The smell in short
Main smell: fresh spicy and aromatic. It opens with lavender and artemisia, moves to fir and carnation and dries down to leather and oakmoss.
- Came out
- 1989
- Lasts
- 3 to 6 hours
- Best in
- fall
Caractere notes
Top notes
What you smell first
Heart notes
The main smell
Base notes
What stays on your skin
Smell profile
Main accords
How strong each part of the smell is
Best seasons and time of day
About Daniel Hechter Caractere EDT
Caractere EDT comes from Daniel Hechter. This one is the Eau de Toilette.
Day or night?
It is easy to wear from morning to evening.
Is Caractere your kind of scent?
The strongest accord is fresh spicy (100%), followed by aromatic and woody. You will probably like it if you enjoy fresh spicy and aromatic smells and notes like fir and leather. Less obvious notes include aldehydes, pepper and incense. Perfume fans rate it 4.06 out of 5.
Caractere longevity
Expect about 3 to 6 hours on skin, which is about average for a perfume. As an Eau de Toilette, it is lighter than an Eau de Parfum, so it fades sooner. Jaguar and Giorgio Beverly Hills Red for Men last longer, if that matters to you. If you want more hours, Daniel Hechter Caractere Blue lasts about 6 to 9 hours. Base notes like leather and oakmoss are the part that stays longest on the skin.
Other Daniel Hechter perfumes
This house has 15 perfumes on iPerfume. The most popular ones are Midnight, Sport and Sport Pour Elle.
Price per bottle size
In Europe it costs about €24, depending on the bottle size and the shop. That makes it one of the more affordable picks. It costs more than Jaguar but less than Giorgio Beverly Hills Red for Men and Aramis Devin.
Which weather suits it
It is at its best in fall and winter. It is less suited to summer. From best to least suited, the seasons are fall, winter, spring and summer.
Other versions
There are 4 other versions of this perfume, released between 2002 and 2012.
Perfumes that smell like Caractere
These perfumes have a close smell: Jaguar (15 shared notes), Giorgio Beverly Hills Red for Men (12 shared notes), Aramis Devin (13 shared notes) and Azzaro (10 shared notes).
Questions people ask
Can women wear Caractere?
It is made for men, but anyone who likes the smell can wear it.
How strong is Caractere?
Medium: people near you can smell it.
When did it come out?
It came out in 1989.