Vetiver Pour Homme Parfum Cologne

I have tried and tried, and I just don't like Vetiver. Then. . . I decided to go to the mythological genius, and just plain gifted---Roja Dove. It is almost as if Roja Dove spent so many years listening, seeing, feeling-- and put it all in parfum compositons!!!! Roja Dove Pour Homme Vetiver Cologne is different. It is brighter from maybe citrus, and has some nice funky Oakmoss that still allows the scent to be clear and clean. Not overly sweet, not overly wet-root with dirt. Not heavy handed with the nutmeg. I don't like vetiver that is like some kind of Malevolent Spicecake or Toilet Moth Cake. Or some sleazy guy in a petroleum product sportcoat with his shirt unbuttoned talking a mile a minute. Oh wait! That's my alter ego. Right. . shat up. Lots of notes, I will not kid you that I can detect even a fraction of them. It takes years, and you've got to have talent. Aside: Look. . . . our human noses are just not that great compared to dogs, pigs, cats. Neither is our hearing as acute. Some humans have more acute senses then others. I really believe that-- just as I believe some people are more sensitive. OK. . . nice talk. Back to It: Roja Dove Vetiver is truly 3-D --deep, beautiful--like that dreamy footage of the eye of a hurricane. It has multiple hues, like the New Mexico light in the morning. Roja Dove Vetiver is complex, yet very unabashedly fun and straightforward. It is confident, playful. What a wonderful artist, and technically superb talent --Raja Dove. Yeah. . . just pay. Or decant then buy. Get Roja Dove in any configuration where you need a 'sort out'. I am absolutely Ga-Ga over Roja Dove. Sometimes there is mission creep and you've got to 'Grab the Thistle' as the Scots, Irish, and English say. You forget what is what. Let the top pros and genius artists help you find your way. What happened next: All the circuits, micro-switches, ganglion, neurons and a few trash cans were stirred around. SUDDENLY--I got it!!! I cracked open my Guerlain Vetiver which was my first. It is just wonderful and maybe not as complex, or deep. It is so good. I just love Guerlain Patchouli Absolut so I knew it would make awesome Vetiver. Darn. . . I so love Guerlain. They know what the heck they are doing!! Somehow, it was like smelling it with renewed senses. Then, I hit the Tom Ford Grey Vetiver. It is so good. Different approach that I was unable to figure out until I had my lazer sight on my nose re-calibrated; re-calibrated with the superb, exquisite Roja Dove. Now. . . . I know. Now. . . I can play carefree in the world of Vetiver!!! The point: if you are confused about Vetiver you must 'go to the mountain' The Roja Dove pour Homme Vetiver. From now on, I will be using the works of a true genius, Roja Dove, to help me grasp the full spectrum. This helps me love greatly all the others. This technique will help me with other fragrances. Can anybody help me understand Zadig & Voltaire 'This is Her'? I am just starting to grow a clue. Yep. Nuf said.

Enjoying the cologne version more than the EDP. Lasts longer, is clearly there several hours after spraying (edp was gone within 15-20 min, a skin scent), development of this fragrance is very noticeable. An expensive fragrance that i can really enjoy. Dry, long-lasting, elegant and unabashedly masculine. For me, this is way better than guerlain's vetiver (sour, rough-edged, linear, rolling-in-a-wet-haystack effect), Creed's original vetiver (i don't get this fragrance, which to my nose is nothing but a 250+ eur soap, which i bought new full-price and sold 90% full two weeks later), more complex and interesting than TF grey vetiver (which is perhaps the only worthy alternative to roja for me - not nearly as complex or sophisticated as Roja's, but is a vetiver scent in its own right nonetheless, a cheaper and reliable option if you enjoy the clean white-shirt business-style vetiver). I'm yet to try nishane's sultan vetiver and miller harris's vetiver insolent to see whether either of them will make the cut of my all-time favorite vetiver fragrances. Roja's only true downside is the price, 300 eur is steep. But i'd rather get myself one of 300+eur roja scents once in three months, than buy loads of underperforming, underwhelming or ubiquitous clones.

It is close to Grey Vetiver edp. Grey Vetiver edp is great, but this is a few notches better. If you love Grey Vetiver, and can easily afford this, I think its worth it. I wore Grey Vetiver edp today, and then my bottle of Roja Dove came in. So I can tell some differences. Its richer and fuller, you do get some florals, here, non with Tom Ford. The citrus is slightly more with Grey Vetiver. Vetiver Cologne has freshness, but its warmer, than Grey Vetiver. This has depth and sophistication. The pepers and spices give complexity, and vibrancy, as well as the citruses. This is also like Diptyque Vetyverio edt. It is a vetiver fragrance with rose and similar spices. I think this and Alysium Cologne have gotten some knocks. I think because they remind us of other fragrances. These take time to discover. I would say that about Alysium and Vetiver Cologne. They are actually great, and worth the price. I just got my Gov stimulus check for Covid-19, so I purchased this and Alysium Cologne, to go with my Enigma Cologne. I like this Cologne line a lot. I think the Enigma Cologne is better than the extrait perfume. Rating: 8.25/10 God bless. John 3:16

I thoroughly enjoyed taking this one for a spin and wholeheartedly agree with Skywarp & gedlive; very much in the vein of TF Grey Vetiver with a soupçon of the dryer Guerlain Vetiver but distinctly niche and beautifully blended by Roja Dove. As usual with Roja compositions, there’s a whole host of notes in there, unlike most Vetiver compositions but it certainly works for me, especially with his signature Oakmoss in the backbone. I got moderate longevity I suppose; 5-6 hours, although the projection became pretty close after the two hour mark but it did have a pretty impressive sillage on my skin which was very pleasant. As has been said previously, owning both TF Grey Vetiver EDT & EDP in my Vetiver arsenal, I’m not sure I’d be prepared to pay full retail price for it personally but if you are looking for a similar style to TF GV but need a bit “more” then you could do a lot worse than this. I personally prefer my vetivers on the weightier side but then again, I would say that this is a very versatile vetiver indeed.

Slowpainhauer, for a while my opinion was similar to yours, but today it is a house that is probably in my top 5 easily. There are many things to criticize Roja: Lack of originality? a house of expensive clones? Too high pricing policy? Is Roja Dove really the house perfumer? Is he really a perfumer? They are all questions subject to long debates where everyone can have their opinion, and that is fine. But there is something that cannot be denied, and that is that although almost all of their fragrances are reinterpretations of other existing fragrances, their compositions have a superior quality in their raw materials and textures. I think that in the end the price in many cases ends up being good, and Vetiver Parfum Cologne is an example of this since it surpasses other similar vetiver fragrances with which they are usually compared, such as Gray Vetiver by Tom Ford. There can be hatred for many reasons, but not recognizing the quality of its fragrances would be a mistake. Greetings from Buenos Aires.