Vétiver Dior 2010

Aaaahhhhhhh … wonderful! Such a beautiful vetiver, really very, very beautiful! Quite strong and with a hint of citrus, but then really powerfully dark green vetiver, you’re practically with your nose and your soul and your perfume heart right in the grass. Beautiful here. Bittersweet. Quite vetiver bitter, softly vetiver sweet. Not to be compared with the delicious, truly wonderful Vetiver Tonka. This one is an inhalation scent. Very dark bitter fresh, very grassy bitter and also a hint of earthy woodiness. Not at all musty, nor moldy, for me this vetiver is really green, not root yellow, no, I perceive it as very grassy green. Deeply relaxing. For me, the green is even darker than the Dior Privée itself. And the thing with the coffee, well. I wouldn’t have recognized it, but once you know, it adds a charming note, and I’m in the grass with a coffee, and I’m not mad about it.

Almost no Dior Privée has disappointed me, and I suspect what that means, this brand loyalty, but I’m breaking free from it, because this one is really beautiful, honestly. Women can wear it too. Of course, you have to like vetiver, and I like vetiver. But I imagine it with vetiver like I do with tuberose, which I have my issues with: when it’s in there, and it’s recognizable, then the rest can be as beautiful as it wants, the scent is ruined for me, and so it goes for some with the wonderful vetiver, which is a shame, but cannot be changed.

The scent development is largely consistent, the citrus start minimal, the vetiver bitterness beautifully present, the coffee comes slowly. The scent is suitable for all year round and wearable for both everyday and business, the projection is quite decent for me, I have to dose a bit more sparingly, the longevity is good. A candidate for purchase, if there weren’t so many other beautiful Dior Privées…