- Dec 30, 2015
Late to post but I was very vetivered on Wed.
Started out with DSH Vetyver from a sample, then Hendley Hewn which is really more of a woody/orris deal but has a ruh khus/vetiver facet, and some Givenchy Vetyver in the evening.
I have decants of both the modern version and of the vintage Eau de Givenchy Vetyver, from a flask style bottle like one Gentleman came in. I'm impressed both by how close they are and by how unusually modern smelling the vintage one is. Or perhaps best to say it smells timeless. I had smelled the modern version well before the vintage and I assumed they had reformed it for modern tastes because it smelled the opposite of "old school".
I was shocked when I smelled the vintage, nearly identical except for a bit of that classic mens vintage vibe in the top (whatever that vibe is composed of - musks, moss, whatever). I thought it would smell more like the vintage Carven vetiver - musty, brown, and not at all in line with what I enjoy. The Givenchy is really nice.
Started out with DSH Vetyver from a sample, then Hendley Hewn which is really more of a woody/orris deal but has a ruh khus/vetiver facet, and some Givenchy Vetyver in the evening.
I have decants of both the modern version and of the vintage Eau de Givenchy Vetyver, from a flask style bottle like one Gentleman came in. I'm impressed both by how close they are and by how unusually modern smelling the vintage one is. Or perhaps best to say it smells timeless. I had smelled the modern version well before the vintage and I assumed they had reformed it for modern tastes because it smelled the opposite of "old school".
I was shocked when I smelled the vintage, nearly identical except for a bit of that classic mens vintage vibe in the top (whatever that vibe is composed of - musks, moss, whatever). I thought it would smell more like the vintage Carven vetiver - musty, brown, and not at all in line with what I enjoy. The Givenchy is really nice.
Currently Wearing: Nobile by Gucci