Eau de Cedrat
L'Occitane (2015)

A fresh, light and bright bergamot blast with lost of lemon transports me into a sunny climate. Unadulterated brightness.

The drydown adds a ginger that is light and nots spicy at all. A touch of nutmeg adds a bit of depth.

The base adds a woodsy note; a bit of cedar and a lot of cashmere wood is what I get towards the end.

I get moderate sillage that softens considerably after the initial phase, good projection and a longevity of four hours on my skin.

Fresh and summery this scent is indeed; and in the opening blast lies all it's charm. The rest is quite scaled back. The quality of the ingredients in the top notes is very good; less so in the base, where there are more generic. A nice summer Cologne. Brightness in the bottle. 3.25/5.

Innoffensive lemon sherbet air freshener.
Looses the bright opening and becomes weak lemon with a hint of wood.
As a Cedar masculine cologne as it is labeled: a complete let down.
After an hour it is almost gone!!
However it would make an interesting female cologne. Fresh with a bit of bite.

Fragrance: 6.75/10
Projection: 7/10
Longevity: 5/10

Starts out citrusy and morphs into a woody fragrance. Nice work adding the smooth ginger note in there without overdoing it. 8/10

Lovely riff on cedrat and cedar, and surely superior to Cedre & Oranger by the same house, which attempts the same thing but with less success in my view. The lines and proportions are well drawn, and would be a good choice for summer. Just a shame that I keep finding these things in winter. Worth more investigation. And as with all products from the house, its claims to a large proportion of natural ingredients is highly plausible.

Updated review:

Upon further wears, I've noticed some olfactory fatigue in the dry down, presumably from the cashmere woods. Although I still like this fragrance, the cashmere woods do seem to bring a synthetic vibe that wears on my senses after a while.



An excellent opening citrus blast. As mentioned, it has a sweetness that gives an impression of lemon candy, but it is very refreshing as well. This becomes more woodsy as time passes. It's a very pleasant, musty woodiness that comes from the Cashmeran, or Cashmere Woods. I'm also picking up a slight, very light floral. It vaguely reminds me of the dry down of Acqua Viva. Acqua Viva is much more lemon centric throughout that Cedrat and it doesn't have the woody presence that Cedrat has, but it still has some similarities. I've heard people say that Cedrat smells like Lemon furniture polish, and also like lemonade. It smells nothing like either of those things to me. I quite like Cedrat and for the money, it's a great value. Two thumbs up.

I find I like everything I try from L'Occitane, and really was impressed from the first spray with Eau de Cedrat. Cedrat is a lemon-bergamot fruit that is an interesting yet short lived opening note. The quickly fading lemon tone, pairs with a clean cedar and cashmere woods to create an extremely unique and refreshing scent. EdC offers a clean wardrobe cedar, a sweet, soft cashmere and a hint of Mediterranean citrus that's old school masculine, but also modern and bright. EdC reminds me of a sweeter citron version of Spice & Wood from Creed, but certainly different enough, that the comparison is only a fair similarity.

Good longevity, average sillage and a great price. Superior quality for the money. A worthy Thumbs Up for me.