Vetiver
Vetiver by Guerlain is a masculine-leaning eau de toilette from 1961 in the premium price tier. It opens with lemon, bergamot and coriander, moves into vetiver, tobacco and pimento and dries down to tonka bean, musk and cedarwood. Expect around 7 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
- Bergamot Sharp citrus with a faint bitter edge. The opening of about half of all men's fragrances.
- Coriander Warm seed spice, slightly citrusy. A quiet workhorse.
Heart
- Vetiver Dry, earthy, smoky grass root. Smells like soil and citrus peel.
- Tobacco Sweet, dried and honeyed. Nothing like a cigarette.
- Pimento Allspice — clove, cinnamon and nutmeg at once. Hot and rounded.
Dry-down
- Tonka Bean Almond, hay and vanilla in one. Warm and slightly nutty.
- Musk Warm, skin-like and slightly sweet. Makes a fragrance feel like you.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
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