CARTIER DECLARATION PARFUM REVIEW – A MAN'S MUST OWN SEXY FRAGRANCE!

so today we’re going to be checking out a newer 
discovery of mine that i’ve been loving a lot  
this is kind of uh what i’ve been enjoying a 
lot lately woody spicy fragrances for men i  
kind of go through these phases where you know 
i’ll get hooked on something for a while i was  
really starting to dive into the boozy stuff then 
the kind of tobacco vanillas and i still love  
all of that but now i’m kind of finding myself 
gravitating towards and exploring these woods  
heavy fragrances woods spices masculine you know 
strong fragrances and this one of course we’re  
going to be checking out is cartier declaration 
par thumb version so really really cool bottle  
love this stuff we’ll just take a quick look at 
it right here this is the 5 ounce 150 ml bottle  
one thing that is cool is that flips down and then 
you can spray flips back up prevents it from being  
sprayed stuff like that’s always cool it’s not 
that it really matters it’s probably gonna be  
sitting like this on the majority of your shelves 
99 of the time so you could really just leave  
it down like that at all times but if you’re 
like me this is fun so i’m putting it back up  
now i did pick this one up from fragrancenet 
a little bit ago and they still have it at the  
same price again 150 mil for 114 dollars with 
the fragrance net 35

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be reviewing this one today i’m going to tell you
how it smells how it performs when you can wear
it and ultimately i think it’s worth picking up if
that wasn’t obvious already let’s get into it so
we’re going to start off with how this one smells
went ahead and put it on paper too because i like
to test things both ways i’ve been testing it
a lot on my skin which is the most important but
also i like to get a feel for it on paper because
the reality is when you walk into department
stores a lot of people spray them on paper
and so i like to get a good idea and it has
developed a lot on this piece of paper here
so i’m going to go ahead and just tell you
how it starts out so when you first spray it
on you get this bitter orange note that is the
only top note listed here and when you look at
the rest of the notes you may not think that
you would pick up on like an orange that way
because there’s a whole lot of other notes in here
all mid and all bass but up top you do pick up on
it so i’m just going to go ahead and read it off
here the entire thing we have bitter orange up
top we have spices cardamom and cumin in the mid
we have leather cedar wood benzoin vetiver tolu
blossom and amber wood in the base i’m excited
to break into this and break it down because
it’s really quite cool so the bitter orange will
stick around for a good minute minute and a half
and then you’ll find that it moves almost just
completely away like you really don’t pick up
on the orange after a minute or two and what
starts to come in is the woods is the spices
so i get a good amount of that cardamom it’s
giving it this somewhat oriental spicy kind
of sexy appeal i also get the cedar wood i get a
bit of the vetiver so it’s a very woods heavy base
kind of settling down here i also pick up on the
leather a good amount now it’s not a leather like
ombre leather you know tuscan leather it’s not
like a leather forward scent it’s more providing a
base a foundation for all the woods here and the
spices so you do get a little bit of the cumin
note now it’s not crazy overboard super strong
but i will warn you that you do pick up on it
so depending on how sensitive you are to that
note depending on if you despise that note or
don’t like it or whatever that will kind of sway
the direction that you would want to go in when
purchasing the scent or sampling it or whatever
because it is there now as that orange goes away
you start picking up on the woods and the spices
the cumin is going to be at its peak at that point
now as it continues to dry down it will start
to fade off in the distance a little bit again
making room for all the other woods and the spices
and that leather note but again i just wanted to
throw that out there you do pick up on it if you
don’t like that note then i would be cautious
when looking into this one and a blind buy may
be risky for you now if you could tolerate a bit
of a human note if it doesn’t really bother you
if you like that note then no worries here it’s
not going to be a human forward sense so don’t
get your hopes up too much if you love it but if
it’s there a little bit you’ll be expecting it and
you’ll enjoy it because it’s a nice nice quality
you know it’s not screechy or synthetic or like
super dirty or smelling or anything like that it’s
really quite smooth even though it has that
texture benzoin you get a little bit of it
that’s kind of giving off this powdery ever so
slightly sweet support in terms of the amber
wood that’s listed in the base i really don’t get
any of it that’s something that will maybe concern
people you see amber wood and then maybe they’re
thinking it’s a blue fragrance mixed with a bunch
of woods it’s not no worries so to me this one
is a warm spicy woody fragrance very masculine
somewhat traditional this stuff is great you know
it’s classiness to the next level there are a
lot of fragrances out there being released now or
that have already been released that don’t convey
the type of emotions and the type of feelings
and and confidence that this one does you know
a lot of fragrances are trending in the sweeter
direction nothing wrong with that you guys know
i love my sweet fragrances but with that
comes something that is a bit more playful
perhaps a bit more youthful sometimes a lot of
times and so not everyone’s into that right i like
it but sometimes i do want a fragrance with some
power behind it i’m not even talking performance
yet we’ll get there in a second but power in terms
of its delivery this one punches through the air
it’ll dominate other scents it’ll dominate just
just people around you they’re going to smell this
and they’re almost going to be compelled to say
something because it’s so strong with its delivery
the spices the woods the leather it smells great
again we are looking at a par from concentration
here so longevity on my skin has been consistent
very very good at about eight nine hours being
that it is a par from a higher concentration the
projection is not going to be monstrous so this is
more of a you know maybe arm’s length fragrance
kind of semi-personal bubble maybe a little bit
outside of your personal bubble depending
on how much of a personal bubble you have
it’ll get out there it’ll get you noticed it
more or less does a better job at leaving a
trail and also like i mentioned the the profile
of the scent is very good at just dominating the
space and so within that arm’s length distance or
whatever it’s going to be all people will really
be able to pick up on it does have that power
you know it’s not light and wispy and musky
and citrusy that can kind of get wafted away
and get overcome and overpowered this one will
push through so performance is good you wouldn’t
really want this to be a projection monster with
that usually a common theme is the more youthful
and playful fragrances like we talked about and
that’s not what this is this is for a confident
refined man that doesn’t need reassurance that
doesn’t need compliments he knows or at least he
feels as though he smells good and that’s all he
cares about what’s nice though is that other
people will also think you smell good so even
if you’re not at it for compliments chances are
if you’re carrying yourself you’re dressed nice
you look great and you’re wearing this you
will pick up some and that’s really it for
the compliment factor i mean people who are going
to like this are probably really going to like it
people who won’t like how it smells they’re just
not gonna like it there’s really no gray area just
kind of black or white either you like it or you
don’t you either will get compliments or you won’t
quality here is fantastic from opening to dry
down there’s nothing synthetic there’s nothing
unnatural about it some may think the cuban note
really kind of strays it in a different way but
again that’s kind of personal preference it’s
not a quality thing all things considered it’s
not terribly expensive either you may see 115 at
discounters i think that is pricey and to be fair
115 dollars is a good chunk of money but keep in
mind we’re also talking 150 mils here so going off
of the price per milliliter if you were to buy
this as a 100 ml bottle it would be running at
about 76. of course it could be a bit more could
be a bit less but you get the idea 76 for 100 mils
that’s not terrible again it’s not cheap but it’s
also not chanel and dior and even victor and rolf
like crazy expensive price per ml wise this one is
right on target for me do i think it’s worth the
pickup of course i do if you’re into this sort of
thing if you’re a blue fragrance bro which i love
my blue fragrance pros i’m one as well love
my blue fragrances but if you’re one of them
or an invictus bro or someone like that who
likes the young playful stuff stay far away
from this for a while until you work your way into
it or sample who knows maybe you’ll just love it
but i would recommend against that my
guys that are watching this that are
mid late 20s and above and you’re into wood to
see spicy fragrances i would jump all over this
now’s the perfect time to be busting it out and
wearing it it is nice and cold outside at least
if you live somewhere where it does cool off
it’s a great time of year uh spring through
i would say fall through spring spring through
fall spring fall winter that time is when you
would be best wearing alrighty that’s going to do
it for me let me know your thoughts on declaration
par fun by cartier if you’ve smelled it again
i’m super happy with this stuff i think the
bottle looks great the the color of the fragrance
itself is very attractive it really does represent
the scent a little bit woody smokey spicy all of
that good stuff cool bottle cool details it looks
ultra classy when it’s sitting on your shelf
it’s going to look more expensive than it is
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for watching stay safe stay healthy we’ll
see you tomorrow with another one take care