Top Notes 
Pink pepper
Bitter orange
Seagrass
Heart Notes 
Clove leaf
Caribbean sugar cane
Base Notes 
Haitian vetiver
Rum
04/13/2025
blindy
38 Reviews
blindy
Very helpful Review
5
Not an ordinary Vetiver
So, vetiver as a note to me can be categorized (based on the fragrances smelled) in couple different groups:
1. Nutty vetivers: these are vetivers that are very subtle and usually project a hazelnut-like note, something you can smell in the Vetiver Extraordinaire by Frederic Malle
2. Earthy Vetivers: my personal favorite, usually mixed with some ISO E super and have a distinct earthy dark smell, for example Sycomore by Chanel, Gurlain’s vetiver or the famous Encre Noire.
3. “Mineralized” vetivers: this one is debatable, I put stuff like Grey Vetiver in there as they appear “cold” and somewhat neutral to me, like a stone.
St. Vetyver, surprisingly enough, is very hard to categorize. It starts off as a green, nutty-like vetiver but quickly transforms into something citrusy-sour, very similar to a perfume I have in my collection - Timbuktu by L’Artisan Perfumeur. The vetiver note is surrounded by certain fruitiness (citruses in St Vetyver and Mango in Timbuktu).
The creation of DS&Durga should be inspired by the Caribbeans and colognes sailors used to wear in that region. Can’t say anything to that, as I’ve never been there but the scent leaves overall nice and easy to wear impression. Definitely not the first vetiver I would recommend to try to understand how vetiver usually smells like but it’s a great pick up for people tired of the “usual” vetiver note and searching for something new.
1. Nutty vetivers: these are vetivers that are very subtle and usually project a hazelnut-like note, something you can smell in the Vetiver Extraordinaire by Frederic Malle
2. Earthy Vetivers: my personal favorite, usually mixed with some ISO E super and have a distinct earthy dark smell, for example Sycomore by Chanel, Gurlain’s vetiver or the famous Encre Noire.
3. “Mineralized” vetivers: this one is debatable, I put stuff like Grey Vetiver in there as they appear “cold” and somewhat neutral to me, like a stone.
St. Vetyver, surprisingly enough, is very hard to categorize. It starts off as a green, nutty-like vetiver but quickly transforms into something citrusy-sour, very similar to a perfume I have in my collection - Timbuktu by L’Artisan Perfumeur. The vetiver note is surrounded by certain fruitiness (citruses in St Vetyver and Mango in Timbuktu).
The creation of DS&Durga should be inspired by the Caribbeans and colognes sailors used to wear in that region. Can’t say anything to that, as I’ve never been there but the scent leaves overall nice and easy to wear impression. Definitely not the first vetiver I would recommend to try to understand how vetiver usually smells like but it’s a great pick up for people tired of the “usual” vetiver note and searching for something new.
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