Description
Vetiver is one of the most beautiful woody materials in the perfumer’s palette. Four facets express themselves in turn in a green freshness: the earthy tonicity of the slightly smoky Java vetiver rootlets, the dry, woody strength of US cedar, the balmy, resinous, almost spicy note of myrrh, and finally the sensual crispness of the green scent of crumpled leaves with chypre accents of galbanum. While no facet seeks to dominate the others, because the allure refuses to impose itself, the vigor of the beautiful woody and earthy notes of vetiver interprets the entire composition almost single-handedly, giving it its distinct masculine dimension, slightly severe but pleasant and harmonious to the nose. This fragrance evokes the duality of nature: severity and clemency, freshness and warmth, dissonance and harmony, noise and silence. The scent of the earth after rain, the fresh air of early mornings, the smoke of tobacco mixed with spices, the scent of retro soap, the lingering aroma of an old herbalist’s dark shop… so many sources of inspiration evoking a spellbinding journey into the sacred history of India, where, in tropical humidity, the swirls of smoked wood and the mystical fumigations of offerings intertwine. Surprisingly endearing.
