Terre D'Hermes Eau Intense Vetiver

From dislike to love story. The dislike part first, what happened before. This doesn't work. I like vetiver scents a lot but this one is way too much. Maybe it is not even vetiver but Sichuan pepper that ruins the scent. After having sprayed it on my hand and shirt it only took a few minutes when I felt that I have to hide this, layer over with something else. What hide -- get rid of it as soon as possible! That was a tough task. I tried something pink, didn't work, too weak perhaps, TdhEiv rose up again like a beast that cannot be tamed. Then I tried something sweet, also didn't work -- it only worked for a minute after which the beast was back. Then I searched out a very sweet sample that I didn't like and had put aside: Trussardi Pure Jasmine EDP (nothing jasmine, only sweetness in it). This cured my hand, nice, the beast was killed there! A cloyingly sweet hand is better than a hand covered with TdhEiv, as terrible as it sounds! But on the shirt, there is still that pungent pepper or whatever it is. I emptied my Trussardi sample vial on my shirt but needed more. Try some other sweet? OK, why not! It's already the craziest testing-gone-bad anyway :) I could have just changed my shirt but it was just fun by now, like an escape the room game. I looked those other overly sweet samples put aside, once bought out of curiosity. Calvin Klein Eternity? Let's go for that. But wait a minute. My shirt now smelt like a sweet 50% sugary vanilla drink but the TdhEiv was tamed to the level it was acceptable and had become part of Trussardi Pure Jasmine, adding some relief to its overpowered sweetness. Well, sort of. I even liked that. So one didn't kill another but finally tamed it to the level they actually became friends, isn't that cute? The conclusion of this story is that I need to keep that box of sweet samples (that I don't like but can tolerate) for another possible "emergency" situation. Shall I try again the rest of the 2 ml TdhEiv sample? I doubt it, unless very carefully at most one spritz only to possibly add a note to something else that is missing something. And be prepared even then. EDIT: From dislike to love! In the meantime I went to the department store and tested different Guerlain's pour homme scents, including the vetivers. And the next time I tried TdhEiv at home, I only used it on my shirt and it was wonderful there! I just used the rest of the decanted sample and I enjoyed it all. Nothing pungent that I felt before. Maybe I learned to like vetiver more in the meantime. But I avoid it on my skin, that's for sure.

When I first tried the original TdH I loved the dirty orange scent that distinguishes it from all the mainstream freshies inundating the market nowadays. It was fresh , manly and very polished . A gentleman's fragrance that didn't smell like shower gel . Balanced . Clean and very classy It became my favourite scent but it wasn't complete . Felt like something was missing ...the orange was too obstinate and overpowering, while the woody notes barely lifted out of the citrus accords. It's easy to get bored of smelling like dirty orange rind Acceptance meant that the search continued to find a fresh scent that also had a warm , clean , woody and manly vibe but less of the citrus . After trying many different designer and niche fragrances, and falling into many interesting rabbit holes , from conventional to classic old vintages , to modern and prohibitively expensive disappointments ... My search for the signature scent continued to prove elusive. I wasn't sure what I was looking for or what I wanted , but was finding it very easy to know what I didn't want . Occasionally going back to the original Terre D'hermes recalibrated my sense of direction and kept me on track . Then recently , going through duty free , I decided to try and squirt this flanker And just WOW. This is it . Spent the whole flight smelling my wrist . The added vetiver adds the "Terre" / dirt element to it and mellows out the citrus to reveal what is clearly a masterpiece in my opinion. It takes a little of Guerlain's classic and brings a fresh and invigorating fragrance that also presents as clean, classy and very comforting scent . This is a scent that you can wear any time of year , any time of day . Either wearing a nice suit for a special occasion or that important business meeting... or in your dungarees covered in sawdust while chopping wood for your log cabin wood stove. The drydown is addictive , my wife absolutely loves it and I'm pretty sure I prefer it to the parfum. The sillage is moderate to strong , but the longevity on my skin is incredible. A few sprays in the morning and the scent bubble still going strong after 4 hours , only becoming a skin scent after about 6 to 7 hours later . Absolute perfection in a bottle 10/10

I love guerlain vetiver and terre d'hermes EDP. Had to try this one. Bought a sample. Comparing side by side with Guerlain Vetiver. The terre citrus opening is there but the vetiver comes out immediately. Green, sharp, smoky. Compared to Guerlain's green soapy with a more subtle citrus. In the initial dry down, the signature flint of Terre d'hermes is there with a spicy sweet kick. Likely the pepper note listed. I know the flint ia not listed but I smell it. When o aae the note list I didnt believe theres no flint. O even sprayed the EDP just to make sure. There is definitely a flint note in the Intense Vetiver, no matter what the list is showing. The vetiver is there but unlike Guerlain's smooth soapy green, it smells drier, a more relaxed green. Its sharp but beautiful. As it dries down, it has the flint and vetiver accord. Im in love! I love terre d'hermes. EDP i prefer due to its more rounded smoothed out refinement. I feel its more versatile over the edt. Terre d hermes Intense Vetiver is absolutely in my top 10 (i wish we could add more thab 5 or 6 favorites to our profile!). Where Guerlain dries into this beautiful soft green smooth soapy accord, Terre Vetiver intense is earthy, flint dry vetiver with a little warmth from the resins in the base. But the vetiver really cuts the warmth compared to the original edt or edp. I feel the vetiver accentuates the flint and the flint takes the greeniness of vetiver away and you get a true dry non soapy scent. The two work so well together. This for me, is easily a 10/10 and probably my favorite of all the Terre d'hermes line. It can be worn any time of the year. The citrus opening isnt too bright that it is a summer only vibe, as the vetiver is their from the beginning. I cant imagine a time where I wouldn't wear it. If you love vetiver, this is a must buy!

Terre d’Hermès Eau Intense Vétiver is an intense and sophisticated reinterpretation of the classic Terre d’Hermès, but with a new protagonist: vetiver. If Jean-Claude Ellena’s original version was marked by the mineral dryness of flint and the bitter sweetness of orange, Christine Nagel here shifts the focus to a more robust, earthy and at the same time fresh vetiver, without losing the line’s elegant DNA. Performance Projection: Moderate to strong in the first 2 hours. The fragrance is noticeable from a good distance without being intrusive. Long-lasting: Excellent. It easily lasts between 8 and 10 hours on the skin, and can exceed this in mild or cold climates. Sillage (trail): Elegant and refined, it makes a statement without being aggressive – a true statement of masculine sophistication. Occasions of Use Terre d’Hermès Eau Intense Vétiver is versatile, but shines most in formal or semi-formal situations. Ideal for: Office/executives Nighttime dinners Fall/winter get-togethers Important meetings Despite its intensity, the citrus opening also allows for daytime use and in tropical climates, as long as applied in moderation. Fragrance Personality This is a perfume for the mature, determined, sophisticated man who values elegant discretion. It is less philosophical than the original Terre, but more direct, robust and confident. It brings the image of a man connected to nature, but dressed in tailored attire. Final Score: 9.3 / 10 Terre d’Hermès Eau Intense Vétiver is a mature evolution of the classic Terre. Christine Nagel delivers a fragrance that maintains the mineral and citrus soul of the line, but coats it with a powerful and resinous vetiver that conveys calm strength and timeless class. A safe and refined choice for those who want elegance in the bottle and on the skin.

I imagine this wasn't designed with the 20-year-old female audience in mind, but it is the only perfume I wear, and the few people who get close enough to smell it say it's lovely. I had a 3ml free sample that I'd been sent once, and I carefully rationed it out. Every time I hugged my mum while wearing it, she said I smelt lovely, and, the first time, she asked me what I'd been doing or where I'd been to smell like that. I told her what it was, and then about a year later she bought me a bottle for my 18th birthday, saying I'd found my scent. I do think it requires heat and skin and a bit of sweat to smell so gorgeous - I'm not quite as enamoured with the smell of it alone as I am of it on me. I'm not great at describing perfume but it kind of smells like you've walked up a mountain, through a forest that has recently been burning, and now you're hot and you have been sweating, but the air is dry so you're not really sweaty anymore, and you're lying in nearly dry grass. It smells like ambiguously humid warmth - you're not quite sure if it's humid and a bit musty, or arid and woody - it's a bit like being in the citrus glasshouse at a botanical garden. It just smells a lot like a person, and the conglomeration of smells you can pick up just moving through life - it makes me want to wear cotton, to take off my shoes and walk on hot pavement, to pick up my hair and feel the sun on the back of my neck, to hug someone with bare arms and feel their skin on mine, to eat a spoonful of good honey, to lie on a wooden floor. It's sensual in the sheer-pleasure-of-having-a-physical-body way more than anything else.