Usually, Vetiver has been a scent I avoided. Guerlain's Vetiver was very earthy and put me off on Vetiver as a cologne. Last week, I tried Creed's Vetiver cologne and it was a soapy cologne and was perhaps the polar opposite of the Guerlain - I never noticed this earthiness. Yet, Frederick Malle's may be in the exact middle. My wife usually says with a cologne that she hates it. If it is nice, she will grow to love it. Yet with Malle, she said it was barbershop-like (she says that as a slam, meaning that it smells what she remembered her Father's colognes as growing up and she said it all the time when I wore Trumper's Spanish Leather). The Malle seems not as soapy as Creed's, and the earthiness is muted. I do not know if this is one I go ga-ga over, but the take is very nice and very wearable. I can see this being a great summer cologne. Priced right, I would get a bottle to keep for Saturday mornings or casual days, very easily wearable. It does not make a "statement" which is the sort of scent I like. Some may say there is no artistic vision, but perhaps Malle wanted something wearable. Nicely done.
Sam
Sam
Some of them, as a poster above ended up using it as room spray!
) encased within citrus ... the Guerlain is less sweet but more smooth.
