Serge Lutens
Vetiver Oriental
Amber Floral · 2004
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Moderate
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Romantic/Evening
- Typical season
- Summer
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Reviewed profile
Earthy vetiver folded into dark chocolate, amber and labdanum warming its roots. Dense and cocoa-dark, more brooding than fresh.
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How Vetiver Oriental smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Vetiver Oriental feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Reviewed profile. This profile has received a focused catalogue review.
Vetiver Oriental sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.
Vetiver Oriental sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 72nd percentile for projection across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Vetiver Oriental sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 89th percentile for risk across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Vetiver Oriental feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 94th percentile for texture across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Vetiver Oriental keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 30th percentile for sweetness across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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