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Santos de Cartier(1980)

Cartier · Cartier in-house perfumers · Woody

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A herbal-woody cologne from Cartier's in-house perfumers, opening on lavender, basil, and bergamot, moving through a spiced pepper-nutmeg-patchouli heart, and closing on sandalwood, vanilla, and amber.

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Brand
Cartier
Launched
1980
Family
Woody

A herbal-woody cologne from Cartier's in-house perfumers, opening on lavender, basil, and bergamot, moving through a spiced pepper-nutmeg-patchouli heart, and closing on sandalwood, vanilla, and amber. Named for the Cartier Santos wristwatch, itself named for early aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, it extends the house's fine-jewelry identity into a masculine fragrance built around aviation-adjacent adventure and precision.

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Top notes
LavenderBasilBergamot
Heart notes
PepperNutmegPatchouli
Base notes
SandalwoodVanillaAmber
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● reviewed · last checked 2026-09-20