Vetyver
by Fragonard

As a long-time Vetiver junkie who's tried quite a few of the big names over the last few years, I was keen to find myself an inexpensive, day-to -day fix, and based on previous reviews the Fragonard seemed like it might be a contender.

So, today it arrived in the post, all the way from the South of France...

The first whiff was downright uninspiring, though not entirely unpleasant. The pine needles and the Cedar got me first, with the lemon obviously present but not too in-your-face. I could hardly sense any vetiver at all to start with, but then I've experienced that before with some other vetiver-containing fragrances so wasn't too horrified.

Quite simply, the first 45 minutes were dull, dull, dull. A girl at work put it well when she said I smelled like somebody's uncle; it's not so much a cheap smell, just something incredibly mundane and middle-of-the-road, like the kind of no-name department store effort that gets kept with the candles and room fragrances rather than behind the fragrance counter.

But then everything dries down, and a bit of a transformation occurs; a pure, warm, masculine vetiver emerges, a gentle but intoxicating note that's had me sniffing my wrist for the rest of the day, and caused those sitting near me on the tube to lean in for a good sniff.

So, this isn't a bold vetiver, it's certainly not a complex one, and it doesn't come close to the bigger pricier names that we vetiver-heads know and love. Nevertheless it is bloody nice once it settles in for the day, and it certainly fulfilled my brief. I could see Fragonard Vetiver becoming a daytime staple for me for some time to come.

1st September, 2011.

MY SIGNATURE SCENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a 200ml bottle but I fear to finish it soon.. excellent, superb, the combination fo pine and cedar is well balanced and the vetiver aftertaste give elegance.simple but not simplicistic. a first sight love. I highly reccomend it. sometimes it has been defined as dark but no, better to say green

27th May, 2010.

The first time I tried this one,I pretty much disliked it, but I had a strong feeling that it would turn out to be the kind of fragrance I would enjoy. And learn to enjoy it, I did. Fragonard Vetyver is primarily a ”direct” vetiver. I was at first tempted to call it “raw,” but it isn’t raw… it just doesn’t have those gut wrenching vibrations that are the signature of the original Route du Vetiver and a few others. This vetiver fragrance is natural and somewhat strong initially… It is a bit rustic and a lot masculine. It took me a while to get used to it, but once I was used to it, I love it. Vetyver is a masculine take on vetiver complete with definite woody elements of pine and cedar. It also features a lemon note that freshens it enough to give it a fresh / green ambiance. Fragonard Vetyver is classic, but it freshness keeps it in fashion.

10th May, 2010. (Last Edited: 20th January, 2011.)

Very clean smell opine and cut grass

27th May, 2009.

The opening stinks but it stinks in an old fashioned, aristocratic Gallic manner. People might come to the conclusion that scores of your ancestors were guillotined by Robespierre during the revolution!

Do you care for Route du Vetiver? The Third Man? Fourme' d'Ambert on crackers? About a 9+ on the machometer. Interesting and unusual take on Vetiver.

11th March, 2009. (Last Edited: 23rd December, 2011.)

Pine and lemon gives it an old, well known style. It is nice and wearable.

31st July, 2008.