Cabochard Chérie Grès for women

I’m really surprised there’s no rose in notes as the first blast is deffinitely strong rose-patchouli combination. When it settles down it smells like lovechild of Allure and Joy EdP intense, creamy and sweet citrusey, mossy, spicy vanilla mixture. Longevity and sillage is above the average and for its nearly ridiciously low price tag it’s a must have if you are into this kind of scent profile.

As a longtime lover of Cabochard, I was excited by the listed notes for Cherie.
After reading the first few reviews I am wondering if my bottle has been tampered with..I find it pleasant, but in a very generic way, no link at all to the iconic original.
Indifferent sillage & lasting power, I'm passing it on to my young Granddaughter.

Now THIS is office siren. She wears a black lace bra under her silk blouse. LVEB wishes she was her. She’s got a feud with Miss Dior at reception but we all know who’s the winner. She’s related to Chance Eau Tendre but dirtier—she’ll make out with you in the back of your car after happy hour.
The bottle is beautiful, a pleasure to hold, nice and heavy smooth glass and a little bow. The lasting power and projection put pricier perfumes to shame. It’s complicated and beautifully blended, narcissus, leather and praline being the standout notes for me. I don’t own anything else quite like it and I’ll be reaching for it often.

Ahhhh this is everything I wanted it to be 💕
My top 10 easily and I've just got it. Definitely a little bit of Miss Dior and even LVEB but mixed with leathery original Cabochard. Ticks all the boxes for me: fruitchouli based on classic chypre. Earthy, sweet, flowery, strong and long lasting. Lots of leather, patchouli and praline.

This was my new year scent for 2020. Slels so worm and hommy. Remind me to cinemon apple. Just lovely. It's not gourmand, but it has a beet gourmand twist. Smells like holiday

I think this perfume is interesting because of the chocolate note. It's not a modern praline, it's not sweet and gourmandy it's a very herbal leathery chocolate.
In the beginning it does give of cabochard vibes (I hate the original cabochard) then when it dries down I just smell leather and chocolate.
I am letting it macerate because my tester smelled much more chocolatey and warm and cozy while the full new bottle I bought doesn't yet.

EDIT
After a couple of months in the closet I love this! A herbal leathery chocolate is the best way I can describe it. I think it works for any season.

She's definitely related to Cabochard, I'd call it an entry-level leather. Cherie is sweeter and more floral, & therefore more modern--but not too trendy. I think vintage lovers will like this, but don't expect it to be as dry as Cabochard. It layers beautifully with Cabochard edt or edp.

Okay so… yes I love it!

But also… I was surprised to love it because the original Cambochard is soo different.

The one thing they do have in common though is the orchestral symbiosis within their notes.

This has better lasting power and sillage, but even then I had to spray the hell out of it (I used it on my fake flowers).

I think I’ll be getting this and the original formulation again.

My Mum, who is my second nose (birthing somehow gave her the nose of bloodhound) has commented on how dated my recent purchases have been.

But I like this.

I like lasting power and staying power, that has to do more with quality than technology…

That said, this really is the ‘ féminin ultime’ when it comes to perfume.

Hm… I think I like Gres.

In this fragrance the praline is rather prominent, yet the flowery aroma and the earthier quality of both the patchouli and the basil, that essentially paves the way towards the more definitive features of this perfume, offer it just the right heft for it not to fall into excessive sweetness. It does smell vintage, but it is not cloying at all in my opinion and the overt, thick sweetness mixes well with earthiness and the very present waves of floral notes, and these little tweaks are what make the whole ensemble be satisfyingly versatile. With all of that being said, the sweetness feels natural, and, while the general impression left from this fragrance is that it's a more diaphanous, bright sort of scent, it has the right weight to it, which I do appreciate in a perfume built upon this sort of chic aesthetic, as it is not shallow.
It has a moderate longevity, but it holds well in warmer temperatures and I see it fit for those sorts of times more appropriately anyway.

First test review, may add to this as time goes on… I just received as a blind buy and couldn’t wait to test this. It’s one I’ve looked over for some time but finally decided to get. I was concerned if it might end up being too Vintage smelling for me… it’s definitely not that. At first spray I was in love, I didn’t find it very strong initially so I oversprayed a bit. At first I felt this is not close to anything I own, very chic, fresh and lightly sweet, a lovely mix hard to distinguish at first separate notes all blended, then I get the bergamot, pear, narcissus and light sweetness, it’s warm late spring/summery day and it feels so very uplifting it really boosted my mood 😀, as it developed a little if feels cosy and comforting and really delicious but getting sweeter. I hit the love on this page immediately!

But… I have to say it has really adapted over 1/2 hour quite a bit now… it quickly became very patchouli heavy on my skin and also praline forward, it very quickly then seemed more caramel scented and 100% reminiscent of Orissima to my nose! The patchouli caramel and orange blossom are there but I’m not getting leather at all. I’m not mad about it as I do love orissima but it’s a real shame because I was expecting something different … and now I feel it is getting sweeter and sweeter very quickly like sweeties and patchouli only and slightly overpowering and yes I get what a below review says… a teeny bit nauseating… so now for me it is not chic anymore in the way I felt initially / or in the way of lovely Orissima. I’m sad I’ve lost the fresh citrus, can’t find basil or narcissus orange blossom anymore at all… I have left it as a love for now, but maybe need to experiment with this a little more. My nose is a bit confused what has happened right now in such a short time 😂! Maybe it’s the warm weather or lotion I have on my skin, definitely going to try this in other circumstances . Right now I have a real itch to add something to it though… to bring back more balance to it.

This fragrance and its bottle are literally the embodiment of French charm. The beautiful bottle made of heavy glass, the beautiful bow and the lid could not be more French. The scent itself is sweet chypre, sweet pears, bergamot, freesia, daffodils, pralines, leather notes and good amount of patchouli. I also smell quite a strong incense there, although it is not mentioned in the composition. Modern yet vintage. This is the scent of a young Parisian woman who lives in an historical apartment with high ceilings, has artistic friends, goes to chanson clubs in the evenings and is terribly chic. I have read this fragrance compared to Miss Dior Chérie, but the similarity is minimal. This fragrance is much more original and captivating.

Finally decided to buy this as I had my eye on it for about 2 years. All I can say is that this is a wonderful fragrance, so elegant and feminine. Gres is a wonderful perfume house that should get more love, their perfumes are outstanding for the price you pay for them. I would say that Cherie is similar to Christelle Eau Verte but with more florals. I think this fragrance would be wonderful in spring and summer but you could wear it at any time of the year.

Edit:
I have now used up most of my 100ml fragrance and I still love it! I have literally used this every day for a month and am going to be buying a new bottle very soon. I agree totally with the reviewer above mine. It is french sophistication, signature scent worthy and the bottle is just gorgeous too!

This is such a beautiful scent. It has an almost old fashioned amount of patchouli, but when mixed with the pear and praline, gives a dewy morning rose scent that I adore.
This reminds me of 212 Sexy by Carolina Herrera. The notes are different, but that warmth and old fashioned floral feel is there and I am living for it at the moment.

Lovely summer leder scent. Perfect for unique ladies with magnetic charisma and strong character, but still gentle and feminine. Chabosard for 21 century

I find this agreeable; the combination of leather, pear and praline, along with a slightly herbal (very slightly) tinge creates something novel and friendly. Patchouli is very light and blended nicely; as I've gotten to know this perfume, I realize it does not read as a fruitchouli, imo. It's still a little hard to think of her as a chypre, but I'm starting to get the picture. I will say, because of the maltol sweetness and the pear fruitiness, I do not like the effect when oversprayed. This summer, Cherie has been upgraded to a love! Surprise. :)

I love this! One of my comfortable first choices on an unremarkable day. I find the bergamot to be appropriately understated for a "girly" scent (I'm a musk, leather, Arabian or Paloma Picasso kind of character). The basil is just enough to give this a unique and likeable character and the flowers and praline round it out into a warm fuzzy pink dumb reach for me. It goes into the ambroxan type emotional impact catagory without a noticable note of ambroxan. I just wish it had more staying power. Just ordered a backup so I can spray away.

Got it as a sample. It smells really sweet indeed, although kinda nauseating. I'd say it could be a good first perfume for a young girl.

light, airy, unoffensive... actually very pretty, but it just lacks personality or backbone and is so middle of the road thats its utterly forgettable.

It's complicated.
The opening made my head hurt, it's harsh smell of paper, chalk I don't know. Then when it get tone down which is after many hours (6-7), it become more sweet flower-leathery which i actually really really like.
Tested on hand i actually like it after i wash it, the chalkiness go away and i get to the good part. Even after that will last like forever. I guess the only way to make this work is spray before shower😅.

I hardly reach for perfumes that i don't get mesmerized by the first sniff and i have to wait so to explore. I need to explore all the way. I'm jealous for those that this work out.

There is absolutely no lemon here. I detect nothing of the basil either. What I do get though, is strawberry (freesia?), rose and some gourmand-y sweetness, which I assume the praline stands for. This, to me, without seeing the name or the notes, is a typical modern fruity slightly floral gourmand, stabilized by patchouli. Even calling it a fruitchuli is more correct than chypre. So, in that regard - I love it. I love the original as well, but they are not related in my book.

I don't know what to think about this one. It's clearly feminine and it's a nice, and innofensive smell, kind of "neutral". If i spray it in the air, and smell it, it's sweet but not in an intense way, it's more subtle. I think it's the pear touch standing out. Subtle, sober, almost naive, but not racy.

EDIT: Very faint, light, like pointed out, classic/vintage vibe i can't shake off. It's herbacious and i smell the pear too...But it's a faint mess, very forgettable indeed.

Other than its name, there is little in this frag that resembles the original Cabochard. I would cast the original scent out of your mind entirely and judge this one as a completely distinct scent profile.

You might find the opening to be discordant at first as I did. I was disappointed upon first spray, as the praline and basil (?) battled it out on my skin. I like strong leather scents, but found it to be all but missing. I was ready to give this a very mediocre rating. However... I've paid close attention to its progression so I could review it fairly. The wonky, unsettled notes at the beginning mature beautifully and settle into a nice blended composition. Though I have a practiced nose, I have trouble picking out specific notes as they are that enmeshed with each other. The best I can describe it is a full-bodied, grounded, floral with a hint of (pear/basil/bergamot) freshness. The patchouli is there, but it isn't dirty or overpowering. While Cabochard Cherie isn't groundbreaking, it is unique in a subtler way; I constantly sniff my wrists and clothes just to enjoy its sophisticated evolution as it dries down. I feel good wearing it.

Longevity is good. Sillage is moderate--not intimate, but not a "room broom" either. I wear truly unisex scents, and definitely think this is feminine; do not, however, expect a sugary, syrupy-sweet gourmand.

I strongly like, but not quite love, this one. Overall rating is 7.5/10

Edit: While I strongly disagreed at first, I can see the resemblance to Miss Dior (I just finished my bottle of that one) after a few hours of settling onto the skin. However, I like this one a bit better.

I misread CopenhagenBlue's review as "too much cardboard and not enough cherie." Turns out I agree more with that idea than "too much cabochard." Some would say, how can you possibly have too much Cabochard? ;)

But again I'm trying with this one. Tant pis.

Even though I am liking this scent a bit more this time around, I actually do get cardboard. Today where is the freesia? I want that freesia. Leather is there, praline is there, a ton of bergamot. Idk. The leather is sour, not seductive. Bergamot is waxy like wet cardboard in the back room at the grocery store. I am confused. Arg.
For me it is missing something but it can be really nice mixed with something grittier.

Too much cabochard and not enough cherie. Whatever fruits and flowers there may be are overpowered by the worst kind of patchouli, nauseating and headachy. It is foul. Very longlasting too.

Just bought it, and smelling this on my clothes to me this is a citric-leather-y fragrance with a sprinkle of white flowers. On my skin is a leather and bergamot duet and that's it. Very pretty, inoffensive, office friendly. Its lasts on quite a while. It could be unisex. It's smells very similar to Burberry London 2009 Limited Edition who is discontinued.

The pear effect in Cabochard Cherie edp gives me the same problem I sometimes get from the 90s peach, where it feels like an unpleasant waxy layer on my skin, and the smell is a throat irritant. I'm still getting to know this perfume, and I will definitely try it multiple times before making up my mind. Today has been an overly busy day, and spraying this at the end of the day has not helped. But it could be well suited to other moods and seasons. Today is a humid, warm day. I will try again another day. :)

Edit: A week later, and I'm trying Cabochard Cherie edp again. It's a cool and sunny, dry fall day. I do not see how this is a chypre-style perfume. The notes listed sound complex, but all I get is peach and praline. If I really use my imagination, yes, I can find a hint of pear that is then covered by praline. By "praline" I mean something sweet and somewhat rich, but it's not recognizable as anything specific. Sweet and rich is not a bad thing in itself, but here it's also not delicious. The other notes do not reveal themselves to me--basil, leather, even patchouli, are missing in action. The floral aspect of this perfume is to my nose vague and unsatisfying.
It doesn't really have anything to do with Cabochard that I can decipher. Better luck to others, but for me it is out of place.

Edit: I am getting more of the notes when sniffed from paper. I guess it really does not work on my skin. My skin turns this into a blunt praline freesia.

This indeed reminds me of Miss Dior Cherie and all its cousins. However for me this is far better than any of those. It starts of a bit fresh and herbal, I think it's the basil that does this. It has the basil note that jo malone lime basil mandarine has. Soon the sweetness comes through that you find in Miss Dior Cherie but it's still mixed with the basil freshness and a soft leather touch that reminds me of Chanel No. 19. I find most modern fruitchouli's quite sickening. When to much patchouli they smell like a heavily transpirating woman trying to cover up her smell with a fruity deodorant :) When to much fruit of praline or caramel it soon becomes way to candylike and suffocating. This one however stays in the middle. Very very classy. By the way it also has a touch of the Madame Gres which I love also. So sad this house is not acknowledged anymore. Gres was the same level as Chanel, but for some reasons completely downgraded nowadays, like Lalique, Boucheron and Van Cleef you could say. Sad....

Cabochard Cherie.....IMO....is a touch of Cabochard EDT.....Coco Madmoiselle....Miss Dior Cherie...and, yeah, Valentino Donna also. The original Cabochard is one of my favorites of all time....so this flanker was a no brainer for me..lol.
This does not directly smell like any of them...but the "vibes of" are there inter-twining. A modern chypre type scent,which has some greeness. I do get the narcissus...pear...orange blossom...but not prominently.
This was an instant like at first sniff....and it goes thru subtle changes while on the skin. A leathery vibe comes thru in the dry down...but it is smooth leather and more subtle than in original Cabochard.
Easy to like and also performs rather well so far.

This is stunning, I am so glad I got it. Cabochard leathery goodness but in a lovely sparkly summery cocktail with a surprisingly bright and upbeat punch of patchouli - which I love and find very feminine here - and then light, sweet top notes layered over it: I think I get the orange blossom and the praline more than the pear, it is definitely super sweet and fluffy against that beautiful Cabochard leather. It's like a pink girly summer take on one of my spicy favourites and, as someone who totally fails at summery girly perfumes, I am totally HERE FOR THIS.

I love Cabochard EDP and I was thrilled when I saw this for sale on FragX. I am so very glad I jumped on it when I did, because it’s already unavailable. I have been looking for a leather I can wear in our Arizona heat and I’m thrilled to say, I think this may be it! This one wears pretty light on me, I actually wish it was stronger because it smells soo amazing. It opens a little citric/herbal then I get a tad of the praline but mostly a big burst of PEAR and distinctive Cabochard leather. Basically the best leather accord in perfume. There is even that distinctive tobacco vibe, perhaps it can be attributed to the basil and patchouli? The patch is strong in this one. Cherie is basically a lighter more femme version of Cabochard with a touch of sweetness. Cabochard for spring/summer. Very impressed

After smelling this for the first time, I thought it went wrong and badly!
I really couldn’t comprehend what they has been sought with this? and to whom is this being marketed? I allready had orginal Cabochard and this was soo far away... I couldn’t have guessed that one day I would consider back up on this. 😝
I'm probably the wrong person to recommend this, my taste may be a little "on the edge", and someone else can smell this completely different, but...
For me this opens with a cool, almost cold herb note with a natural pear. That pear quickly turns to like emaciated champagne when that "on praline drowned Cabochard" attacks the rings. The scent dries into a very playdough, waxy praline with cleanliness Cabochard and fluffy pear champagne.
This stay near to skin, but leave trail and the longevity is just great!
I think that this is easy to use, office friendly and unique, but not necessarily a compliment collector. I love it.

generally, i like leather scent.but the leather in cabochard makes me sick.sorry i through the bottle away.

No expectations.
I came into this having no expectations and this one surprised me. Its perfectly weighted, not too light or too heavy.

The echo of Cabochards base of leather, patch bitterness contrasts off the sour bergamot/praline note.

The freesia/jasmine florals are bright and add interest. I think its a great release for the brand. This is not the heavy banal fruitchouli or syrupy suffocating gourmand.

The bottle is beautiful and just wish they used a grey bow as a nod to the past.

In spite of the efforts of the brand to rejuvenate themselves and win a younger audience for Cabochard, this new version must be considered a flop. It opens with fruity-floral notes of pear and jasmine. Then comes a slight touch of bitterness (the only phase when I am reminded of the classic Cabochard) , which I quite like.
Unfortunately everything is ruined by a strong, coarse synthetic patchouli combined with a weird parliné-note and some faint hint of artificial leather. Not a nice combination at all. In my case, it is even headache-inducing. C. Chérie is a common fruitchouli (not a classic chypre!!!) - neither original nor capable of living up to its great mother, the fabulous Cabochard.

Not sure of this one refers the EDP or the EDT - I`ve got the EDP version. It is very strong, very sweet and powdery with strong presence of Chypre notes. Very similar to other sweet aromas on the market, not bad, but would not say it is very very unique unless you fancy the Chypre tones. Try before you buy and see how it fits your skin.

Ohh a new fragrance from Gres! They make great perfumes and can always find them at a great price. I am loving the name and beautiful bottle! :)