Declaration by Cartier: a Modern Classic [Fragrantica webzine]

9/11/13 2:27 μ.μ.Déclaration: A Modern Classic For The Ages is 15 Years Old ~ Columns Page 1 of 6http://www.fragrantica.com/news/D-claration-A-Modern-Classic-For-The-Ages-is-15-Years-Old-4838.html 11/08/13 04:50:31 Columns Déclaration: A Modern Classic For... More

9/11/13 2:27 μ.μ.Déclaration: A Modern Classic For The Ages is 15 Years Old ~ Columns Page 1 of 6http://www.fragrantica.com/news/D-claration-A-Modern-Classic-For-The-Ages-is-15-Years-Old-4838.html 11/08/13 04:50:31 Columns Déclaration: A Modern Classic For The Ages is 15 Years Old By: Elena Vosnaki Fifteen sounds like the age when boys start learning about proper grooming, slowly introducing themselves to the reality of facial hair, sweaty vests emitting testosterone and how to deal with those two inescapable facts of life. In human years it's a rite of passage. In a fragrance's course it's a significant landmark. There is no turning back beyond that bench, same as with facial hair. Any fragrance which makes it for so long in the 21st century's competitive market has got to have something going for it and Cartier's Déclaration is that rare thing; not only a lasting success, but a masculinegeared one at that, which manages to be refined rather than crude or shocking to get there. The ma Less