Vetiverus

Vetiverus is a work of art, with a few interestings twists during its development and a clear concept behind. That doesn't mean everyone will like it or find it their cup of tea. First of all you need to like vetiver in its more old style à la guerlain vetiver as this has a strong and clear vetiver which screams 60s. In case you prefer earthier, darker or more modern takes on vetiver, you may feel disappointed. However this still feels modern because of the floral/gourmandy pairing with osmanthus. You need to like osmanthus a lot (a honeyed flower found in many other fragrances but not often this strongly) cause the first 2 hours this fragrance is about vetiver and osmanthus fighting for stardom in a very powerful way. I have been challenged by this scent, not feeling that comfortable when I wear it... until the drydown comes with a WONDERFUL gourmand twist that is worth a million bucks. The quality of the ingredients is there and there is a story being told... I just happen to worship its drydown (which by the way lasts for 12+ hours) but prefer tons of other vetivers when it comes to the marvel of spraying that root upon myself (Route du vetiver, Timbuktu, Fat Electrician, Encre Noire, etc). This is unisex (a bit more feminine for my taste) because the osmanthus gives a sweet counterpart but I am afraid I wouldn't recommend this for a younger audience (30-). I've been pleased with this release and all in all it adds a new original alternative for vetiver lovers. Not a safe blind-buy though.

Very fun stuff. This one really opened my eyes on how vetivers can be done by niche houses. It has a very natural, herbal backbone - almost like those essential oils you put on before yoga, but much more structured and nuanced. Osmanthus came right out of the bat to give a fruity-floral facet, paired with a gorgeous grassy vetiver note. The spicy/earthiness is far from any traditional masculine vetiver colognes and reminded one more of a nice blend of orange and clove oils. The overall feeling is more juicy than dry, but not sweet at all. Then there's the consistent threading of "something" - maybe Iso E Super - that lifts the whole composition and gives it a very contemporary touch. Dries down soft and woody spicy with a smudge of musk. Longevity 8+ hrs. This is my only scent that I wear for "mindfulness". A true beauty I blind bought -and so glad I did!

Giving a full wearing to Vetiverus and, boys, this stuff is glorious. Given the name, one would expect a vetiver soliflore and, honestly, this is anything but. A fantastic and incredibly original take on this root enriched by boatloads of juxtapositions. On one side, the floral, transparent, sophisticated osmanthus note, paired to a stark, smoky woody-musky base. On the other, dark resins, cloves, bitter orange peels and, obviously vetiver. I've to be honest, I find this fragrance very close to pure perfection. The novelty, the wearability, striking but not odd, stark but not minimalistic, perfectly balanced, modern. Just great! I've been on the look for a "new take" on this theme for quite a while and, apparently, this is going to be my new fragrance crush. Rating: 8.5/10

This opens very spicy, with a blast of cloves (reminding me of Lutens Serge Noire). After 45-60min, the apricot-y osmanthus appears (reminding me of the osmanthus note in Elie Saab Santal No.8). It's only in the drydown that the vetiver will show-up and fully sing its earthiness, dancing with the creamy osmanthus, and a support of a spicy suede in the background. A great fragrance with great performance (the projection is heavy in the first 2 hours). I agree with some previous reviewers who think that the name is misleading, given that the main players here are osmanthus and spices, the vetiver being present mostly in the drydown... but what a drydown!! I now love it, and got myself a 16ml travel spray. Fall, 25+.

Got this blind as one of my first 2 bottles I ordered from O&Co. Was so impressed that I immediately ordered, again blindly, 2 other bottles because the free sample I got and liked from my first order was not available. Unique but wearable - check! Longevity - check! Quality - check! Sillage- check! In fact it could be too much for the first 20 minutes so need to go easy on the spray. This is addicting and I love smelling it from the bottle. Only thing is that the line seems to carry that light soapy DNA that I can smell from the initial spray - aldehydes perhaps? Loving them and happy to have these in my collections and being the most unique ones at that is a very welcome bonus. Thanks, Oliver!

Creamy, fruity, salty, earthy vetiver. I love the osmanthus paired with vetiver. It's like a fuzzy apricot paired with suede. They contrast yet blend in just the right balance. I find this fragrance quite nice for summer as a light, clean, earthy scent that is a bit refreshing too due to its fruitiness. It doesn't become cloying in hot weather. Truly a clever and modern vetiver. It smells intellectual to me, like I would wear this if I were going to a beautiful European library. (BTW the Vetiverus soap is an absolute delight in the shower and smells just like the fragrance out of the bottle.)

This is not your usual, predictable vetiver fragrance. It's not raw and unrefined. It's not super smooth and light (over refined). It's got this curious semi-sweet spicy floral vetiver accord going on, mostly contributed by the osmanthus and cloves. I bought it blind because of a few reviews that won me over on "that other forum." But at first I was unsure about it. I almost sold off my bottle. Then in time, I grew to like this. And so I bought a back-up bottle as well! Fragrance: 8.5/10.

I got this fragrance as a tester from my purchase of vertiveryio . And oh boy the first time i sprayed it wasnt a super fan of the opening . Tried second time and all I can say this is magic liquid in a bottle . I just wanna sniff myself all day with this and did I forget to mention you can buy this directly from producer's website at an incredible fair price that beats my imagination especially considering the quality of the juice . Double thumbs up for Oliver & co!!!!

This is just glorious. Soft, honeyed, golden osmanthus with dry, woody, lightly smoky vetiver, sharpened with clove and orange peel and brightened with a dusting of coriander seed. Underneath there is the softest musky tang. This is one of the nicest scents I have smelled in quite a while. It actually brought tears to my eyes. Definite WOW for me!

Outstanding vetiver and clove fragrance. The opening is to die for...sillage and longevity excellent. I have two in the collection so far, this one and Ambergreen, and they are both fresh, quality fragrances. This house is one to follow...

Perhaps the best Vetiver fragrance now available.

96)Green cotton candy Cette marque est incroyable, tous leurs parfums sont plus beaux les uns que les autres. Avec Mousse , Vetiverus est des plus original. Un vétiver bien distinct mais juxtaposé de manière harmonieuse avec des notes fleuries et fraiches. Une grande fraicheur diffusante qui est le fil rouge de toutes leurs compositions, sans doute une large dose d'IsoE avec du clou de girofle ou du santal...qu'importe puisque c'est très réussi et surtout très loin des compositions types fraicheur=citron ou iode. Je dirais que c'est un vétiver revu par la cuisine moléculaire pour lui donner une texture mousseuse et comestible. Ce côté gustatif donné au vétiver peut être écoeurant mais c'est à essayer absolument. This brand is amazing, all their perfumes are more beautiful than others. With Moss, Vetiverus is very original. A distinct vetiver but harmoniously juxtaposed with floral and fresh notes. A big diffusing freshness is the thread of all their compositions, probably a large dose of ISOE with clove and sandalwood ... whatever because it is very successful and very far from this old kind compositions where fresh=lemon or iod. I would say it is a vetiver reviewed by the molecular cuisine to give it a mousse and edible texture. This taste side of vetiver can be disgusting but it is worth trying!

i have the avant garden bottle of this. i get vetiver, incense and leather primarily. all very nice if those notes sing to you. cloves and osmanthus stay in the background and stop the fragrance from being too mono-chromatic. definitely "perfume art" niche.. i am a big fan of saab #6 which to me is a delicate fun vetiver where this is much darker. this is a much drier vetiver in the direction of mona di orio's vetyver. classic vetiver ala guerlain, hermes, etc., are very different and more classically "male." at home or gallery opening. otherwise, might be too eccentric for office or dining out. moderate projection which i like. however, lasts on my skin about 3 hours. really not sure how some people get much more time. usually, fragrances stay with me but not this one. try before you buy. maybe its the "natural" essences, but house of matriarch and trnp last on me. blind buy probably unwise unless one likes quirky vetiver scents and can get some longevity.

Out of the gate, this fragrance seems extremely strong. It's heavy and very pungent, almost medicinal. But after 30 min it starts to relax into a very dusty, woody smell, like a chestnut tree lumber that has just been sawn (I assume that is the osmanthus). Finally, after a few hours the leather (and corriander) really comes through. For me, this reminds me of sitting in a big leather chair in an old library with thousands of volumes of manuscripts around me. All that's missing is a glass of Scotch... This isn't for the wife, but more of a self indulgence of man-cave'liness.

omg! this one is not taking any prisoners! untamed beast this one, sillage and longevity beyond my wildest dreams... now on my skin this smells like smoky, caramelised apricot jam... like someone's cooking apricot jam in a cauldron over open fire, some of it spills and burns on the outside of the metal cauldron. it smells bewitching and wicked - i suspect this one will fly to want list after 2nd testing. personal note: my skin enhances sweet notes like crazy so this might smell less sweet on a guy.

Orange flavored osmanthus candy floating on jammy and golden resin balsams, embroidered with metallic clove(oh bizarre clove, it's always metallic specially so when with resins just like in SL Serge Noire), ambroxan smoked vetiver and leather occasionally show up however dwindle into a mellow swirl eventually, everything settles like dust, leaving a rather sensual trail of gorgeous laudanum.

Wore this in summer and faded so fast. Vetiver with lots of clove then sweetens with osmanthus and bitter orange.

This fragrance is one of the best vetiver-based perfumes!

Spicy and deep, cloves, bright. Yet, no.

اجازه میخوام بی هیچ مقدمه ای از وتیوروس بگم. عطری که این روزا بطرز فوق العاده ای منو شگفت زده و شیفته ی خودش کرده. وتیوروس، داستانی از فرش تا عرشه. عطری از زمین که به آسمانها میره و به آسمانها چهره ای ناب و زیبا میده. بهشت، تو این عطره و آرامش و غنایی که در این عطر جریان داره؛ اونو به ستاره ی این روزهای من تبدیل کرده. وتیوروس، وتیور خالص، خاکی و گیاهیه که در زمینی آلوده و تاریک، سر از خاک برمیاره. چرم انیمالیک و دودی، میخک خشک کثیف و وتیوری گیاهی و گِل آلود که با این فضا همراه میشه، شروع خیره کننده، سرکش، زمینی و بی نظیری به عطر داده. حرکت بسوی روشنایی در این عطر، با لمسی از هل و دارچین رخ میده. حیوانیت کار رو به محو شدن میره و وجوه گیاهی و دودی، در این فضای ملایم و مطبوع از هل و تخم گیشنیز، نرم و آرام میشن. هیجان بالا میره، رنگها روشن تر میشن، فضاها زیباتر و بکرتر میشن و نسیمی که از دور دست نزدیک میشد و وعده ی بهشت رو میداد، رنگ واقعیت به آرزوها میزنه تا در باغی از لطافت و آرامش و اغواگری اوسمانتوس، همه چیز با هم به معاشقه و آمیزش بپردازه. وتیوری که حالا چوبی، ترد، خاکی و کمی شور شده، با رگه هایی نرم و لوکس از دود و ادویه ها و اوسمانتوس. اوسمانتوسی که خودش یه دنیای ناب ساخته؛ لطیف، شاداب، آبدار، میوه ای و نرم و دلکش، در این فضا می پیچه. نمیشه با واژه ها این عطر رو توصیف کرد. یه نمایش کامل و عالی و بی نظیره این اثر اولیور والوِرده. وتیور از اون عطرای نشاط آور، تازه و انرژی زاست که در اوج وقار، شکوه و متانت قرار داره. از شروعی تاریک و چرکین به قلبی پیچیده از تقابلات نور و تاریکی، خیر و شر و در نهایت، رستگاری، درخشش و آرامش. لمسی از بهشت و سعادتی که با نغمه سرایی پرنده ها از فراز دیوارهای بهشت کامل میشه. داستان این عطر خیلی ناب تر از اونه که بخوام کیفیت اونو به معیارهای مارکت آلوده کنم اما به همین حد کفایت میکنم که این عطر بحدی قوی هست که بخاطر قدرت پخش و ماندگاری بالایی که داره از لحظه لحظه ی نمایش خودش همه رو بهره مند و خوشحال میکنه. دست مریزاد اولیور والورده! کامنت: م.ع (سایت لوکس بایر (با امکان تست سمپل

I am experimenting with Oliver's perfumes since some time and this is the first I dare to write about of. I would define this scent as a pure contradiction, it's truly artistic and commercial at once, really strong in the opening but with a delicate, beautiful and harmonic drydown... I might run out of adjectives to describe it... Still I think that the best attribute of the fragrance is its cohesiveness, specially when all its multifaceted components are perfectly detectable from the very beginning and evolve such diversely: Vetiver: oily, earthy, humid and dense, not in a leading role but deffinitely there, not fresh as in FM's French Lover, not dry as in TF's Grey Vetiver, not comparable to any other vetiver that I would had tried before. Cloves: a tricky note, a bit disturbing in the opening but really well balanced, wearable and comfortable soon afterwards. Leather: the other great main role in the play, luxurious, fierce, but treated with great elegance from beginning to end. Osmanthus: I am not much acquainted with this note but I think its opulence is really well controled, perfectly paired with fresh and vivid notes of orange peel and coriander... together provide a grateful freshness and airiness to the fragrance. Patchouli: a tricky note for me, also detectable from the very begining but not annoying at all, the perfect backbone. A serious stuff and one milestone in Oliver's collection unarguably.

Literally I dont like vertiver, and I dont like the most of the vertiver fragrances.The only one that I like was Vertiver Tonka by Hermes Hermesscence collection. But this one really impressed me cuz it is so so so tasty, delicious, the reason I dont like vertiver cuz it smells so bitter and like chinese medicine. but this is a sweet tasty vertiver, not like Vertiver Tonka which is totally a sweet scent, this one by Oliver & Co. is less sweet with a clear osmanthus, woody, leather scent and a chinese snack food which is mandarin peel with salt, which is very popular and we eat a lot in China . It is not very green, a little bit warm. very nice for the whole year. I really really love this scent and i think the perfumer really did a great job to keep the balance between the scent of vertier and the sweet scent. It is not too bitter but also not too sweet. It is a young vertiver scent and I can tell a college student wears it well

If there was less clove I feel like this would be a masterpiece. Luca Turin says similarly, detecting little osmanthus. He gave it 2 stars, I would give it at least 3, maybe 4. I notice the osmanthus, a slightly powdery, honeyed flower that softens the hardy vetiver nicely. Unfortunately, as is the case with a number of clove scents, the note just obliterates everything around it. Vetiverus ends up being a pumpkin spice-type of spice bazaar with vetiver and osmanthus fighting for background noise. I don’t mind this, but it could’ve been something truly special. It’s unisex, and sillage + longevity are very good.

Calling this a vetiver fragrance is a bit misleading. Actually, the vetiver note never takes the opportunity to stand on the edge of the titanic to spread its arms. In one way or another, the vetiver is chauffeured by a various notes thus stealing its spotlight. On my skin, this started out like musty old worn leather, then wood emerges. Spices and bitter oranges begins the soothing process by adding a deep honey texture very similar to that of Eau de Tommi Sonni I. At this point, Vetiverus is stuck in 2nd gear and doesn't seem to want to leave the warm spicy stage. Hmm..vetiverus huh?..

Wow you guys seem to be raving - I'm considering a blind buy... What do you think the effect on a girl would be? I'm not a fan off tart sweetness but I do have a craving for vetiver these days... Could someone advise me on this one? Maybe in comparison to vetiver tonka by Hermes which I adore?

A great attempt for the perfect masculine vetiver..But just one note make me to think if full bottle worth it,but i dont know which note i dont like.Great performance though.Quite unique,leads feminine.Good luck with the new project.

Strong leather and clove, spicy sweet, non dominating vetiver. Not my notes, but I definitely appreciate a well refined blend. Not overpowering or screechy.

to me this was a slightly boozy (whisky) & figgy vetiver and then it sat on a linear vetiver base i did not notice any bright citrus