It opens with Bergamot and Green Notes, moves into a heart of Tuberose, Jasmine, and Lily of the Valley, and settles into a base of Musk and Light Woods.

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