Series 4: Cologne - Vettiveru Comme des Garçons 2002
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Wanderers between the worlds
In the meantime I have been living in Northern Italy for more years than I have ever lived in Southern Germany. After all this time, I've adopted pretty much all everyday Italian behaviors unnoticed,
from the morning Caffè al Bar, to the exploring way of driving, the love for healthy and good food and the leisure time at the seaside. On the other hand, I have retained my fraenkisches "r", my methodical work, my planning, which allows me spontaneity only within a certain framework and of course the "German punctuality". For the Italian part of my family and my friends I am therefore still the "German". On the German side I have become "the Italian".
It was exactly these thoughts that crossed my mind when I applied Vettivéru tonight.
The fragrance has a successful start in the Eau de Cologne style, opening with citric notes à la Bergamot and Neroli. When the first impressions slowly form into reflections and associations with Eau de Cologne, a door opens that pulls the nose in another direction.
The world of Vétivers is opening. A brightly radiating vetiver steps onto the stage, comparable to Givenchy's Vetyver. The latter has a similar radiance due to its citric top note, emphasising the vetiver more in the further course. With another Vetiver in my collection, Annick Goutal's, Vettivéru has little in common. Goutal's fragrance is determined by two characteristics: saltiness and a medicinal-rooted aura; this is what Verrivéru completely satisfies.
For a long time Vettivéru jumps between these two worlds, but then makes his choice in favour of the Vetiver. Musk and cedar play their part in keeping Vettivéru fresh until the end.
Of course such a fragrance cannot be a Sillagemonster and that is exactly the strength of the fragrance. It is not made for cold days, but it should give you a fresh kick on hot days. Vettivéru can be applied generously to the entire upper body without being trapped in a scent bubble. We reward you for this with a cologne / vetiver aura, which you can discreetly perceive over several hours as an occasional "swath" of yourself.
Vettivéru is certainly not a particularly innovative fragrance from CdG. Yet he's anything but trivial. The balance between cologne and vetiver in the early stages makes you think you're dealing with two scents, until the interplay slowly turns out in favour of the vetiver
from the morning Caffè al Bar, to the exploring way of driving, the love for healthy and good food and the leisure time at the seaside. On the other hand, I have retained my fraenkisches "r", my methodical work, my planning, which allows me spontaneity only within a certain framework and of course the "German punctuality". For the Italian part of my family and my friends I am therefore still the "German". On the German side I have become "the Italian".
It was exactly these thoughts that crossed my mind when I applied Vettivéru tonight.
The fragrance has a successful start in the Eau de Cologne style, opening with citric notes à la Bergamot and Neroli. When the first impressions slowly form into reflections and associations with Eau de Cologne, a door opens that pulls the nose in another direction.
The world of Vétivers is opening. A brightly radiating vetiver steps onto the stage, comparable to Givenchy's Vetyver. The latter has a similar radiance due to its citric top note, emphasising the vetiver more in the further course. With another Vetiver in my collection, Annick Goutal's, Vettivéru has little in common. Goutal's fragrance is determined by two characteristics: saltiness and a medicinal-rooted aura; this is what Verrivéru completely satisfies.
For a long time Vettivéru jumps between these two worlds, but then makes his choice in favour of the Vetiver. Musk and cedar play their part in keeping Vettivéru fresh until the end.
Of course such a fragrance cannot be a Sillagemonster and that is exactly the strength of the fragrance. It is not made for cold days, but it should give you a fresh kick on hot days. Vettivéru can be applied generously to the entire upper body without being trapped in a scent bubble. We reward you for this with a cologne / vetiver aura, which you can discreetly perceive over several hours as an occasional "swath" of yourself.
Vettivéru is certainly not a particularly innovative fragrance from CdG. Yet he's anything but trivial. The balance between cologne and vetiver in the early stages makes you think you're dealing with two scents, until the interplay slowly turns out in favour of the vetiver
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