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unique take on vetiver but terrible dry down
Vetiverus is a unique take on Vetiver. Vetiver is usually stark and austere when represented.
Except of course for a few offshoots like Fat Electrician, Vetiver Tonka, Vetyverio and Annick Goutal's Vetiver.
Vetiverus opens with a soft clove, a soft humming coriander & orange peel accord.
The bitterness from the orange peel, along with the osmanthus and the soft clove result in a magnificent accord.
The accord is a festivity of notes. The sharp unmistake smell of bitter orange, the never intrusive soft coriander-clove aroma and finally the comforting floral osmanthus.
Making it a very easy to wear, yet never boring and always captivating perfume. Taking deep whiffs of pleasure.
The above accord , thankfully, remains strong for a good few hours before the perfume gets very soft and looses the pizzazz it begins with.
If you were to analyze the vetiver note in |absolute value| terms, it is almost identical to that of Fat Electrician. But the perfume has more (above accord) going on so it is not similar to Fat Electrician as-a-perfume. Mentioning this to clarify that the Vetiver is never stark and austere like in Lorenzo Villoresi's Vetiver or Route du Vetiver.
Here comes the huge con.
The dry down has very disturbing note.
It severely needs adjustment.
I noticed this in the majority of Oliver's perfumes.
It feels like a shrieking banshee. Constant and very discomforting.
So keep the above in mind.
Except of course for a few offshoots like Fat Electrician, Vetiver Tonka, Vetyverio and Annick Goutal's Vetiver.
Vetiverus opens with a soft clove, a soft humming coriander & orange peel accord.
The bitterness from the orange peel, along with the osmanthus and the soft clove result in a magnificent accord.
The accord is a festivity of notes. The sharp unmistake smell of bitter orange, the never intrusive soft coriander-clove aroma and finally the comforting floral osmanthus.
Making it a very easy to wear, yet never boring and always captivating perfume. Taking deep whiffs of pleasure.
The above accord , thankfully, remains strong for a good few hours before the perfume gets very soft and looses the pizzazz it begins with.
If you were to analyze the vetiver note in |absolute value| terms, it is almost identical to that of Fat Electrician. But the perfume has more (above accord) going on so it is not similar to Fat Electrician as-a-perfume. Mentioning this to clarify that the Vetiver is never stark and austere like in Lorenzo Villoresi's Vetiver or Route du Vetiver.
Here comes the huge con.
The dry down has very disturbing note.
It severely needs adjustment.
I noticed this in the majority of Oliver's perfumes.
It feels like a shrieking banshee. Constant and very discomforting.
So keep the above in mind.
1 Comment
Apicius 12 years ago
Sounds like worth trying. Thank you!