Cabaret Gres for women

I got this perfume months ago , I love it! The scent lasts but more of a day perfume. I like strong powerfull scents, this is at first but settles. Rose being the main smell but kind of woody rose. Not powerfull enough for me but is a nice girly scent

I love patchuli and roses but this fragrance has a smell of plastic and sweet body odour, at least on me.
Altough I had big expectations.

I did not expect much from Grès but this is surprisingly nice. A fresh and clean smell. Good summer scent.One of my best blind buys.

I like Cinsot's comment: simply smashing. It is actually. I only would like it to be stronger and to have better longevity and projection. To me it smells of lipstick and ashtrays. Very interesting and Smashing indeed.

Ordered it because the notes were intriguing and the reviews were many balloons worth; plus, the price was very affordable. I'm still in the delicate faded rose and peony lemony opening and expect much in the next hour or so. I too have a clear bottle. Is this a reformulation because of the oakmoss note?

I'm nearly out of my Agent Provocateur. So I felt like I needed something rosey and naughty til I can afford a huge bottle again. So I found this one. Read reviews and kind of decided I like it. So today I got a whole 3.4 bottle of it and couldn't wait to try it out.

First impressions. Well, the bottle is pretty vintage and not that bad actually. Mine doesn't have the red top, instead, it's all transparent glass with plastic red top thingy. [Still, it's edp] It's a little bonkers because red glass coloring would hide that fact that think neck of bottle is not filled with juice. Juice is of champagne color and if you turn the bottle upside down... it really looks like a glass full of champagne ._. Its cap is heavy, made of metal.

Second impression. 2 sprays in the air to make sure I don't get the icky few sprays of a new frag that's been sitting somewhere for some time and I'm all set. I sprayed twice to my wrist. It sprays richly and leaves stains under the sprayer. Skin looks pretty oily. I get a blast of patchouli. I'd admit that I'm kinda got bored with patchouli lately, but this one is kinda velvety and nice actually. Next is rose addition. It's pretty dry and smoky. Incense here creates smookiness, it's not too churchy on me. It smells of dry red, dead rose mummy and gorgeous old wood and smoke. The kind of furniture found in a bar, soaked with booze. It's so effing original and bizarre and quite on my way. If you smoke, it totally compliments this fragrance. I mean, its suitable for a smoker. My only complaint is lasting power. With such notes I expected great lasting power and sillage ...!!! Gone from my wrist in 6 hours. I don't sense it even on my sleeve! But there's a bit left in hair. Argh...

Summary. Transparent yet dry and solid at the same time. Very original and seems to sit close to skin. Such a liar, I bet it has some sillage still, only I'm not aware of it while wearing it. Fantastic price, but lasting power very average. Maybe it will unlock some aspects of it [incl. lasting power plx] with some time, because the very first test can be very different from the experience of wearing a frag for a while. It sometimes happens.

This is a dry, dusty theatre with some dim lights illuminating posters of festive productions long passed.

Its somber, rainy day reflections on those things we always cherish and always seem to slip away. Its romantic, yet to be worn alone.

Dry roses with smokey incense. The other notes act like so much faded glitter...

I just purchased a 1.7 for a total of 8 usd's ... so excited, it's a blind buy, but I'm sure I'll love it. (knock on wood) i often blind buy, and I have not once been disappointed! I will report back. Yes I know there's always a first.. but I'm thinking this wont be it. lol

reporting back --- I absolutely love this perfume it's exactly wht I was looking for, and just as always I have fragrantica members to thank for helping me find this hidden gem. IT's smells of deep true /authentic red roses... with smoke inscence, pathcouli, smells like the perfect nauty little red rose ;p

The longevity is AMAZING! last nearly a full 24 hours give or take... I'm thoroughly impressed by this perfume and the bottle looks nicer in person a great vintage feel to it, so glad to add it to my collection :)

Simply Smashing.

A naughty rose so hot it sizzles. Cabaret hisses and sputters in deliciously wayward fashion. She's a wickedly wanton wench on my skin: musky rose combusted into smouldering incense. A tender powdery heart gently diffused the oily richness of the increasingly exotic base.

The best twenty bucks I have ever spent in my life!

Cabaret can stand tall among The Greats.

Transparent, woody rose. I’ve seen Cabaret described this way a number of times. I’ll take the transparent, and even though I can’t really describe how a fragrance is transparent, Cabaret is. I do smell a boozy rose, particularly at the opening. But overall, Cabaret smells of incense, lily of the valley and musk. There are certainly many elements that I’m leaving out, but these seem to be the key notes. They bounce off each other and form some interesting combinations as they evolve---green apple candy? Badgely Mischka-style fruity floral?

The early drydown (a fairly long stretch) smells of lily of the valley combined with the fruit-like sweetness of musk. Later in the drydown, the tone is a cool cedar-like, incensy musk. This last bit stays close to the skin but lasts the length of the day.

Again, I have trouble with the word transparent here, as I can’t really nail down what I mean. But here’s a point of comparison: Sarah Jessica Parker’s Lovely, similarly a musky, woody floral is blunt and gooey, whereas Cabaret feels coated in a glossy clear lacquer. The visual analogy of a lacquer or varnish, a clear layer that enhances or qualifies the color and appearance of what’s underneath, is probably close to the idea here. My bet is that there is a particular use of aromachemicals that focuses or directs the nose to the other elements of the fragrance, perhaps similar to the way aldehydes modify a floral. However it’s done, the effect is lasting and lovely.

Wondering what this hidden gem smells like?

Imagine a dark, full black rose just at the height of its bloom. Add to this a vintage leather glove, one Cuban cigar and a chipped whiskey glass still half-full and bearing a trace of red lipstick worn by Gypsy Rose Lee.

Place all of these items under a bell jar and leave them to sweat until condensation runs down the inside of the glass.

Lift the jar and prepare to be disgusted - then willingly seduced.

I think Luca Turin said this could be a good rose fragrance for a man. I find the first hour or so to be way too "feminine," but once that delicate, powdery rose is gone, the drydown is unisex, IMO. I actually like this one better than Le Labo's Rose 31, which is too animalic and dry/woody incense oriented for me. Cabaret strikes the right balance. It's a bit simple but otherwise quite good, and considering the price these days, it's a real bargain. I think I'd prefer Iquitos when seeking a "masculine" rose fragrance, but if I could get a bottle of Cabaret for $1 or $2 at a yard sale, I'd snap it up for sure (and I'd at least keep a large decant for myself).

Ah, the first spritz.... Shall I find ways to run away? Or alter those first moments? No, not with this one!

Cabaret is a softer, more gentle potion though (to my nose) very similiar to Aromatics Elixir Clinique. Both are a bit exotic, cozy and warm. However, the first Cabaret spritz is as wonderful as what is to follow; a delicate and creamy dry down. That said, the sillage on cool summer nights is great! It stays sweet, loyal and is long lasting on my skin. A beautiful perfume choice to take me into the Fall season.

This perfume is so subtle that I feel comfortable wearing it anywhere. To me it smells like a soft creamy-spicy-woody rose. Unlike other subtle perfumes, it lasts long enough and I can smell it hours later--not a very "perfumey" smell but just quietly fabulous.

This scent was heavy on the patchouli side. I found it too strong and harsh. Somehow it was bitter and unpleasant.

I really like this scent. To me I didn't smell anything but woody notes and maybe some amber in the dry down. It lasted about 5 hours before I had to respray. I really like it. I don't smell any floral in this and I would have called it a woody oriental. I think this is best suited for evening wear.

I expected something good when I saw the notes. Sadly, this perfume failed to impress me. I don't get much of the floral notes. Pachouli and insence is what my nose picks out mostly. It is not bad, it is better than Cabotine. But I don't like it anywhere near enough to want to buy it at this stage.

I really think this one has gotten a bad wrap. I actually sprayed on and fell in love. I get nothing to of the awful descriptions only a delicious, can't get enough feeling. I would describe this as a sexy scent. The scent of being backstage with ladies, costumes, lipstick and powder all in one. The incense, peony, iris and oleander give such a unique scent. Okay so the bottle is cheesy and the scent does not last as long as I would like, so carry it with you and reapply, big deal. The price point is good so you might just have to buy more often. There is absolutely no smell of cleaner or bugspray, maybe people should stop smelling these things before they test (ha-ha), kidding. Really, give it a try, I can't get enough. Love, Love and incredibly unique.

I had high hopes for this fragrance; chypre is my favourite family, and the notes are interesting. However, I was very disappointed. The scent was sharp, bitter, strong and unfortunately reminded me of a spray disinfectant cleaner. There was no development, no happy change to make the fragrance palatable, just a strong harsh scent. Not one for me!

Strong citrusy freshness.. to me this so smells like Sidolin streifenfrei (a good window cleaner here) or WC Ente Citrus (my favourite but discontinued toilet cleanser), just a tad less chemical.
Please no offense, but that unfortunately is what arrives in my nose, while I was quite excited to try this.

After several minutes it gets a little more rich & complex than that, and a few small roses start to blossom, along with other nice flowers.. which I could appreciate, but they are still drenched with sharp citrus house cleaner.
Quite a scrubber for me.

Gres is a chameleon of a perfume house: the juices are good but there doesn't seem to be a unifying vision or signature note like many of the great houses (any regular at this site can certainly recognize a Guerlain or a Goutal with the first sniff). Consider: the great Cabochard is hot and confrontational, the Hommage line is rich and eccentric, Cabotine and Caline are bright, sweet and sparkly.

I find Cabaret cool and elegant. After it opens with rose and violet it settles into a fairly linear scent that's rich with peony and amber. There's something old fashioned about this scent in the best possible way: this seems to be the perfume that Barbara Stanwyck would pick to please herself rather than a man, which would make it even more alluring to that man. (Think "The Lady Eve".) I have two complaints about this scent: the bottle is clumsy and easily dropped and I wish it would last longer.
Sillage: fairly tight
Durability: so-so
Fabulosity: 6/10
Price to value ratio: very good

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How fresh this is ;) And flowery too. I purchased this blindly and I will not definitely regret my shopping ;D. WOW This can be used everyday or - Night. If I would consider how the Spirit of Fire smells, this would be something like him/her ;) *gigles*
Though I wished this would last more hours on my skin.

I have to admit that somewhat ugly bottle shape along with sniffing from the spray (I know :)) prevented me paying for the full price at the specialty fragrance shop. (I believe they do not have a return policy at all)
However, when I saw an opened box at TJMaxx I sprayed and walked around and pleasantly surprised.

Unless not having any red color on the bottle means it is fake, then you can't beat $18..:)

This one becomes nicer and nicer.

What can I write that wasn't written before? I love it, a perfect scent for sunny autumn days, warm, nostalgic and sweet. I bought a mini bottle and I think soon I will buy a bigger one.

Cabaret is chypre and smells like a smoky cabaret at times. It does have an old wood smell as mentioned in other reviews. This is not bad but may seem different after the fruity-floral trend of todays perfumes. I like this woodsy smell but it might not be for everybody. This is why Cabaret is available at a discount , it's not mainstream and one that everyone could wear. I am reminded somewhat of Ma Griff another true chypre perfume from years ago. Cabaret doesn't smell like Ma Griff but if you like a chypre type perfume like Ma Griff then Cabaret might appeal to you as well.
The bottle of Cabaret is different too, I'm not sure if it's a harlequin look or the flames of hell that they were trying to represent with the red and white design. The cap is hard to get off too. If they had made the bottle design a little better and got Liza Minnelli to promote Cabaret then this would have sold better and not wound up in a discount store. It is a more sophisticated perfume that might have been popular in the 1920 to 1940s era.
Sadly, it's not so popular in today's perfume market. If you like chypre perfume then ignore the odd bottle and try Cabaret.

Gres fragrances have this habit of coming on too strong. The often bad topnotes come screaming into the room like extra-concentrated air freshner. The fruit in famous Cabotine is a case in point; the drydown is all pretty green springtime freshness but getting there can be an ordeal. In this case, the knockout opener is an evil, acid and spicy peony I’ve come to call “eau de sneeze,” since this is what I do every time I spay. (EDIT: the sneezing stopped after about a month.)

Fortunately the smell changes within five minutes and Cabaret becomes a soft, but dry, rose potpourri that becomes more woody and dark as the perfume matures and the florals fade. The base is a lovely, creamy floral musk with cedar and patchouli that has an air of familiarity about it.

Cabaret is close-wearing and persistent, lasting for several hours after application. It is also affordable. A three-ounce bottle can often be purchased for under twenty dollars.

EDIT: In the months since writing this review, Cabaret has become my absolute favorite fragrance. Floral without being sweet, smoky without being heavy, I am hard pressed to think of an occasion it is not appropriate for. I no longer sneeze during the "pink pepper" opening and this juice radiates like nobody's business. This stuff just loves me and I love it. To think, I almost didn't buy this. I can't recommend it enough.

I've been wearing Cabaret since buying it. I love it, it fades too quickly though and needs to be reapplied several times during the day--which I don't mind because it allows me to smell it "fresh" again. I HATE the bottle which is clumsy & cumbersome to use and ugly to look at. It's bottom heavy as well and I always fear I'm going to drop it. Also, the cap is annoying and comes off easily. Other than that if another bottle comes along at Marshall's I'll snap it up.

Speaking of ugly bottles, I steered clear of Gres CABARET for years under the erroneous assumption that nothing worth wearing could possibly be contained within such a garish bottle.

How wrong I was! CABARET is beautiful patchouli floral fragrance which I compelling. I had no idea that the designer was Michel Almairac, who also produced Bond no 9 BRYANT PARK (which I love). But come to think of it, there is a vague connection between the two: it's the patchouli presentation. Yummy scrumptiosity!

CABARET is not fruity, although the bouquet of flowers--featuring some of my faves: LOV, rose, violet, iris...--is slightly sweet. I am delighted with this composition, which has good longevity on top of everything else. On my wish list. As for the bottle, perhaps I'll decant the liquid into a nicer vessel. Or maybe I'll just close my eyes.

At first I got a nasty blast of alcohol. But that disappeared quickly. Then a weird plasticky waft. Then that went away and I was reminded of the scent "Coriandre". Now it has settled into something creamy and floral. I like it, it's pretty, but it seems to be disappearing fast!

The opening starts with aged Patchouli
and dried Red Rose the note of powdery
violet starts to make it's presence
dries to an earthy boquet of purple
irises the drydown of smoky Sandalwood
and a dark wisp of incense dances above
the air. the fragrance is promising but
it's too light to be called thertical
or dramatic it just fleets off my skin
in like 30 minutes of an hour. I have drenched myself in this because it's so
light i love the scent but i wish it was
heavier.

At first application I got that dreaded alchohol blast that screams "hairspray! Oh No!" Fortunately, this was shortlived and the slightly spicy peony came forward, quickly followed by a rosy incense that I find heavenly. There's just enough patchouli here to make it interesting but is by no means overbearing.
This isn't a really heavy scent, but it is a chypre, so is solid and down to earth. If you're a fan of light and airy, pass this one by. But if you're like me and you like smoky and sultry, this one's definately worth a try.

If you don't like patchouli, I would recommend against buying this fragrance blind.

It's a sweet and powdery patchouli-rose-incense on me, although it opens with a note I don't see listed: pink pepper.

I love it. It's light and the perfect feminine patchouli for warmer weather. The sillage was impressive for such a soft scent.

Thank you BronxBeauty for turning me on to this!

I bought this at Marshalls because Luca Turin recommended and I liked or tolerated everything else by Gres.Well I don't care for Cabaret (at least not by itself)it wears to my nose as a sour woodsy patchouli.Florals?Not so you would notice but maybe just enough to make it blend with some sweet fruit &/or floral/gourmand scents that need to tone down the sugar.
Edit : After trying more fragrances in the incense and rose families I think that I am starting to "get" this fragrance. Cabaret is a Incense Rosewater scent and has a home in the incense fragrances of my collection.The incense is probably frankincense which IS somewhat tangy woodsy and the rose in this is a Pale Transparent wash of Rose . NOT a full bodiedrose like Tea Rose or Paris or Red Door.

This isn't the type of scent i usually go for but it's very pleasant. Lovely transparent rose with an initial citrus aspect which I wasn't sure I liked. The drydown is soft rose with a hint of musk, patchouli and incense. There ia a fairly notable tobacco note in it also, which gives it left-of-centre appeal. I don't know if I'll wear it very much, certainly not at night as I don't find its sillage has any impact, but at the price it is up there with many niche fragrances I've tried for quality. Michel Almairac? Well - that explains it!

Help! I want to like this one! Look at the reviews, the notes! I don't get it. I bought a tester, maybe I got an old, bad bottle? I can't identify the opening notes. Smells like an industrial cleaner used in an old department store? There was one day where it did smell like roses to me but only one day. Do I really want to try buying a new, untested bottle? If this is truly it's smell, I don't want 2 of them. Suggestions?

Firstly I can smell a little dark, incense-y rose. Later the whole composition gets thicker but still stays fresh and smells like a swamp, moss and woods to my nose. It's not bad at all, but the scent itself is still too minimalistic to be a fatal perfume and not innovative enough to be a modern fragrance. This cabaret is too shy for me. At least it's certainly pleasant and interesting. But for a chypre rose I definitely prefer Perles de Lalique to this.

The perfume I am experiencing is so not what I was expecting after reading previous reviews. I like the more "suggestive" perfumes but I find this one gentle and unobtrusive and definitely by no means reminiscent of a sweaty body. It has quite a prominent rose smell which manages to remain subtle. The fragrance itself reminds me very much of "Kate" by Kate Moss. I have been waiting for it to develop into a vamp perfume but it has remained as gentle as a lamb. Smells pretty but Boudoir by Vivienne Westwood is definitely still top for me when talking about scents that evoke memories of passionate liaisons.

Cabaret smells like dusty dark red roses with some incense.It reminds me a LOT of Agent Provocateur but without this medicine note that AP has in the beggining.This perfume is more suitable for passionate women with black hair and red lipstick ;)
P.S It has little similarity also with Anglomania

I have this perfume and it is a powdery rose, very soft on my skin.

I wanted to like this - I am always keen to try anything with incense and I thought maybe it would help handle the roses but it was not to be! There is a smoky note which I like but there is also a cloying sweetness that catches at the back of my throat. Later on it becomes an old very dried flower arrangement - one that will turn to dust if you touch it.

First let me say I'm a huge Gres fan. I love Cabochard, original Cabotine is in my top 20 and I very much like many Cabotine flankers. I also have a deep and abiding fascination with many fragrances that others consider "dirty". However, to my nose Cabaret misses the mark.

There's a 100ml bottle staring at me, pleading to be liked. Peony, rose, incense, sandalwood, amber, all among my favorite notes so I can't quite figure out what's so very, very wrong here.

My father owned a neighborhood bar when I was growing up and I suppose the jukebox there makes it similar to a cabaret... I'd go there on Sunday mornings to help clean up after a busy Saturday night and when he'd unlock the door a pungent whoosh would almost knock me down. The sharpness of whisky, the boozey sweetness of cordials, the old wood floor, full ashtrays and the astringent sting of urine; that's all here in Cabaret, but...

Some stinks should not be bottled.

Love this on! It's mysterious, earthy and beautiful. I have dozens of perfumes, but always come back to my Cabaret. I don't really care for the bottle, but Ah, the juice it holds.

I was so curious about this one.
Tried it today & I thought it would be sexy of some sort.. I found it dirty smelling & a bit vulgar. like the smell of a heavy floral scent mixed with "bad" body odor.
I don't recommend it to people who like clean smelling scents.

I wonder, why nobody compared Cabaret to Stella.. To my nose, they are almost identical, the second I sprayed cabaret on my wrist, I thought of Stella. I love both of them, but now I have to make a real comparison so that I could choose one.

P.S. Cabaret is a lot cheaper than Stella.

I had a sample of this and when I was looking for a clean and subtle rose fragrance to wear in summer, I gave this a try.

On me Cabaret is very different from the descriptions below! I was excepting, a suffocating, musty old rose with dust and smoke and leather...and something decadent and 'sweaty' as the name suggests...

Instead I'm getting a green and woody rose soliflore... oddly all the way down to the base notes. It doesn't change much in the 6 hours it's on, instead of being sharp and green it becomes deeper and woodier. It's gentle and soft like a whisper. There's a 'dark' quality to it (must be the insense) but it's so seamlessly blended that I cannot pick out anything than an earthy, but very clean and woody rose which is great as I hate sweet, cloying rose scents.

Cabaret behaves on my skin like Kelly Caleche but instead of the leather, I'm getting patchouli reminiscent of 'Prada Eau de Parfum'. If you're looking for an airy, non-sweet but alluring and sexy woody rose, try Cabaret!

definately buying my second bottle sooon!
Love its unusual mix of being innocent yet sensual

Smells like a rose, stuck in the hair of a music-hall singer. The show is over, the singer is enjoying a cigarette, and the rose scent is blurred by smoke and slightly sweaty odour.

I bought it unsniffed a year ago but we haven’t adjusted to each other yet.

First it made my b/f nervous, he called it “a smell of an unfaithful woman”. My dad didn’t approve of it either. Its specific dark beauty sounds dramatic to me too. Sexy on the verge of perversion. Exciting but with hidden depravity. Beautiful yet depressive. The scent both attracts and repels. I don’t feel any flowers but woody musk I’m sensitive to. The only type of clothes that physiologically went well together with Cabaret happened to be my leather vest and skirt, in other words, “armour”. Not really my type of scent.

P.S. (From March 2011) In order to do it justice. I was about to bet that this musky atrocity wouldn't ever cut it... But now I do enjoy smelling it on my mum in her late 50s. Yeah, it's still pungent but sings in a more soulful - Cherchez la femme! - way, vile musk seems lost on her somehow.

Looking at the notes, this one is right up my alley and you could almost guarantee I'd like it: rose brightened by lighter florals, incense, sandalwood and musk. And I do, I do!

This is a dry, woody rose a la Parfum Sacre (one of my all-time favorites), and despite the hints of muguet and peony, not particularly feminine. Incense further dries the florals, adding its smoky touch. The patchouli is aged and smooth, providing depth to the scent. I generally have trouble with patchouli, unless it is subtle. Here it's just perfect, along with the ambery wood and soft, pillowy musk.

This perfume is meant, I think, to be a feminine scent, but I think it would smell fabulous on a man as well, with all those dark smoky base notes.

Ignore the ludicrous packaging - Cabaret is an astounding bargain: a wonderful scent selling for far less than it's worth.

this one is wild! it is very herbal without being fresh. in fact, it feels a little dark. i also get a tangy nose tickling from it (something almost catnip in feel). it is complex but remains the same scent throughout the day. my husband loves it as well and plans to test it on himself. i think it is a different enough perfume that it could be unisex and smell divine on him.

AT first when they gabve it to me I decided to give it to my grandmaa... But then when I got so much comoliments i left it and It really didi smell very different:)

a perfume interesting!
Feel the smell of lemon,and flowers.I think one day of summer, hot.Is exaggerated but nice.

This really does smell like the theatre- literally the auditorium! It smells like the old high school and college auditoriums I have spent so much time around. Old wood, leather, and dusty rose predominate. This is not at all what I was expecting, but I don't entirely dislike it, either. This is a nostalgic scent for me, and definitely seems to be a special occasion scent.

I loved this scent on so many levels. 1. you can usually pick it up at a good price. 2. The bottle is pretty. 2. the scent is very upscale rose with woods. Classy!

Recently I bought Cabaret…as I read on some website that they are kind of Paloma Picasso and Sisley Soir de Lune perfume. I used to have Paloma Picasso EDPt and I would love to have Sisley….. Although Sisley is very expensive… then on ebay I found really cheap deal for Cabaret (8 pounds, including delivery!) and I bought them.
I must admit that this perfume reminds me of Sisley Soir de Lune very much. The only difference is that cabaret is mixed with ROSE and Rose is main think in this scent.
I would describe it like mixture of Sisley Soir de Lune and Stella rose perfume.
So far I am very happy with Cabaret.. I find them very intriguing when I am wearing them during a day..like to sniff myself!

I am surprised by how much I like this fragrance...I'm sampling it today and it just keeps getting better and better!

Opening notes on me were more in line with Mitsouko's description, a "rose-lemon drizzle." The lemony notes were strong at first, with a touch of leather, and then a subtle dry rose note became more prominent. For a few minutes I was reminded of wooden furniture polish, but not in a bad way!

Three hours into it, the leather notes have disappeared, and only a trace of lemon remains. Old, withered roses and peonies gently curl around me now in a bed of sandalwood. I'm really enjoying it...

I am buying a full bottle of this...today! :)

Added note:
The longer I wear this, the more it reminds me of Narciso Rodriguez's dry-down. Hmm, interesting.

I ordered this online because (1) it was recommended by Luca Turin, and (2) it was only $18.95 on Ebay! At first I thought I had made a mistake - it seemed to smell like a cheap, sleazy version of Floris's rose-scented soap(which I like). But I gave it a chance, and now I love it - it's got a nice incense note and a mellow musk on the tail end. It really does make a good masculine if you like rose - and most chypres are worth checking out for guys. At $18.95 for 3.4 ounces, a bargain. Four stars!

The bottle says circus (I don’t like the circus) the name conjures images of Joel Grey in campy makeup and an exaggerated German accent. Hence some initial hesitation. Once I repressed these associations, however, I actually tried a sample and was smitten. Cabaret balances equal parts freshness and depth, making it a perfect fall scent. I get compliments from men and women when I wear it, and I find myself looking around to find the source of that beautiful scent. Why, it’s me! I use it sparingly, as it is strong and lasting. I thought I could never wear rose, but in gentle doses, Cabaret has become one of my favorite fragrances. If, like me, you have had a sample in a drawer for some time, I urge you to forgive the name, ignore yellow and red Barnum and Bailey packaging, and live with Cabaret for the day. You may be pleasantly surprised!

A very original fragrance from a house which has not come up with anything decent since Cabochard (and they have messed up Cabochard's formula recently, by the way)... think of the indredibly horrible "Cabotine" - but this one is GOOD, really good. I agree with all the positive reviews so far and congratulate the house of GRES upon finally producing a fine scent again!

...omg,such wonderful descriptions..i was watching this one in my mall, it is very cheap (kind of duty free shop with low prices...), bought Cabotine and Cabochard-but they were just to stuffed with this vetyver and a very strong chypre components....
but,if this has a rose-I just might like it....
ok, I'll give it a try....:))))

This is one of my "unique" scents. I layer it with the body lotion and it's almost like you can see Liza Minelli swinging her legs around that chair in the movie "Cabaret". This is definitely an underated fragrance with seductive appeal. This scent lasts well into the night.

This perfume smells like a medicine cabinet!!! Terribly!!!!!!

My little decant is almost gone and I know I will be purchasing a full bottle of this gorgeous scent. I liked this one so much that I purchased Gres's Cabotine unsniffed. (And I wasn't disappointed in that one, either.)

Cabaret is a special and sophisticated scent. The peony notes dominate the opening on me, but I love and live for the dry-down on this one: pronounced incense notes with a hint of the dry iris.

Ijubica gives a gorgeous description. :-) Good job there!

I get a similar impression when I first sniffed this one. It reminded me of those satin sachets women used to line their lingerie drawers with. The sachets always left a subtle powdery floral scent on the undergarments as they wore them. Cabaret has that kind of earthy, powdery, floral scent. Very feminine and full of secrets.

A smell of an old, mouldy building, later smells like dried roses. Didn't know what to think at first. I think I'll have to give it a few more tries. Definitely an original fragrance.

IMO - this is not smell for artist, for example, of Moulin Rouge.This parfum is as a rose- lemon drizzle, as delicate tiffany scarf. Rather this is smell of Dagny Juel - subtle, magic, alost in thout muses of europan bohemias assembling once in Berlin, in legendary place: "Under Black Piglet". In this delicate smell is any delicaty anxiety.
Me very likes to smell mysterious, subtle Cabarets.