Cantate Yves Rocher for women

Thanks to mikiriti I received my swap of Cantate last night and it's a LOVE!!! To my nose it is a more refined Opium (original). They both are similar types and share at least 6 notes in common. My husband loves it. I'm sorry I'm just discovering this delicious but discontinued gem...

45/50ml EdT of this up for swap. Stored cool, dark and smells fantastic still. Please PM me if interested :)

MMMMM, I finaly found from ebay this amazing scent I used when I was young. And still this is as good as it was on those days. Good for winter time, warming and spicy vanilla kinda softness. Perfect and special. There is definitely not another scent what would remind of Cantate. Love, Love, Love

who has the EDP of cantate? i'd love to swap for it!

It was perfume for Christmas, for celebrations. It gave suc aura of festivity! Very rich perfume for women of all age.

I was gifted a small, old tin of the solid perfume about 10 years ago, and I still have half of it. I kept some of the product because I love just opening the tin and sniffing the perfume. If Yves Rocher brought this back into production, I would probably buy a lifetime supply because I don't think I have ever smelled anything as good as this in my life. It's a very warm, powdery oriental that makes me so very happy. It seems I was born a little too late to enjoy the wonderful Yves Rocher classics from the past few decades.

It smell wonderful and soft and graceful it's like it cuddle you in a sophisticated aroma. If you have the chance to find one get it!

If it weren't for the strength of the soapy note I think I would love this. But soap overpowers the fragrance for me. Aldehydes aren't noted and no-one else has mentioned this as an issue. Perhaps it's just my skin?

I just smelled this again yesterday,I forgot I had it.I put it away,it wasn't a favorite then,boy do I like it now. I think because Im getting older my sense of fragranges is changing... What perfumes I didn't care for, I really like now.This smells so good..It reminds me of another scent which I really like Charlie Gold.Alot of the notes are similar...So if you like Charlie Gold,you would probably like this one.

ok! i've checked my perfume collection & i have
2 bottles of Cantata perfumed bath showel gel 200ml each (1 still 100% full) + 1 that's 3/4 full + i have a 50ml bottle of EDT Cantata that's 1/4 left in + 1 bottle of 75ml that 1/2 still left in with spray.
i'd like to have COCOON + COMME UNE ÉVIDENCE THE EDT NOT THE PERFUME + ROSE ABLOTUTE
thank you for contacting me if you want to swap with me :) xoxoxo

Hello :) i still have a 1/4 bottle of this + the other one with the spray that's almost 3/4 full i would really swap it with a Cocoon one :) if someones interesting on exchangeit just contact me :) pleeeeeeas?
Huge thanks

What a perfume, what a perfume!! Today my vintage bodylotion of Cantate arrived! Oh I do love love love the vintage body lotions original!! It is better than making them myself, but they are so hard to get!!
Took me AGES to find one bottle of lotion!

when I used this for the first few times I absolutely disliked it, it reminded me of the medicine I was taking as a child, but after some time I started to like it, on my skin it develops in to a different scene, quite longlasting and delicious, now I absolutely like it and wear it in cold snowy days.:)

I cannot say much more than what arianperfume and Action said :-)
It is a great spicy-gourmand fragrance. Works well with my skin and gives me a great cuddle when I feel down or when I wake up on a gloomy morning :-)
A great choice whether you are going for a formal meeting or a shopping day with your girlfriends.
Gentle, yet noticeable. Not overpowering but surely kissing your cheeks every time the wind wafts... :-)

ainda tenho frascos de catante porque nao tem mais? quero comprar novamente me avise ta.

I just bought a huge bottle ETD 75 ml Cantata and it is GREAT, incredibly strong and longlasting, the price is a joke, 6 pounds...I consider myself one LUCKY girl, thank you Action for the miniature present, who knew such a gem existed...happy happy,I am on a caramel cloud:))...la la la... For me this is a gourmand fragrance, fruity spicy, caramel is detectable mostly from middle till end, osmanthus cinammon and spice yeh, these are the notes exactly what it smells like, such a happy perfume this is, suits night and day when you want to feel on top of the world!!!

Darkest roses with cinnamon, leather, powder, jasmine and who knows what else makes this fragrance outworldly, unique, extremely potent and sooo comforting. Very well blended concoction, darkly beautiful and addictive. I get my Cantate fix on ebay since it is discontinued, but still pretty easy to find. If you liked A McQueens Kingdom or Viv Westwoods Anglomania but you're still looking for something darker, then do try Cantate. I believe they are in the same "scent family".

Cantate used to be my favourite fragrance in my early twens.
I must have used more than 20 bottles of all sizes, EdT, EdP, spray, dab-on...
I also had lots of bottles of the shower gel and the body lotion.
I used it all the time. Day, night, summer, winter, uni, meeting friends, working...
I remember how I felt when I realized it was discontinued.
Instead of chasing the last few bottles in the country, I searched for a different signature scent.
Yes, I did find a scent that I truly loved but that one was discontinued as well so I was unlucky again.
I still have a bottle of the 30ml dab-on EdP and I will hold on to it.
I do not use it, I just smell it and remember how much I loved bathing in Cantate.
If I had the money, I would buy the recipe and bring it back on the market for everyone to enjoy.

I remember I had this, or at least borrowed some from my mum's bottle. lol. I remember it as a warm and rich scent, and not too mature. More spicy than floral. Delicious. The lasting power was great as well.

What makes this perfume so interesting, is that it is a bit ahead it's time. It makes a combination of notes that is quite daring. There are gourmand notes (Caramel) in combination with Spices like Cinnamon and on top of that some traditional chocolate with the Tonkabean. And still the perfume is not a typical gourmand, it is masterpiece blend for the lovers of sweet, without being a standard gourmand!
Action

I loved that smell but on me it was too heavy and sweet. I was around 20 that time. But now, years later still remembering this unusual combination I think now I would be my favourite fragrance.

Notes Cantate:

Alternative spelling ' Cantanta'. An edt with top notes of rose, jasmine and iris, heart notes of osmanthus, cinnamon and nectarine on base notes of cedar, sandalwood and caramel.

Hi Ice2fire!!!
I know exactly how you feel!! I was waiting for my big bottle for ages, and I now finally own a 1.7 oz bottle!! Wuuld you like me to decant a small atomizer for you to enjoy ??
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Oh, what a wonderfully warm and sweet fragrance! Luxurious and interesting - like the most of Yves Rocher fragrances.
Over and over again I'm finding out that cedar, sandalwood, vanilla, tonka and cinnamon are my favourite ingredients :-)
Years ago I had only a miniature of this... I couldn't afford the big bottle :-( And I missed the time - Cantate is no longer available.

Finally I now own a big bottle of this...took me a while to score this one!!

I bought this one for my mum many years ago, it must be not my cup of tea because i never thought anything special of it. Vaguely remember it- it merges in my memory with so many other smells...

I bought this one for my mum many years ago, it must be not my cup of tea because i never thought anything special of it. Vaguely remember it- it merges in my memory with so many other smells...

it was amazing..but not as much as aqua woman also from this perfume house..they killed the production of best one's

Gone but not forgotten! I had this tiny exquisite little red bottle on my shelf for ages; the scent is great for evenings when you cannot be bothered to re-apply; its character shifts continually from a creamy layer of jasmine and the vanilla comes up quite nicely on my skin. Yves Rocher were nuts to discontinue it!

Oh Katyas how much I agree with you!!!
I am SOOO glad I saved my vintages on time, so now I can appreciate them so much.
This is actually the ONLY one I did not get in a large bottle. Reading your review, you're not putting it up for swap...:-(

Good luck!
Action

I have had my bottle sitting around for a number of years, and sort of re-discovered it lately. I quite like it, although I don't get the florals much - mostly the cinnamon comes through for me. It is a fairly strong scent, so I like to use a light touch when using it. It is really a pity that Yves Rocher has discontinued it, along with so many other fabulous scents (like Shafali, Ispahan, Orchidee, etc.).

Thank you Fragrantica for adding this beautiful gem in the database!!!
Unfortuntaly, until now, I have NOT been able to get this one in a large bottle, only mini's. If anyone is swapping his large bottle, PLEASE contact me!!

Thanks, Action