Cabotine

By the editors · 2 min readCabotine opens with a curious brightness—plum and blackcurrant stained with orange blossom, sweet but not cloying, like biting into fruit still cold from morning air. There's an almost herbal greenness underneath that keeps the opening from tipping into pure confection. The ginger arrives early, adding a subtle warmth that threads through what might otherwise read as purely fruity.

The heart sprawls wide with white florals—tuberose and jasmine prominent—but the composition never goes heavy or indolic. Instead, violet and iris lend a powdery softness that tames the more narcotic elements. It's abundantly floral without being loud, somehow managing to feel both lush and restrained.

In the base, tonka and sandalwood create a creamy, slightly woody foundation, while civet adds body without making itself obvious. The result is a green-fruity floral that wears softer than its note list suggests, approachable and easy, pitched somewhere between fresh and comforting. Distinctly of its early-nineties moment, but more wearable than nostalgic.