Virēre

Looking at the notes, I fully expected to be bored by this. But what a surprise. There’s something so comforting and addictive about it that I can’t stop sniffing my arm. If you like tea fragrances but are starting to find them all smelling the same (Thé Yulong, Wulong Cha), you need to try this. It’s a greener, earthier take on tea. The tea and maté smell unsteeped, like pressing dried leaves straight to your nose. Great for citrus lovers who want something different, too. The bergamot gently sweetens the composition, while the maté, hay, and cedar keep it grounded and interesting. The opening is beautifully green, with galbanum giving it a crisp edge. The heart is just as good, though I wish the opening lasted a bit longer. I get why some compare it to a classic men’s cologne, but it doesn’t smell vintage to me at all. This feels like a modern take on that style. Really interesting. I already own too many citrus and tea fragrances, so I wasn’t sure whether to get this. But I’m honestly tempted to let a few bottles go just to make room for it. 8/10 ✨

Tried a tester in store today (kept secretly in the back, as this won’t be released for several more weeks apparently.) It’s such a chill, zen scent. I mostly get the tea, a faint touch of citrus, and hay. (I don’t get any of the supposed fig accord that the lovely salesman mentioned). Subtle and natural and, in my opinion, hard to dislike as it is so smooth and natural. I was expecting the performance to be underwhelming based on the scent profile, but I do keep getting nice wafts of it from just a spitz on my wrist. It’s the kind of scent I’d like to generously splash on, but the price point prohibits that! Funnily enough, after the twenty or thirty minute mark, I’m reminded of Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Lavender (the best Green Tea flanker imo). This one definitely has an aura of luxury about it, but the EA one is £9 for 100ml.

I made an account just to write a review on this, as I don’t agree with what everyone else is saying. To me, this perfume smells like the sexiest man I could conjure up in my brain. It’s green, masculine, peppery, and there’s some sort of masculine musk to it that smells like a very tall man with good hygiene that just finished working out. There’s also just a tiny hint of a cigarette note, which I haven’t seen anyone mention yet, which brings the fresh and green notes down to just the right amount of sluttiness to pull me in. This is by far the sexiest perfume I’ve ever enjoyed, and I think the best way to describe it would be that it smells like what I imagine Derek Hale would smell like. This perfume is Derek Hale.

The breeze off a 'green-glacier'! Bright, very fresh (like when you breathe in through your mouth whilst eating a mentholated lolly/candy), almost invigorating, but definitely green! When I first sprayed it on, I was instantly transported back in time 30 years ago to a holiday I had in New Zealand. Visiting the glaciers that come all the way down the mountains and into the thick, aromatic, verdant, lush, sub-tropical rainforest. The icy air swirling around glacier and forest, green and bracingly fresh. One sniff, and you're there.

Despite a number of less than flattering reviews I really like this one. I gave it a number of tries on my skin from different shops before buying. What really does it for me is the lush fig, green scent, so vegetal. I wanted a daily fig frag and I just love the idiosyncracies of Aesop's range.

Update: it came today! The opening smells a bit like weeds and grass to me, but then it dries down to a very pleasant tea/citrus blend. Exactly what i'd expect from Aesop in how high quality it smells. However, that also comes with a moderate sillage and moderate longevity.

A good addition to the Aesop collection with a new take of freshness and elegance. I think it reminds me of the Tacit fragrance, which is a green, fresh fragrance from Aesop. It also has a similar scent to MEMO's Eau de Memo, but is fresher and has more emphasis on tea.

Quiet, grassy, green tea, reminiscent of ELDO's You or Someone Like You.. Different approach from the house.. Skin fragrance with little silage, but you'll smell fresh and sophisticated. One of the better Aesop releases

I bought this on impulse, and damn does it smell good! but damn, the performance is pretty bad :(. still a good pick me up but i’m never paying $160USD for a 50 mL bottle for anything from Aesop again :3...

Just bought this one from a dude on ebay who somehow already has a box full of them intended for an Aesop store? Not even released yet so i'm pretty confused. Anyway review coming soon

mom's gift, thinking it'd be too floral for me, but it's just right peppery woody savoury smell that is simultaneously extremely light and airy angel of the north-facing cliffside

my forever go to scent clean, quiet and fresh. goes really well with every occasion. performace is poor but i love the drydown of this anyway lol

unique and unfor gettable for those who love zingy herbal and tea aromas.

Close enough, welcome back Drakkar Noir 😤🚨🚨!!️!!️

Virere is like stepping inside a painting of Monet's haystacks -- the ones tinged with twilight in the heat of late summer. Imagine bales of hay drying out and the rinds of citrus fruit curing in the sun. Wears very close to the skin, unisex but slightly masculine. Although Aesop describes this as an evocation of "a fragrant fig tree", I do not pick up the fig. This is not a fig fragrance like Diptyque's Philosykos or Le Labo's The Matcha. Instead, I get a heady rush of hay and clean citrus. Like with most Aesop fragrances, there is a "ceremonial" quality in the base notes.

Despite being branded as a "Woody Aromatic", there's a fecund, juniper-like quality to the top note which won't be for everyone. Could very well be the bergamot, but it's more reminiscent of rotting fruit. Green tea, pettigrain, and mate notes play well together, and I appreciate how the "green" accord here is more sharp and bitter which makes the fragrance more suitable for cooler evenings. Like most Aesop fragrances, projection is on the lower side and the juice fades into smoother, more generically aromatic skin scent after 2 hours or so.

Oh this is lovely! A clean tea scent that can be worn year round. At first I thought it reminded me of The Yulong by Armani and then it morphed to something that could be from Floraiku's tea catalog. Is it a run, you have to try this now fragrance? No. But definitely check it out at some point. Very appealing and I'm sure it'll get it's spotlight on the socials. 😉

Oooh this one is beautiful, fresh and rejuvenating. Brightly lit bergamot and calming green tea it's herbaceous and slightly grassy. Sitting under the tree with a cup of iced tea in your hands, simple, enjoyable, good to have every once in a while

it’s pleasant but really boring and forgettable, can’t imagine ever having the urge to buy a full bottle

Sort of if you captured the Green Knight and distilled his essence...