Déclaration Haute Fraîcheur

16 reseñas

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• Ambroxio

  April 5, 2022

  

  “Today I walked down that green path that disappears into the valley…” Haute Fraîcheur: high-level freshness, a bold statement. It is citrusy and herbal, a pale green like water with fern, clover and mint. It does not smell of pine, but of countryside, meadows, orchards and bougainvilleas. It carries that spiced camphoraceous touch and an amber and new wood base typical of the Cartier house. Imagine lemon branches, breezes among trees and a return to classic colognes to be dabbed on a handkerchief. It is a walk along a green path with a straw hat, a field of daisies and an old house with open windows and tulle curtains. Inside, cherry wood cupboards and old clothes evoking a sepia past and love letters. It is like discovering a brook that leads to a spring to splash your face and refresh yourself. It is not oceanic freshness, but of a river, fountain and mosses. You will feel a pleasant déjà vu. It is fine, elegant, simple and familiar, genderless and ageless, but certainly for radiant summer days, nightingales and great hopes. It is not sad, it is cheerful and jovial. A walk under clear skies that lasts as long as it lasts. Do not expect it to last all night, but it is enchanting.

• Ambroxio

  April 20, 2022

  

  “Since you left, the daisies weep with sorrow…” Ignore the words, it is just a song that came to my mind. Due to the green path and the fountains, the poetic vein within me has surfaced. Haute Fraîcheur has a nostalgic touch but it is cheerful, not sad or old, but of a tested joviality. It is like walking from the bridge to the alley with jasmine in your hair under a clear sky, without clouds to dampen the spirits. Enjoy it while it lasts, do not expect eternal longevity.

• beto_ruiz

  May 15, 2022

  

  “Today I walked down that green path that disappears into the valley…” Haute Fraîcheur: high freshness, great coolness, top-tier freshness, freshness through and through. A whole declaration of intent. As the name suggests, we are facing a basic and evidently refreshing fragrance, citrusy and herbal, with green accents. It is not a strong pine green but a pale green, a sea-green with its brushstrokes of fern, clover and mint. Nor is it a coniferous aroma typical of steep mountain ranges, but rather of friendly countryside and meadows in welcoming valleys between mountains, fenced orchards and hedge gardens with gravel, bougainvilleas and honeysuckle. It retains contributions from practically the entire family descending from the house of the legendary first wristwatches: spiced camphoraceous, a little spicy kick, and a base like sugar-coated amber crumbs sweetening new wood. A bundle of lemon tree branches and leaves; leaf litter that lifts and disturbs its humid sleep with a sudden mad whirlwind; balsamic plants crumbled into a canvas drying in the sun for the workshop of an alchemist artisan nearby; breezes arriving through leafy trees and reaching us in a moment. A return to the waters of classic colognes, those to be dabbed on a handkerchief. High freshness, yes, of a certain category, it remains Cartier, the brilliant Parisian panther. Haute Fraîcheur is a quiet mid-morning walk along a verdant path carrying, like that red-haired madman in Arles (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur), a rustic straw hat on the head. To one side lies a flowered meadow of common chamomile and daisies, as if it were an impressionist painting of pointillist technique; to the other, an old estate with its neglected and fragrant orchard that still shelters the morning dew in its shade, defended by a half-height wall from whose bosom emerges a rusty, figurative acanthus and arrowhead fence. The old mansion has its windows wide open and some snowy tulle curtains sway as if caressing the scene at the breath of the zephyrs anticipating the height of summer. Inside, someone aired the dusty cherry wood cupboards and from its hangers hang old suits of the grandfather and grandmother, and its drawers hold garments and pieces from another era. I can even imagine that hidden in the pocket of a silk jacquard waistcoat is the handwritten note of someone who once was a lovesick youth in that sepia-coloured past that seems to us, and it reads something like this: Will you love me, daisy? Will you love me, yes or no? Daisy, Daisy… How much I love you! Perhaps our dishevelled daisy-picking son, his austere and severe father, lacking galleys, had sent him to a strict moral boarding school in the belief of extracting some benefit from the lad. But let us leave such imaginings, which are nothing more than that, and return to this metaphorical-symbolic personal declaration. Haute Fraîcheur is the discovery of a twinkling brook that reflects distorting and dancing images of you and everything around you, and following its narrow course, guides you to a half-hidden spring, with its iron-blackened spout and an illegible inscription on the stone supporting it. Upon arrival, you make a basin with your hands and splash the face and nape; you wet your lips and a crumb of bread from a loaf you were gnawing falls from your mouth; and drops fall from the straw hat, moistening the cotton clothes that the warm environment and your own body reheat. What freshness! Not a bluish freshness, not estuarine or oceanic, no; it is the freshness of a river, a shady courtyard, a fountain, mosses and lichens, orchard lands and walls invaded by ivy. What green was my valley with its splendor in the grass! One might feel something like that after spraying with Haute Fraîcheur. It will seem we have smelled it before, a memory will assail us, a lived sensation will come over us, a shuddering déjà vu. Of course, I liked it, I think it fulfills the purpose for which it was created, it seems pleasant to me and I find it fine and elegant. It comes out strong but becomes delicate and soft in an instant. At the same time it is simple, of a familiar character, without great pretension. And, certainly, it has no gender or age, but a date on the calendar: it seems it was made for radiant, innocent and happy days, of nightingale songs that reign, swallows and hoopoe flights, early summer and great hopes far from Dickensian dramas, of placid Sundays of pure spring. “Since you left, the daisies weep with sorrow. The fountain has dried up, the lilies are withered…” Do not pay attention to the quoted lyrics of the songwriter Carmelo Larrea, it just came to my mind. It is to be assumed that due to the green path, the fountain, the lilies and the daisies. As a result, the pedantic poetic vein that inhabits me has surfaced, and I beg in advance to be forgiven. Haute Fraîcheur has a nostalgic touch but it is not sad, it is cheerful without being festive, nor is it old, it is of a tested joviality. A walk from the bridge to the alley with jasmine in your hair and roses on your face under clear skies, without a hint of black storm clouds to dampen the spirits and the calm, and which, as one might expect, last as long as they last. Do not expect Haute Fraîcheur to offer an endless petite mort.

• SKENDER

  May 18, 2022

  

  Citrusy and herbal, but one that doesn’t smell like a heap of ordinary citrus perfumes; it’s a lemon-lime herb with a certain class, like a lime palette, as if you were standing next to a lemon tree or preparing lemon tea, as lemon balm is known in Mexico. On me, it settled very well as a lemon caramel, and despite having a pH too resistant to fragrances, its longevity on skin is two hours, followed by another two hours at skin-level. If you don’t want to smell like the typical water everyone wears in summer, this is the one to choose: sober, uncomplicated, fresh, and classy. Quality 8, Longevity 7, Projection 8, Originality 7.

• beto_ruiz

  June 2, 2022

  

  Declaration Haute Fraicheur is citrusy, aromatic and spiced, smelling of lemon and greens with a cardamom that boosts the effect. It feels cleaner than the original, removing spices like cumin that sometimes smelled of sweat. Being simpler and almost linear, it only reveals a soft cedar after a few hours. Ideal for hot spring or summer days, it gives a sense of relaxation but has short longevity: it fades to skin in half an hour and lasts about six hours, so reapplication is needed. Try it first; if it performs better on you, it’s worth it, otherwise, the original version is preferable.

• jerry drake

  July 4, 2022

  

  Looking for something to wear in summer without being the subject of neighbours’ complaints or causing fainting spells in the lift, I tried a couple of samples of this Cartier flanker. Due to the petitgrain, the opening of Haute Fraîcheur in particular reminds me of Mugler Cologne, but less sweet and less plastic, revealing itself as a beautiful fresh herbal fragrance with a smoky woody note at the end. It turns out to be spicier and sweeter than the L’Eau version. The opening excites me, energetic and extremely pleasant, but unfortunately, it faded quite quickly on my skin; an hour of noticeable presence (8 sprays) and then suddenly to skin-level. A pity, as I thought it ideal for those who want to relax, creating their own space of good taste and freshness. In my opinion, the best in the series remains Déclaration d’un soir; I will keep looking.

• eric1939

  July 12, 2022

  

  Excellent aroma: citrus opening, clean, herbal and of great fineness, strictly modern, without vintage reminiscences. It has very little of the Declaration Eau de Toilette; only in the dry down does a 30% spiced DNA of its base fragrance distinguish itself. However, the performance is scarce. It projects for half an hour or forty minutes and fades to skin to disappear before four hours of application. Although it is designed as a refreshing summer fragrance, it should project and last a little more in my opinion, it is a real pity because the aroma is exquisite. Its performance is striking given that Cartier has greater longevity in its other perfume lines. On this occasion, this Cartier has identical performance to an Adolfo Dominguez Agua Fresca. The aroma of this fragrance deserves approval, but for a matter of trail and longevity, I stuck with the Declaration EDT.

• eric1939

  July 14, 2022

  

  Excellent aroma, with a clean, herbal, citrus opening that is distinctly modern, with no vintage echoes. It retains very little of the Déclaration Eau de Toilette, only showing about 30% of its spiced DNA in the dry-down. However, the performance is scant. It projects for half an hour or forty minutes before dropping to skin-level and disappearing before four hours of application. While designed as a refreshing summer fragrance, it should project and last a little longer in my opinion; it’s a real pity because the scent is exquisite. Its performance is striking given that Cartier usually offers greater longevity in their other perfume lines. In this instance, this Cartier performs identically to an Adolfo Domínguez Agua Fresca. The aroma deserves approval, but due to the trail and longevity, I stuck with the Déclaration EDT.

• svazquez7

  February 1, 2023

  

  It’s basically a watered-down Déclaration, diluted in gallons and gallons of water. FULL STOP, and don’t bother looking for nuances because there aren’t any. The most absurd flanker from Cartier. It lasts and projects nothing, a complete money-grabber without sense, no matter how pompous its name ‘Haute Fraîcheur’ is in French. There’s not even a variation in the notes; this flanker is entirely dispensable. Go for the original and leave it at that.

• wildkatzen

  May 31, 2023

  

  Fresh scented water and that’s it. I own several Cartier bottles, and I literally splashed myself with a swimming pool’s worth of this stuff. It was a late-night cyberday addiction; I swore never again, only to fall back in… it’s a perfume literally diluted, very, very diluted. A poor purchase. It’s a blend between Cartier Déclaration L’Eau and Hermès Sur le Nil, but diluted in five litres of water… what a regretful spend… but I swapped it with a colleague for a barely-used Nautica Voyage and a new French Piedra Lumbre deodorant… hahaha, something was worth the trade… my colleague brags he uses a Cartier that no one else can smell but him… matters of taste, I say!

• Aka

  July 23, 2023

  

  I imagine there were good intentions with this flanker. A much more citrusy opening, but it doesn’t last long. It has a marked drop in the spicy tone when drying compared to the original. For those who enjoy the original, it has come across as weak or diluted, at least from what I read. Hence the ‘us’. For those who don’t like the original, this won’t suit them either, because although that spicy part that many find unpleasant has been attenuated, it wasn’t reduced or eliminated enough. It still has that backbone, that characteristic DNA. It’s a flanker, after all. Scarcity of duration and imaginary projection. That doesn’t help either. With this, I don’t mean to say it’s a bad fragrance, by no means; I don’t want misunderstandings. There will be those who enjoy it immensely precisely because of those variations. It’s just that… if given a choice, I personally prefer the original. Without a doubt. I repeat, personally.

• Mayoral

  December 27, 2023

  

  Haute Fraîcheur; if you’re not a fan of the original, you might like this flanker. I was trying to find a Déclaration EDT without the ‘cumin’ spicy note (by the way, never declared in the fragrance called ‘Déclaration’); I tried to replace it with this flanker, but the truth is I stuck with the original, which is a bit spicy. It’s only the first 15 minutes of the top; afterwards, you enjoy the best iris and cedar accords that a much-respected perfumery offers. This version failed my criteria in performance, but unfortunately, citrus notes are very ephemeral. If the intention was to convey freshness in all its glory, the part responsible for skin longevity was weakened.

• QUIGON

  March 2, 2024

  

  Terrible. Smells like grass and lemon and that’s it. Nothing like the sublime Déclaration.

• molletmod.73

  March 14, 2024

  

  It is the summer unisex version of the classic Cartier Declaration Edt. As its name says, it is Cartier: elegance, style and quality. It is a flanker of the saga, a Haute Fraicheur (High Freshness). Fresh, enchanting, invigorating and addictive. It is totally unisex, even more so than the saga in general. It approaches the best classic Italian colognes. It opens citrusy, with greenery, cardamom and a very soft cedar base. On the opening, I note a floral accord close to the fine rose of Declaration d’un Soir. Naturally, in a soft green woody with citrus opening, do not expect it to last like a Megamare. It is moderate in everything, 4-5 hours and without projecting much. If you are looking to make a statement, go for a Rabanne or a populist ambroxan bomb. The Cartier Declarations have never been bombs of longevity and projection. I have the EDT, the EDP and the D’un Soir, and the last three do not last 6-7 hours, they are skin scents. All in all, I prefer 4 good hours with an aroma personally enjoyable (I do not care about projection, I do not want to overwhelm anyone or pretend anything, I already have a partner), like this, to 8-9-10 hours of the rubbish that the “beast mode” masses hype and I will not give names to avoid offending egos. Enchanting, fresh, invigorating, elegant and fine. If you like Cartier fragrances, especially the Declaration saga, it should not be missing in your collection. If you get it on offer, for less than 70 euros for the 100ml bottle, go for it, as they will likely discontinue it in 2024 to release something worse and then the stupid laments and nostalgic nonsense of hypesters end up in blind purchases and hugely inflated prices on the grey market for old bottles with a bitten opening. Summary: Great perfume, great aroma, niche quality, Cartier guarantee. And what the others say (resentful haters, seasick, sycophants and chronic anal fissure freaks), is superfluous.

• molletmod.73

  March 18, 2024

  

  It’s the summer unisex version of the classic Cartier Déclaration EDT. As its name suggests, it’s Cartier: elegance, style, and quality. It’s a flanker in the saga with ‘High Freshness’. Fresh, charming, invigorating, addictive, and totally unisex. If the saga is already unisex, this is even more so. It approaches the best classic Italian colognes. Citrus opening, green notes, cardamom, and a very soft cedar base. In the opening, I note a floral accord close to the fine rose in D’un Soir. Naturally, in a green woody fragrance with a citrus opening, don’t expect it to last like a Megamare. It’s moderate, 4-5 hours, and doesn’t project much. My friend, if you’re looking to make a statement, go for a Rabanne or a bombastic ambroxan mass-market bomb from the Drunis. The Déclarations have never been bombs of longevity and projection. I own the EDT, EDP, and D’un Soir, and none of them last 6-7 hours; the last 3 hours are skin scents. All in all, I prefer 4 good hours with a personally enjoyable aroma (I couldn’t care less about projection, I don’t seek to overwhelm or pretend anything, I already have a partner) than 8-9-10 hours of the stench left by the ‘beast mode’ scents that the hype crowd loves. Charming, fresh, invigorating, elegant, and refined. If you like Cartier fragrances, especially the Déclaration saga, it shouldn’t be missing from your collection. If you get it on offer, less than 70 euros for the 100ml bottle, go for it, as they might discontinue it in 2024 to release worse rubbish, then the stupid laments and snobbish nostalgists will end up making blind purchases at inflated prices on the grey market for old bottles with nicked openings. Summary: Fantastic perfume, great aroma, niche quality, Cartier guarantee. And what the others say (resentful haters, queasy ones, sycophants, and chronic anal fissure freaks) is superfluous.

• LosPerfumesDeJavi

  August 8, 2025

  

  Smells incredibly refined, fresh, and green with a smoky touch typical of the Déclaration line. I wouldn’t buy it again because it doesn’t last for the price. The trail is skin-close and lasts no more than 2 or 3 hours on clothes and skin. I’m not regretting buying it because I love the line, but I don’t enjoy it as much as I’d like: you have to press your nose against the skin to smell it; it projects nothing. I apply 10 sprays and it’s still barely noticeable on me; yes, it leaves a scent in the room for a while, but on the skin, it’s zero.