Vetiver Java EDP 50 ml

"I have heard different qualities of vetiver - Haiti, Bourbon - with intense, decisive, but too clean scents, transparent, linear. Until I focused on Vetiver from the island of Java, the least used, that I have found intriguing, more pungent, angular, smoky, almost burnt, and with surprising nuances floral, green and spicy. It was not love at first sight, but in the end the arrogance of hers intensity won me over. "  Gian Luca Perris

Vetiver is a spontaneous tropical plant, native to India and Indinesia. The name vetiver instead it derives from the Tamil term “vettiveru”. The peculiarity of this species is the apparatus radical, consisting of a large mass of fibrous and resistant roots that grow vertically in depth up to 5 meters. For this typical configuration, as well as in perfumery, it came also engaged in naturalistic engineering and planted at the edges of roads to avoid erosion of the soil.

There are different qualities of vetiver, the most famous being Haitian vetiver, Ile de Bourbon vetiver Réunion and Java vetiver. Depending on the type of territory in which it grows and the exposure to sunshine, each species has different olfactory nuances. For its richness of facets and the complexity of the smells it can evoke, vetiver has always fascinated maîtres parfumeurs.

Vetiver essential oil has a viscous appearance and an amber color. It is extracted by distillation steam of the roots that are washed, cut and left to dry in the sun. Harvesting takes place manually between December and September. The rootless plants come then planted back into the ground to be re-cultivated. The distillation process takes more than 24 hours and requires an average of 150 kilos of dried roots to get 1 kilo of essential oil. The smell of Java vetiver can be described as a woody, dry, earthy, smoky note, almost burnt, with floral, green and spicy nuances.

VETIVER JAVA is an elegant and magnetic perfume, a unique interpretation of vetiver note. A fresh start of Calabrian Bergamot, Grapefruit and Pepper of Timur, which immediately lets the woody, intense heart of Java Vetiver advance, unusually accompanied by the flowery accents of the Geranium Absolute. Amber and musk give a warm and intense finish. A strong and charismatic perfume.

TOP: Calabrian Bergamot, Grapefruit, Timur Pepper

HEART: Geranium Absolute, Java Vetiver

BASE: Amber, Musk

EDP 50 ml