Pasha De Cartier EDT

Pasha de Cartier is a classic semi-oriental fougère built around lavender, mint and oakmoss, and Maids Scents carries the authentic Eau de Toilette with delivery across Nigeria and beyond.

What is Pasha de Cartier EDT?

Pasha de Cartier launched in 1992, a genuine icon of the era’s masculine perfumery, often discussed alongside classics like YSL Jazz and Chanel Égoïste as part of a brief but influential chain of semi-oriental fougères from that period.

Over more than three decades, Pasha de Cartier has grown into a wider collection, including the notably different Edition Noire Sport from 2015, built around a completely separate citrus and marine profile, and a newer 2020 Parfum that takes the name in a warmer, boozier direction with sandalwood and fir balsam. This description covers the original 1992 Eau de Toilette specifically.

There was also a discontinued Menthe Fraiche flanker that some long-time fans still fondly remember and occasionally search for.

Interestingly, and unlike many vintage classics, Pasha de Cartier is one of the rare fragrances that at least some long-time fans feel has genuinely improved through its reformulations over the years, rather than being lamented as a loss of the original.

Fragrance Profile

Pasha de Cartier opens with lavender, mandarin orange, mint, caraway and anise, described by reviewers as fresh, classy and versatile, with a soapy citrus quality that feels immediately clean.

As it develops, the heart brings in coriander and Brazilian rosewood, green, spicy and aromatic, giving the fragrance a textbook fresh-spicy fougère character that several reviewers compare favourably to classics like Safari and YSL Jazz.

The base settles into labdanum, sandalwood, patchouli and oakmoss, warm and traditionally fougère without becoming overly heavy. One detail worth knowing honestly — a small number of reviewers note a slightly sweet quality emerging in the dry-down that isn’t listed among the official notes, which some find pleasant and others find a touch cloying.

Top Notes: Lavender, Mandarin Orange, Mint, Caraway, Anise
Heart Notes: Coriander, Brazilian Rosewood
Base Notes: Labdanum, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Oakmoss

Who Should Wear Pasha de Cartier?

Pasha de Cartier suits men who appreciate genuine perfumery history and want a fougère with real depth and structure rather than a modern, one-dimensional freshie. One reviewer describes it as ideal for making you feel clean and worldly, while another admits the style is dated, even for when it launched, but insists the quality and elegance make it timeless regardless.

It also makes a distinctive, considered gift for someone who appreciates genuine fragrance heritage rather than the latest trending release.

Performance and Longevity

This fragrance performs genuinely well. Multiple reviewers independently describe great longevity and sillage, and one long-time wearer specifically calls it a favourite work fragrance passed down through family, still enjoyed decades after first discovering it.

Two to three sprays on pulse points is a sensible starting point given its solid performance as a genuinely well-constructed fougère.

Best Time to Wear Pasha de Cartier in Nigeria

Given how reviewers consistently describe it performing best in cooler weather, this fragrance suits Nigeria’s harmattan season particularly well, where cooler, drier air lets the oakmoss and patchouli base fully develop without becoming heavy.

Buying Pasha de Cartier From Maids Scents

Every Cartier bottle we stock, including Pasha de Cartier, comes from verified suppliers, so what you receive matches what you’d get through an authorised Cartier retailer.

We deliver across Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano, Enugu, Benin City and the rest of Nigeria, and we ship internationally for orders placed from outside the country.

You can read more about the fragrance on the official Cartier website.

If you’re drawn to classic chypre-fougère fragrances, Dunhill Desire Gold is worth comparing, or browse our full range of masculine perfumes in Nigeria.

Pasha de Cartier is in stock now at Maids Scents.