Vent Vert (new) (1990)
    by Pierre Balmain




    Shop for Vent Vert (new) products online


    $27.33
    100ml EdT
    $41.99
    100ml EdT
    $28.11*
    50ml EdT
    (*converted from GBP 17.90)

    Reviews of Vent Vert (new)


    + Add your Review

    Showing 1 to 6 of 23 reviews.

    Blue Zinnia's avatar
    Blue Zinnia
    United States United States

    Show all reviews

    rating


     

    Balmain should have named this something else; whatever its merits on its own terms, and it does have them, this is not and never will be the incomparable Vent Vert. If the Mona Lisa were gone, you wouldn't paint even a very good picture of that subject in that general style, in modern acrylics, and then call the result the Mona Lisa. The most you could call it would be "Mona Lisa II".

    1st December, 2011.

    loveless's avatar
    loveless
    Taiwan Taiwan

    Show all reviews

    rating


     

    Adore the bottle and packaging. Love the old print ad (a girl in a sea of grass). Really like the whole presentation of this perfume (yeah I enjoy green fragrance). Sometimes buying a perfume is buying its image, and I think Vent Vert hit my spot.

    The only thing that kinda bothers me is the fact that I find the opening and middle notes a bit too sweet... But the drydown is amazing though, so I'm still a fan.

    21st September, 2011.

    cheryl's avatar
    cheryl
    Canada Canada

    Show all reviews

    rating


     

    I'm with the naysayers on what I believe is a current EDT rendition (small plain bottle). I want to love it. I need a crisp grass emerald green. This however, is a cynical stab at it...soapy and shrill. It smells like a lily/neroli shampoo. Disappointing.

    30th July, 2010.

    Mimi Gardenia's avatar
    Mimi Gardenia
    United States United States

    Show all reviews

    rating


     

    You want green - take this ! It's intensely green , dry ,herbacious especially when first applied .Quite mind blowing . Slowly I get great blend of floral ( I get iris, rose ,jasmine ) notes coming in to soften the initial green explosion .It gets a little powdery, woody .
    A classic ! It's a wonderful chypre . Such an olfactory adventure.

    17th June, 2010.

    holyzoo's avatar
    holyzoo
    United States United States

    Show all reviews

    rating


     

    My wife and I sampled this in reverse. Drydown first, then a new blast to study the open.

    Dry: Distinguished Floral. Not girly. not oriental, serious floral. Assured floral feminine. Mature. I visualize the edge of an oak forest with flowers growing beneath; dark soil. I like it. Grounded.
    Open: Horrible powder-room. Dismiss.

    In short, this is a big floral powder bomb which can dry down to something very sophisticated, but we both hate this kind of thing. If you want to get to what this is like on the dry down, pick something more balanced like Coco or Coco Mademoiselle.

    5th March, 2010.

    Hillaire's avatar
    Hillaire
    Germany Germany

    Show all reviews

    rating


     

    Yeah, Balmain!
    The most recent reformulation of 'Vent Vert' is really good. A bright bitter green with a traditional green chypre drydown. I am not crazy about the wheatgrass note in the opening (It feels contrived: "See how GREEEEN I am!?/), but it's short-lived, and what I end up with is somewhere between 'Ma Griffe' and 'Cristalle'.

    For 20 USD for 100ml, can you beat that?

    I recommend it.

    23rd January, 2010. (Last Edited: 15th February, 2010.)

    Add your review of Vent Vert (new)

    You need to be logged in to add a review

    Related Vent Vert (new) products on eBay

    Latest Vent Vert (new) Threads

    No threads with Vent Vert (new) in the title found. Why not start a thread at the Basenotes Forum?


Latest Threads

Partners


 
Useful Links
Read, View, Friend, Follow

Get in touch

Basenotes.net
BCM Box 1111
London WC1N 3XX
United Kingdom