Cabaret (for women)

lillybee

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!

ticalica

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

kiselina

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.

loveperfumes

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.

balu

When looking for perfume that smells exactly? It is divine to me. I love it!

krmarich

This one is defnitely unusual and innovative. I was expecting loud, cloying, florals. What a surprise when the only flowers are in the faint opening notes. I generally detest peony. Here it vanishes so quickly that I love it! Then the mysterious, old dry woods appear. This is perhaps the best dry scent ever created. Violet is tucked softly within smoky iris. Its glitter is faded. Its music like a half remembered dream. Strong, yet never overpowering. Perfect for the late night gothic set or just a gloomy rainy day that that is reserved for a special visitor.

Mals86

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.

hollivomitsyou

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.

Ninulia

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:)

dena2

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

Chatnoir

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.

sfsassy

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!

Kama

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!

asilverfire614

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.

Robert White

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!

SedNonSatiata

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!

Juliette has a gun

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!

kokica

...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....:))))

queenkey

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.

SonnenblumeKarin

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

NebraskaLovesScent

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.

zenzero

To ljubica.
Such a wonderful description of a perfume! I agree 100 %!
One couldn't say better. My compliments!

This scent is not so simple, as it seems in the beginning, and not easy to understand. And I love it.

ljubica

Very unusual. It starts with a barely there, very thin and sharp rose.
However, its rose is not a dewy fresh garden flower, it's withered and dusty, as a flower long time forgotten on somebody's dresser.
When the scent develops, it stays subtle and delicate, but it also becomes more and more disturbing, even to the point of being a bit perverse.
It's hard to pin down that quality, impossible to explain. It is all about sex, yet never in a vulgar or dirty way.
The closest I can get to explaining it, is to say that it smells of somebody's stuffy dressing room; their worn clothes permeated with their body scent, the smell of make-up, the smell of stale flowers, the smell of Cabaret...

solocha

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.

Mitsouko

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.