Tocade

I just got it and my impression is that it is a pleasant, although a thoroughly dated scent with no edge. It has vanilla yet it is not overly sweet, I wouldn’t say “dark vanilla”, but maybe “dusty vanilla” is more appropriate. Very cozy, a bit spicy, no single pyramid note apparent; rather a well-rounded scent: safe, muted, mature. A sitcom Mom in an angora sweater on a Christmas morning. Helmet hair and frosted lipstick, but not cheap: middle-class. Don’t detect a lipstick rose note, but there is definitely a vintage quality to this. A bit like dried apricots and oakmoss which gives this sweet scent depth (Femme Rochas is a relative). Tocade does not smell like whimsy to me, and the flirty Venetian/Circus Circus bottle seems wrong for it. I would choose something vintage-looking and round, with a tasseled spray attachment. The scent reminds me of Desnuda by Emmanuel Ungaro. Both feature the twilight spicy accord and subtle sweetness. Out of the two, I prefer Desnuda, it’s softer, sexier, and spicier with a bit of cinnamon thrown in. Tocade is pleasant but not very interesting. Longevity is okay, will stay longer on clothes than on skin. I suspect it had been a beast when it was released, but the recent reformulations have no true staying power.

Reviewing a vintage 30ml EDT from1997 no. OY 307000 (yellow chinese cap/orange neck). Tocade was launched in 1994. Reformulated in 2013. Tocade (meaning caprice or whim) is an ethereal powdery oriental floral created by Maurice Roucel. It opens with fresh bergamot and geranium followed by florals mostly rose and orris giving it almost a violet feel. The base of vanilla amber smells natural and is airy with a touch of musk. Not vintagy , plasticky or overly sweet - this 1997 EDT version is not a gourmand by today's standards. I have not tried later iterations but suspect some of the reviews below are for the reformulation by perfumer Jean-Michel Duriez in 2013 and later reformulation in 2018. Quality 5/5 excellent materials and blending Feminine Performance 5/5 It is an EDT but performs like many perfumes by today's standards Tocade is a delicate powdery rose/orris that performs. It is innocence in a bottle. Charming ,flirty and easy to wear. It is refreshingly not doused in syrup and amberwoods as many vanilla-rose fragrances nowadays. 9/10 * The Tocade perfume bottle, designed by Serge Mansau for Rochas in 1994, was designed with a "hat" (a conical plastic cap) to represent whimsy, playfulness, and a departure from the traditional, serious luxury of 1990s perfumery

I just sampled Ambre by Charrier this evening and could only marvel at how there is actually another perfume with the same (almost) uniquely horrendous scent as Tocade. Though to be fair, Ambre offers a slightly softer and more genteel version of Tocade's sickening central accord, ...but they are close. Fortunately, I detect NO similariy between Tocade and Chopard's Casmir which possesses a truly lovely fragrance. Also, judging from the "This perfume reminds me of" section, it seems all versions of Tocade are fairly similar, and it is not even clear why three separate pages are considered necessary in this case. I must be in agreement with the poster below me who describes Tocade's bizarre scent as 'plastic doll' and 'burnt sugar', ...though any sense of biscuit or other pastry would only be a nauseatingly inedible one.

All about biscuits:) Cosy fall-winters sent. Plastic doll? - Yes, a bit. Burned sugar? - Yes, but not alone, with all the biscuit. 🍪 I found it dated 10 years ago, but today is not dated at all.

It is linear and smells like a cough syrup for my nose. I don’t get many of the notes listed above

Review for the current formulation. I adore Tocade! It is a beautiful vanilla rose. A vintage gem that is very easy to wear. I disagree with reviews saying Tocade is linear. To me, it is all about the rose initially. Then, on my skin, it develops into a smooth powdered sugar style vanilla, and on clothes, it actually reads a little bit licorice a couple of hours in.

Before I knew what a floral gourmand was I inherited Paco Rabanne Olympea and Elie Saab Girl of Now Shine from a friend. They were SO sweet-smelling, and my nose was not trained to tell florals apart yet. Now that I have had some time with them, I can try an oldie like Tocade and sort of understand what is in store. This floral gourmand however is much easier for me to love than the first two. Complex, pleasant, not cloying. This is only my first time wearing a few sprays of it. I got a half-full 50mL bottle off Mercari for $15 which feels like a steal since minis are going for $12-20. I have around 25mL to enjoy. I am taking my time exploring scents from the 1980s and 1990s. I am happy to have it, but it is a like not a love for now. The reviews praising it are all accurate though. I just don’t know this scent family well enough to speak on the nuances of Tocade yet. Unique to my stash for sure.

I adore Tocade. It’s my flirty Turkish delight weekend brunch date scent! When everyone gets over the ultra-gourmand, photorealistic, overly syrupy perfume trend, I hope there will be renewed appreciation for these vintage vanillas that are so well blended into florals. Tocade is so harmonious and feminine. I’m even willing to forgive the weirdly proportioned bottle by displaying it on my top shelf.

Finally testing a couple more from the French house of Rochas. Fortunately my vintage mini bottle of Tocade has not gone off. A low-pitched vanilla note with a ton of sweet rose. The geranium and carnation give the perfume a rounded, herbal touch. A bit powdery from the iris. White flowers and soapy musks. I do smell a bit of cedarwood and patchouli, but the base is more centered on the deep ambery notes. Very pleasant. I think Tocade is in the ballpark of Chopard Casmir & Kenzo Flower, without smelling too similar to either of them. Rich, melodious, and sweet, but not in an artificial way. Admittedly not a love at first sniff, but this is an absolutely wonderful perfume that deserves all the praise it gets. A must-try for people who like classic amber florals and floral gourmands. To my nose it's a fairly linear wearing experience. I can already tell it is a strong, long lasting perfume.

Really reminds me of Casmir, the same smokey vanilla note, so keep that in mind if you're considering blind buying Tocade but are not impressed with Casmir. As I said, very similar, at least to my nose, only Tocade is less thick and sweet, it's fresher and more floral, but not much. The juice I'm talking about is darker than the one in this picture, so it might be the 2018 version, not sure. It is wonderful and mature, in the best possible sense.

Tocade is a glorious, warm, pinky-amber, smeary sunrise of a rose-vanilla. It’s yummy. It’s cozy. It doesn’t have one edgy bone in its body. It’s the pretty, kind kindergarten teacher who never raises her voice and really loves her kids. It’s a little like a Turkish rosewater dessert, but the sweetness feels natural, not sticky; it’s a scent that belongs on an attractive human, and feels like it could have arisen spontaneously out of her personality. It’s perfect, and there’s really not that much more to say about it. Same lovable scent chord, all day long.

I blind-bought it depending on reviews that say it is a wearable vintage. My first impression was that it is indeed vintage but decided to wait a little. When it settled on my skin, all what I could smell is similar to the dry down of "Essence de Patchouli" by Alyssa Ashley. I was surprised to not see it among similar Perfumes. I looked up notes and they actually share 6 notes, 4 of them in the base! They also share a 7th similar element: iris in tocade and orris root in Essence de Patchouli. Saying that, I would not recommend Tocade for blind buy especially to those who do not tolerate Patchouli. I like Patchouli and have no issues with it but I would be careful and not wear it in public in closed spaces. Updates: 9 months later, the harsh patchouli note has gotten creamier and more powdery. Now it is so similar to Gucci Rush.

Iconic fragrance from 1994 by the great master Maurice Roucel for the Parisian fashion house Rochas. A hyper-feminine fragrance that knows how to dare, like the magical years in which it was conceived. Tocade is a fragrance that embodies the playfully sensual woman, full of sensuality and mischief. In the opening notes, juicy citrus fruits mix with the colorful spring reflections of freesia and geranium, all magically crossed by the green citrus notes of bergamot. A symphonic minuet of fleshy magnolia and delicate jasmine acts as the overture at the heart of the fragrance. The rose, the undisputed queen of the floral world, whose silky petals are enlivened by a graceful spicy note of nutmeg, reveals itself in an unexpected and unusual light. On the dry down, the sweet, serene and sensual, sweet and spicy vanilla accords unfold delicately, while the persuasive amber reveals its dazzling sensuality. A fragrance that is a joyful hymn to femininity, a harmonious conrucopia of rare beauty and elegance. Fragrance that deserves to be sought after in vintage perfumeries.

Tocade: a hit of everything I want in a perfume. A propofol moment. A swoon of rose and cream: cheap, but not obsolete. The bottle: Memphis design. A post-modern very sexy retro perfume. Ecstatically ambiguous. This is not a princess perfume, but I wager: Grace Kelly or Audrey Hepburn might have doused this on, on rare exotic nights. Memphis design is intentionally taut and ambiguous. This Tocade (EDT!!!!!) is a gift. Affordable. Replicable. No need to hoard it. I can die happy. They are still churning it out by the gallon.

Rose is the great harmonizer. I love what happens when it's combined with lavender, with vetiver, with patchouli, and even with vanilla. Tocade immediately comes to mind when contemplating rose and vanilla. Maurice Roucel demonstrates skilled simplicity by allowing the two to complement each other's subtlety. The opening is an immediate sharp green, and a damp, juicy geranium, but this effect begins to materialize into the leads, accented by a cool, peppery, freesia and waxy magnolia. The slightest touches of fattiness and fruitiness outline the rose in the heart as the vanilla advances, and there are even moments that remind me of rose-scented cocoa powder, perhaps due to the orris. It is at this phase of Tocade's development where it feels most like an aura, growing into a warm Turkish Delight sensation that feels granular and almost incense-like. Traces of the rose remain, slowly and seamlessly fading into base, burying itself in the amber and a lurking woodiness.

Note, I do not have this yet! Before I blind buy (I live in the middle of nowhere so blind buying is often a necessity) I come here of course, to see what you all have to say. There is ONE reviewer, whom makes me positively giddy, when I see a review has been posted by them, and that is? ARNELA, below!! 👇!! Reading her reviews, is like reading chapter one of a new book, and you just know that it’s going to be a great book! That’s Arnela’s reviews!! I think Arnela is amazing! Thx for your fragrant service Arnela 💕 lol!!

(Long review; skip if not interested in the seriousness of perfumery. Thank you.) "At the time it appeared, in the nineties of the twentieth century, Tocade was anything but trendy. After the powerhouse perfumes that reigned in the eighties, like Opium and Kouros, the perfume audience wanted a fragrant detox. Intense and penetrating aromatic notes of white flowers and notes of animal origin were set aside. The leading role was given to hesperidic notes as well as refreshing marine notes. The superheroes of everyday life became CK One and Issey Miyake L’Eau d’Issey, and cult perfumes, regardless of quality, as was the case with Thierry Mugler Angel, took years to break through the citrusy cloud that loomed over the world’s métropoles. It can be said that the moment for the launch of Tocade was not the most fortunate. Chanel Egoiste, an equally high-quality and noteworthy perfume, which has never received its recognition precisely because of the trends, has experienced a somewhat similar fate. " (scenterteiner) Tocade beats a few of these mentioned at the top. It definitely does. In my opinion, even Egoiste, for example. Out of many reasons, this scent is one of the best perfumes of the nineties and further. Not one from modern perfumes can stand next to Tocade confidentiality in one single aspect and feel unprovoked. The first aspect is composition, which I will crack on and evaluate. The second is part that I could call spirituality between a female and a perfume. The last aspect is comparison to mastery of others and, of course, the expression. How the fragrance is presented, named, bottled... Perfumes mentioned above are extremely boring and stomach-turning, like CK one. And very interesting ones, like Kouros and We have one masterpiece mentioned Opium. One of the gods of perfumery. "Tocade appeared in 1994. Few people know that it is Tocade who, by combining perfectly two titanic forces – rose and vanilla, inspired many other niches and designer perfumes to do the same. It is debatable how successful they were in that, since the power of vanilla and rose cannot be easily controlled, and the result is often fatal for the people around those who wear such perfumes. This is not the case with the masterpiece made by Maurice Roucel, because Tocade envelops the lady who wears it with a heavenly fragrant cloud, vibrant, delicious and enchanting." (scentertainer) Well! It was and is very successful. In my nose, it's a historical marriage between, definitely not Bulgarian rose and vanilla. That's the reason it is so fatal. Rose captured in Tocade is layered. I will mention this many times. I am a Gardener. In my garden. I have many many roses. I collect the old forgotten ones. I adore to smell them. They ALL smell different. Here in Tocade, the rose captured is synthetic, but it is so well extracted and chemically preserved! You can dig yourself into very rich, a bit milky, creamy bread, deep, green, yellow, blood, orange blossom, rose and chocolate smell! That's how rose captured here smells. The vanilla used is very well blended; it's not artificial at all. And two of these in this fragrance are fitting. Match made in the garden of Hisperides. I didn't want to go into this part of the composition as the opening but It's OK. I don't care. I am writing this out of my mind, without particular order and also as a challenge to respond to serious opinions. That ones I respect. Even if negative. So... it's actually somewhat difficult to separate these notes. The rose and vanilla are tightly interwoven into an olfactory chord, like one of those couples who speak in unison and finish each other's sentences. Tocade is unique. Tocade is recognisable. Tocade knives into your memory. Tocade is not for everyone. Tocade is eccentric. Imagine femininity joined with profound style. Imagine someone who can join what at first glance is not possible and stay sophisticated and confident to the point. I mean, the bottle itself with that little red hat presents it very well. Tocade is that person that the majority dislikes because they can't be Tocado. Simple as that. This is a fragrance that stands out and makes others jealous. Every single time. Believe me. This mad elixir can make ANY fragrance totally jealous. And it doesn't care a bit. Go ahead. Enter the good perfumery and check around. Smell many. Look at them. Tocade will get your attention for sure. You WILL smell it. And the weak ones will run away. And never touch it again. And memories of it forever. The serious eccentric souls will detox themselves with this wonderful madam. This fragrance has its soul and life. It can time travel. It can die and live. It's a witch fragrance. So there you go little girls. Geranium hates you. It's telling you to stay away. You are snails, serious ladies of crazy turbulence are geranium. Yep. Slugs and snails eat almost all flowers. They hate Geranium. While Geranium is a majestic flower. Very very unique. Tocade incorporates the most important for me to pass the test of being worthy and being a feminine fragrance. This is the ultimate female perfume. It connects females to soil and water. On the skin, you can't control it. It flushes you out. It sinks only on the ones that it likes. But what it does after is simply magic. Unbelievable. It wraps itself around your body no matter where you spray it. It goes up and down, checking your strength. Before taking you into the underworld of knowing yourself and directly disliking others. Because this scent tells you who it will keep away from you. With a reason. This is spiritual perfume. Like witch elixir of protection. "Tocade achieves warmth, class, and a streamlined complexity that speaks of Maurice Roucel’s ability to bring classic structures into the modern era most playfully and exuberantly." (cafleurebron) Let's see what Maurice Roucel completed here. Remember that Maurice Roucel, who has always been very good at making complicated, orchestral perfumes in the full, top-to-bottom style (Hermès 24 Faubourg, Guerlain Insolence, Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist among others...) Top notes: Bergamot, Freesia, Magnolia; It doesn't open with these trees or one of them. It opens with aldehydes. Musky, hairspray, vintage herbal, slightly walnut leaves aldehydes! Absolut mastery. Did you ever smell walnut leaves? That's one of the most beautiful things you can smell. It's one of the reasons why I adore this perfume. The aldehydes bursts contains that. Powerful. Witchy. Now go ahead and mix to the perfection Bergamot, Freesia and Magnolia. Two very powerful and unique flowers and a magnificent Bergamot. Who gets these ideas? It's crazy. Bergamot, in general, loves blending with Cypress, Sandalwood, Juniperberry, Coriander, Black Pepper, Ginger, Clary Sage, Rosemary and Frankincense. It has a unique, fresh, bitter and complex smell. The scent of bergamot is a perfume in itself. This one here will last till the end but not in the citrus way. That's the magic of Bergamot. Freesia. That strawberry freshness is like forest water mixed with forest strawberry leaves! To recreate the intoxicating odour of freesia, perfumers often incorporate floral notes such as jasmine, rose, and lily of the valley. These floral accords add a touch of elegance and freshness to the fragrance. Additionally, fruity accords like bergamot or citrus can be used to enhance the vibrant and zesty character of freesia. Finally, subtle green or aquatic accords may be included to recreate the dewy and ethereal quality of freesia petals. The careful orchestration of these olfactory accords allows perfumers to capture the captivating essence of freesia and create fragrances that evoke its beauty and charm. Freesia accords often showcase the flower's sweet and intoxicating smell, reminiscent of a bouquet of blossoms in full bloom. Magnolia. A plant that abounds in subtle, delicate scents. Magnolia fragrances are often described as fresh, floral and slightly sweet, with notes of berga

It’s a very traditional vintage scent with lots of heavy floral notes and some fatty aldehydes. It has a touch of fruitiness but it’s still on the heavier side. The base is definitely powdery and a bit sweet with darker ambery, spicy and slightly animalic undertones. It’s nice, but has very mature vibe.

Mouthwatering gourmand and simply fun in a bottle! Remember Opal Fruits/ Starburst? Like the strawberry one or like a Wham bar.

At first you can hear very bright red flowers. The smell of red printing ink and fresh plastic toys from the 70s, as I remember them in my childhood, was intensified to the limit. This is so cute! Red-orange velvet of geraniums and Cardinal roses. Zesty woodiness on the base, bright powdery dryness. It's a very beautiful scent, but I quickly grew tired of it. Everything is fine if you apply it minimally, pointwise with a needle.

Tocade is doing some strange things on my skin. I got a very different impression of this scent based on the notes list and reviews; I love rose in every form, love florals, love patchouli, so I was feeling pretty confident when I ordered my miniature. Didn't like it on first wear, so I let it sit for a few months, tried it again, still didn't love it, let it sit another few months, tried it a few more times... and I can't decide how I feel about it. Favorable impressions: the rose note is pretty strong and realistic, smells like a red rose to me which I like. The florals feel well blended. There's this sort of fresh, deep green quality to it that I think is because of the patchouli. It's a nice, grown-up sort of fragrance; feels classic. Classy, even. I like it for days when I'm feeling serious about rose notes. Yuck: The amber. It's way too strong and way too sweet, and on some days the cedar and patchouli are very sharp, it makes the scent overwhelming. There's this humid sort of quality to it that I don't really enjoy. As someone else said, there's just a lot going on and it can get a bit too much sometimes. I don't really get any powder. I don't know, I'd like to like it. Maybe it just needs more time.

This is great as a piece of art and perfectly match the image of a Lovecraftian monster living in a cave in a deep forest... But as a perfume.... who wants to walk around and smell like a unspeakable horror from another world? EDIT! No idea what I was talking about... but not this fragrance!! Probably Eldritch by Pineward perfumes. The total opposite to this. This is a sweet juvenile vanilla rose combo. Nothing special, but nice and playful as a first perfume to a teenage girl. At least in the 90:s. Today young girls probably for some reason wants to wear something much more synthetic.

When smelled independently from Woman in Gold, you’d think they smell quite similar for a brief 30 mins after the opening of Tocade fades. However, if you smell them side by side you can surely identify WiG. WiG simply has this amazing, rich brûlée-type vanilla scent tinged with rose. It’s so wonderfully piercing and although very sweet, it never feels cloying. Next to it, Tocade pales in comparison (but of course it is also probably 1/12th the price). Tocade smells nice briefly but the vanilla is cheap and reminds me of whatever is in LolitaLand. It also has that weird plasticky smell Casmir and Vanilla Fields has, which is more subtle but nevertheless disappointing because I’m not a fan of either of those scents. Although people say the reformulation is just fine, I’m guessing the scent has been watered down or maybe my expectations were too high. I have to wear this on it’s own to properly understand it, but so far I can’t shake the reminiscence to Casmir and Vanilla Fields, which smell like cheap vanilla to me. I will love and cherish my WiG decant but douse myself in Tocade because it’s kind of similar but definitely more wallet-friendly (i.e., less guilt inducing). Perhaps I will pick up a bottle of WiG one day, I just have to finish my 100ml of Tocade first lol

I found a bitty baby vintage vial of this in my mothers armoire and she allowed me to dab a bit on my wrist. It's amazing! I could pick up immediately something chocolatey and anise in it. Like a bit gourmand! Perhaps it has aged into a more mellowed amber vanilla but the powder is very slight, an afterthought to the florals. It's not very intense or long lasting, but be that perhaps a side effect to its aged serum... Nevertheless, a beautiful and classic vanilla floral. The bottle is a work of art, truly a design which encapsulates 90s French aesthetics. Brings about memories of my infancy in Paris and the mobile above my cot, the little triangular hatted stick figured men in my creche, the primary colours... Just so whimsical and beautiful.

Rochas Tocade (1994) - floral amber - #mauriceroucel created this oldie, but goodie option beating more expensive perfumes on both smell and price. Starts with Bergamot, Geranium and grass-like Galbanum, yet quickly transitions to its floral heart: fresh Rose, slightly powdery Iris, creamy Jasmine, and grassy Lily of the Valley. Base gives more depth with Vanilla, Patchouli, woody accord, and resins. Reminds me a garden party eating dessert, yet never becomes cloying or dense.

Reminds me quite a bit of Casmir by Chopard. Both are too sweet for me and remind me of lollipops I ate as a child. Candied, fruity, sweet and effervescent vanilla.

This is definitely vanilla heavy. Its one of those, the closer you get the harsher it gets. Its a beautiful wafting, sillage fragrance. I think it's the cedar that you get the closer you smell it to your skin. But I'm not mad at it. It's a loud, long lasting vanilla and I'm loving it.

Comparing a pure parfum, vintage, to the 2013 re-release. The vintage is slightly more citrusy and woody, perhaps just a smidgeon less sweet/vanillic. I smell it more as an aura around me vs. being able to smell it on my skin. Definitely more tenacity from the parfum than from the EDP, but both can trick you into thinking you didn't apply enough. Both versions get a "love" from me! Now, to get my hands on the 2018 version....

I like this quite a lot; powdery & spicy iris with rose, all on a lightly sweet amber/vanilla/patchouli base. There's a particularly 'bitter' current that runs through the scent, makes it feel a touch cold and aloof, but never dulls its shine. Lasts around 4-5 hrs on skin, 6-7 hrs on clothes. Perfect for warmer months, though I think you can get away with this in autumn & winter.

Rochas is a brand that produced more than its fair share of classic fragrances over the years. They tend to have big, distinctive personalities, even veering towards the gauche, but any I have smelled are noteworthy and interesting. Femme is perhaps the most well-known Rochas (and my favourite), but honourable mentions must go to Madame Rochas and Byzance. I would consider Tocade to be the closest thing to a modern classic for Rochas. Therefore, the name seems to be, in hindsight, tongue-in-cheek - "tocade" translates as "fad", but Tocade is still very relevant 27 years later. Tocade is a big, sweet floriental, nicely crafted and well-blended. I have a vintage miniature dating from the 1990s. Maurice Roucel of Insolence fame composed this, and it is typical of his style - big, sweet, amber-floral perfumes. Also, excellent bottle. Sweet from the initial spray, Tocade opens with a sweet freesia note, tempered slightly by the fresh citrus and green notes. I don't get much geranium. A big, sweet rose note rears its head early on, taking centre stage. The floral heart is rounded out by creamy magnolia and jasmine, and vanilla creeps in, adding sugary sweetness as it develops. The powdery iris note that emerges a little later is initially a welcome reprieve from the sweetness, then becoming assimilated into the bouquet after a little while. The drydown is sweet, with a pleasant amber-vanilla accord developing on the skin. Soft woody notes and patchouli complement the florals at this stage, and it fades to a sweet musky skin scent. Sillage is strong, and longevity is day-long, as is often the case with vanilla florientals. It is almost a gourmand - the heavy vanilla note veers towards cookie territory during the drydown, but the florals, especially the rose, are the main event. Feminine in a pretty, sweet yet not exclusively girlish way, this is one of the better florientals I've smelled. Sweet scents such as this are not to my taste normally, but Tocade is among the very best. Here to stay, despite the name. 3.5/5.