Black Vetyver Cafe

LOVE THIS FRAGRANCE!!! It is really Oooooohhh La La!!! The perfect coffee shop date fragrance! However, it doesn't wear very long... maybe at the most, about 2-3 hours on me, then is a quick fade. --------- This is one of those fragrances that has a full bodied smell that almost hints at a base of tobacco. I perceive this to be unisex, because it is in the deeper range of women's perfume's and in the lighter range of men's colognes... a happy medium for those of us that like a lower register warm fragrance. Visual: I could envision an adorable bistro coffee shop with a couple sitting together on a Saturday or Sunday morning, sipping hazelnut coffee and staring romantically into each others eyes - after a wonderful night on the town -- and love making the night before. The essence of this is like reading a wonderful romance book, curled up by a fire. It embraces you with this old-world warmth, almost the same feeling when you find a truly treasured antique that brings to life a different time period, all together. This is rich, elegant, warm, enticing, old-money, possibly even Ivy League... rolled into a fragrance. It reminds me of walking through leaves in the fall... a very nostalgic type fragrance, with almost haunting notes. I love it... I only wish that it stayed on longer than 2-3 hours on my skin! PLEASE... if you find anything even remotely similar to this, MESSAGE ME and let me know! My heart longs to wear this, but I don't want to invest in a fragrance that only lasts 2 hours on my skin!

So glad to see this finally in the data base. It's one of Jo Malone's best fragrances so far. If you loved Givenchy's "Organza Indecence" or Victoria's Secret "Secret 88" you will adore this one. It has many similarities of the two aforementioned scents as it has a smoldering base notes of incense, vanilla and sandalwood. All those notes are intensified by the vetyver and nutmeg. I find this fragrance will last a long time if I apply a non-fragranced oil or body lotion before the perfume. The top note of citrus in the listing confusing to me, as I don't get any of that when applied. The coffee is definitely there immediately but soon becomes wrapped in the warmth of all the other notes. It is perfect for evening wear and especially in the cooler months, but I wear it whenever I need a comforting fragrance. This wraps me in warmth and coziness the moment I put it on. It's simply a must try for those who are attracted to spicy-woody fragrances.

I love coffee. Sitting in a good coffee shop, drinking, smelling, relishing the taste... Vetyver Cafe is definitely a fragrance that could as well be part of this experience. The strong coffee note is the dominant one, I personally do not get citruses at all. Then it becomes more spicy, and makes me think of Christmas period. My associations take me (as usually) a bit too far, but for methere is a somewhat festive aura around this fragrance. I blame the nutmeg. The final phase belongs to woody notes entirely. A woody coffee. A coffee served on a wooden table. Smoky incense coffee with a dose of vanilla. In a way it is similar to Bond no 9 New Haarlem, the latter being far more complex and long lasting, but for the coffee note lovers such as me, who do not necessaity have the means to splurge 100 pounds on a bottle of perfume, really worth considering.

Smells fantastic! Unfortunately gets eaten quickly on my skin. But for 30-60 minutes smells divine. Agree this should be made into an "intense", "extreme", "double black", EDP or whatever! Just give me these notes, but smack me in the face with them almost as Prada Amber Pour Homme Intense is to just the Amber Pour Homme.

As for me - New Haarlem is more masculine and active because of strong lavender echo. BV&C is more cosy, unisex and meditative. may be the difference between them is like the difference between the steal and bronze.