Vetiver Suggestions

[the_edski]

I appeal to the experienced fragrance junkies here. I currently have a sample of Guerlain Vetiver and I definitely like the opening and mid notes, but it dries a little too powdery for my liking. Are there are other vetivers out there that dont fade into powdery oblivion? Thanks for the help, gents!

[Schad]

Best Vetivers I've smelled are Tom ford grey vetiver, montale red vetiver. Also Creed Original Vetiver. If chanel Sycomore is considered a vetiver that is great too.

[BRuhling]

Might I suggest this thread will give you some good thoughts: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...ight=continuum

[BillC]

Everyone's perceptions are different. I like the opening and heart of Guerlain Vetiver, but to me the tobacco in the dry down seems a bit harsh and stale. Every time I wear it I like it more, however. I'm about due to try it again - keep hoping I'll learn to love the dry down so I can wear it :-)

Some other vetivers to try:

TF Grey Vetiver is a very clean, grassy vetiver. It's often compared to Creed OV but I'm not familiar with OV. It's a classy, work friendly kind of scent.

Encre Noir is a darker vetiver, leans to the woody side. It contains a sizable dose of Iso E Super which gives it that transparent cedary projection that's also present in Tam Dao and Terre de Hermes. I really like this one but haven't come to terms with the Iso E Super in any of the frags I just mentioned so I only own samples of them. Chanel Sycomore is the more refined and elegant take on Encre Noir.

Tauer Vetiver Dance is a unique combination of incense and vetiver. Unlike anything else I've tried, nice but more of a fall/winter feel for me.

I like the vetiver note but haven't yet found the vetiver that really does it for me. Chanel Sycomore is the closest, still working my way through a decant to decide if I really do love it or not.

[dgerson]

Tried Guerlain Vetiver and liked it, but I have to say that I LOVE my decant of Sycomore. Hard to find decants but well worth it IMHO.

[Ron991]

Sample as many as you can, as Vetiver fragrances run the gauntlet from light, and airy to rather grey, and dank, and heavy versions that at times are over taken by supporting heavier notes. I would suggest you stay away from blind purchases based upon a persons suggestion, and or review until you sample the fragrance, and give it several proper wearings. This can get a bit expensive habit to get into. Vetiver is a most versatile note, and one note that I particularly like to try, and follow the perfumer as they take this note, and envision the progression, and direction they take in route to their final creation. The world of Vetiver is a most welcome place to visit.

[erickson]

Guerlain, L'Occitane and Montale Red Vetiver all turn powdery.

I have tried dozens of vetivers and Tom Ford's Grey Vetiver is my signature, but the most balanced vetiver that I have tried is Mona di Orio Nombres d'Or Vetyver. Both of these vetivers are available from our B&B vendor Archerfire.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...F-Grey-Vetiver

[The Nid Hog]

CdG's Vettiveru is outstanding and inexpensive. Billed as a cologne, I find it quite long lasting.

[p.m.a.]

Sample as many as you can, as Vetiver fragrances run the gauntlet from light, and airy to rather grey, and dank, and heavy versions that at times are over taken by supporting heavier notes. I would suggest you stay away from blind purchases based upon a persons suggestion, and or review until you sample the fragrance, and give it several proper wearings. This can get a bit expensive habit to get into. Vetiver is a most versatile note, and one note that I particularly like to try, and follow the perfumer as they take this note, and envision the progression, and direction they take in route to their final creation. The world of Vetiver is a most welcome place to visit.

Well stated!

[Dennard]

Guerlain's is my favourite vetiver. But I also love Frederic Malle's Vetiver Extraordinaire. It's a very different, and very good, but expensive take on the note.

[UngerWoo]

Guerlain's is my favourite vetiver. But I also love Frederic Malle's Vetiver Extraordinaire. It's a very different, and very good, but expensive take on the note.

+1 for Malle.

I also love Dior's version. It's from the private collection.

[KarlMaldensNose]

Everyone's perceptions are different.

Tauer Vetiver Dance is a unique combination of incense and vetiver. Unlike anything else I've tried, nice but more of a fall/winter feel for me.

Good point, Bill. For example, incense has never crossed my mind, or nose, while wearing Vetiver Dance. (Bill, was that you who sold me a decant of Tauer VD on Crystal Flacon last year? So many decants, so many sellers, so many forums... easy to lose track.)

Sample as many as you can, as Vetiver fragrances run the gauntlet from light, and airy to rather grey, and dank, and heavy versions that at times are over taken by supporting heavier notes. I would suggest you stay away from blind purchases based upon a persons suggestion, and or review until you sample the fragrance, and give it several proper wearings. This can get a bit expensive habit to get into. Vetiver is a most versatile note, and one note that I particularly like to try, and follow the perfumer as they take this note, and envision the progression, and direction they take in route to their final creation. The world of Vetiver is a most welcome place to visit.

+1

Guerlain, L'Occitane and Montale Red Vetiver all turn powdery.

Red Vetyver, powdery? Really? Dang! I have a decant of it en route from Archerfire and I'm not generally fond of powdery fragrances. This also surprises me, given how often this frag is compared to Terre d'Hermes and I don't get any powder from that one. Hmmm... hopefully just another case of YMMV.

CdG's Vettiveru is outstanding and inexpensive. Billed as a cologne, I find it quite long lasting.

Good call on this CdG. I really believe Vettiveru would be a hit with the wet shaving crowd, based on what I perceive general trends and preferences to be around here. You guys really should try it if you haven't. I also agree with TNH that it is not your average EdC in terms of longevity. It's priced right, too.

[erickson]

Red Vetyver, powdery? Really? Dang! I have a decant of it en route from Archerfire and I'm not generally fond of powdery fragrances. This also surprises me, given how often this frag is compared to Terre d'Hermes and I don't get any powder from that one. Hmmm... hopefully just another case of YMMV.

Yeah, it's a real shame that it had to go and turn powdery because I was really loving it for the first few hours.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...t=#post4001810

[T-Dog]

Puig made a great vetiver for around $20 (but alas, no more!) Musgo Real aftershave splash has a nice dose of vetiver in it, along with some patchouli and lavender: it is cologne strength and smells divine for around $25. For around $80 a bottle Tom Ford's Grey Vetiver is superb: my wife seems to float towards me whenever I wear it.

[blantyre]

Etro - a no BS, straight vetiver.

[Schad]

Wore my sample of vetiver tonka today and it is good. Expensive tho

[kg0mz]

I like Guerlain. It's clean and socially acceptable. For something entirely different...Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Route du Vetiver. Black currants and vetiver. My favorite. Or Vetiver Extraordinaire. Sewing machine oil, Army surplus phenolic wafer rotary switches, fried resistors, and vetiver.

[KarlMaldensNose]

Wore my sample of vetiver tonka today and it is good. Expensive tho

Isn't it weirdly wonderful? Edible sweetness shouldn't be hanging around with mercurial vetiver but it's somehow a match made in heaven. Too expensive for what it is, though.

I like Guerlain. It's clean and socially acceptable. For something entirely different...Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Route du Vetiver. Black currants and vetiver. My favorite. Or Vetiver Extraordinaire. Sewing machine oil, Army surplus phenolic wafer rotary switches, fried resistors, and vetiver.

Your description of Malle VE is marvelous. I've never smelled it myself, and now I don't even want to, but that's okay because I'm enriched just from reading that string of words. Thank you. And apropos of nothing, is your avatar Mandy Patinkin?

[Lamb Root]

Vetiver de Java is simple, clean and very likable but also very woody so it might be better for colder days. Lubin's Le Veriver is more flowery and bright and the beginning reminds me a little of Goutal's Vetiver. Villoresi's Vetiver is very very good. Fresh and sharp.

[Obiwan]

I'm a fan of Tom Ford grey vetiver.