Top 5: Vetiver Perfumes

-

Vetiver (also spelled 'Vetyver') is an ingredient with a truly multifaceted character; warming and woodsy in one scent, green and piquant in the next. It's this subtle variability that has kept the ingredient so popular with perfumers and fragrance lovers alike for generations, expressing a spectrum of mood and tone that proves hard to exhaust. Made from the dried roots of native Indian Vetiver grass, the majority of the world's vetiver is today produced in Haiti, where it forms an important part of the country's economy. Other producers include Brazil and Indonesia, with the examples produced on the island of Java displaying a markedly smokier quality than their Haitian counterpart. To demonstrate the astonishing breadth of this remarkable note, we've pulled together our five favourite scents that utilise the humble grass in intriguing and innovative ways, providing the perfect vehicle for its multifarious personality.



1. Sballo, by Bruno Acampora

A truly intense and robust fragrance, Sballo is defined by its alluring combination of petal notes and its crisp, dry base. Here, the vetiver note is paired with hay in the base notes for a brittle finish that creates an intriguing juxtaposition between the lighter floral and green accords of geranium, violet, and sage. A scent of truly unique character, Sballo is a scent that demands attention!






2. Ombre Indigo, by Olfactive Studio

Warming, mysterious, and utterly enticing, Ombre Indigo has a rich opening of ripe plum and spiced saffron before the vetiver note truly makes its presence known. However, its arrival heralds a change in character for the scent, as the juicy, fruity notes of its opening give way to the unmistakable aroma of leather and luxurious frankincense, all held together by the perfect pairing of our signature note with papyrus, matching its dried, grassy character.  






3. Vetyver Incenso, by Farmacia SS Annunziata

Vetyver Incenso is the perfect vehicle for the eponymous ingredient, in this case pairing it with fragrant, smoky incense to provide body to a scent that juxtaposes citric freshness with a subtle spicy heat. Ginger, juniper berry, and pink peppercorn warm the senses, providing the perfect backdrop for a woody dry down that emphasises the note alongside subtle accords of patchouli and musk.








4. Granverde, by Lorenzo Dante Ferro

As the name suggests, Granverde is a masterful green composition, highlighting the finesse with which Italian perfumer, Lorenzo Dante Ferro, crafts his fragrances. Choosing to exemplify the grassy, green characteristics of vetiver by pairing it with refreshing yet complex herbal notes of sage, thyme, basil, and coriander. An intriguing note of Siberian pine adds to the woody nature of this unconventional fougère fragrance.








5. Trayee, by Neela Vermeire

A truly exquisite composition, Trayee is one of the crowning achievements of the Neela Vermeire collection, and its combined use of both Javanese and Haitian vetiver in the base is an inspired blending that accentuates the subtly different fragrant tonality of the pair, whilst serving to anchor the scent. Combining a wealth of wonderful notes, from Madagascan Blue Ginger to stunning Egyptian jasmine, it's the pair of vetivers that are the true stars of the show, holding the composition together subtly yet forcefully.






Did you know that you can now search for individual notes via our online perfumery? Choose from a selection of over 400 rare fragrances, and find the scent that's right for you! Click Here to get fragrance hunting.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Holy Trinity: Perfumes Made by Monks

-
Image
The rarefied aura that surrounds fragrance dates back to the remotest times of antiquity, when incense and fragrant oils would be offered up to the gods and deities of the ancient world. The Arab world is credited with introducing modern perfumery to the West, having preserved the ancient arts of distillation, evaporation, and filtration that had been lost to Christian society, and in turn heralding great advancements not only in the field of fragrance but of chemistry and science too. In passing this tradition on, Christian monks began to adopt the practice of creating fragrances as an expression of faith, before eventually the art form became available to the wider public, for a price. Today, most perfume is manufactured on a grand commercial scale; a far cry from the artisanal monastic traditions that gave birth to modern fragrance! However, some perfume houses still survive from this bygone age and serve to remind us of our industry’s history while continui...
Read more

Bâtard Folding Picnic Knife by Lamson & Goodnow

-
Image
As author of The Best Bread Ever; Charles Van Over is expected to show everywhere up with an armful of bread. Whilst Charles enjoys breaking bread with friends; he does insist that the bread is properly sliced with a breadknife, not just ripped apart. The problem here is that bread knives are very long and with their serrated edges they are not the easiest of things to carry around. Charles wondered why a folding bread knife could not be produced and took his idea for a pocket bread knife to Lamson & Goodnow, American manufacturers of the LamsonSharp range. The Bâtard Folding Picnic knife is the result of this collaboration. At Roullier White we believe this may possibly be the best picnic knife ever made. The French word bâtard – and yes it does translate how you think it does – is a shorter and thicker type of baguette. The knife, of course, will cut everything including cheese, fruit, vegetables and as you cannot have a picnic without wine it also has an integral corkscrew. Rou...
Read more

L’Édition Française: French Style File

-
Image
ICON: Leslie Caron ICON: Catherine Deneuve ICON: Alain Delon The Middle Ages: Serge de Nîmes AKA Denim | 1926: Coco Chanel: LBD | 1930: Elsa Schiaparelli: The Wrap Dress | 1933: René Lacoste : The Polo Shirt | 1946: Louis Réard: The Bikini  | 1954: Roger Vivier: The Stiletto Heel | 1955: Christian Dior: The A Line | 1955: Coco Chanel: The Strapped Handbag | 1966: Yves Saint Laurent: Le Smoking |  Selvedge Jean A.P.C Paris Mr Porter Hawsorn Shoe Aigle, Paris Sweatshirt BWGH Paris Carven Paris Roullier White Work Jacket Le Laboureur Digoin The Shopkeeper Store Sweatershirt Maison Kitsuné Paris Hat Le Slip Francais x Jean Paul Gaultier Colette, Paris Vuarnet Meaux, Paris French Roast coffee is a dark roast where the beans are almost charred at a high temperature of 240 degrees. The beans crack twice, once as they release steam and then again as they release their oils. The resulting toasted, smokey ground...
Read more