I’ve been on the hunt for a nice crisp, not too challenging vetiver-forward fragrance and I keep drawing blanks. Anyone have any ideas? I know I have a weird nose and the slightest hint from a long list of notes can wreck a fragrance for me, but I gotta keep trying — right?
For what it’s worth I do have and absolutely love a bottle of Dior Homme 2020, which to my nose has some appealing vetiver in it. Honestly, if there was something that was like that one with a twist, then I would jump on it.
Here’s what I’ve tried so far and why they didn’t work for me:
- TF Grey Vetiver EDP: orris and nutmeg ruin it for me
- TF Grey Vetiver Parfum: too metallic and screechy
- Lalique Encre Noire line: way too screechy (and Encre Indigo smells like burnt clams to me 🤷♂️)
- Penhaligon Inimitable William: meh, a bit soft and not exciting
- Terre d’Hermes line: I don’t love the flint/ metallics of that line (although… Eau Givree is growing on me and is a definite maybe, but I don’t think it has any vetiver in it)
- Vetiver Sensuel: the floral note ruins it for me
- Jo Malone Vetiver and Golden Vanilla: has a weird burnt rubber vibe to me
- ELDO Fat Electrician: has the same weird burnt rubber vibe
- Boss collection elegant Vetiver: I had this but sold it, the pistachio note was weird to me
- Then there are probably scores of others that have Vetiver in them and do or don’t work for me, but I wouldn’t consider them Vetiver forward