Has anyone had any experience with this scent?
I'd be interested in hearing any impressions.
I'd be interested in hearing any impressions.
L'Occitane en Provence Vetiver
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Pretty good vetiver, a bit dirtier than Guerlain.
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That is the other Vetiver tht I've been thinking about
It's a dark vetiver, but in an earthy way, not smoky. Rounded out with spice notes of anise and nutmeg.
I love it. Perfect for cooler weather and very friendly as far as vetivers go.
I love it. Perfect for cooler weather and very friendly as far as vetivers go.
I actually prefer the L'Occitane to Guerlain.
Plenty of people do; it's mainly an issue of what you like in a vetiver scent! I quite like both of them, though I own neither. I do have a soft spot for the Guerlain 'house vetiver' note that you see in several of their scents, including, beautifully, the first 1/2 hour of Mitsouko.
I like both: L'Occitane is a good fall/winter vetiver to Guerlain which is a summer/spring vetiver.
I'm also thinking of picking up a bottle of Encre Noire and I wonder how it compares to Guerlain and L'Occitane.
I like both of those but my preference is Tom Ford's Grey Vetiver.
I just finished a bottle of the L'Occitane Vetyver. This one has been in my rotation for many years.
Great scent with staying power. A "greener" "earthier" vetiver than the Guerlain.
Both are excellent.
Great scent with staying power. A "greener" "earthier" vetiver than the Guerlain.
Both are excellent.
I have Guerlain, and I am going to get L'occitane some day.
Excellent notes in this thread. I like them both L'Occitane and Guerlain. Guerlain has been referred to as a benchmark vet. L'O to me is rougher, bigger, spicier. On a contiuum I would place L'O on one side of Guerlain and things like Floris and Creed 1948 on the other.
I found Floris and L'Os vetiver to be very similar. L'Os vetiver is at least half the price too.
I experience Vetyver as somewhat grassy, in no way a dirty vetiver, but ultimately way too powdery. I don't care for it. YMMV.
im wearing it right now.
i like it. its more 'autumn' than some of the other really wintery vetivers, if you know what i mean.
i like it. its more 'autumn' than some of the other really wintery vetivers, if you know what i mean.
One of my favorites. Opens with more floral vetyver but dries to a spicier earthy scent. I don't get the normal grassy vetyver but it is still good and good value.
I love it. It has almost a gourmand root beer scent to it that I like.
Since I'm wearing this L'Occitane Vetyver this morning, when I read your post I almost instinctively immediately sniffed my wrist to see what the heck you are talking about. To my surprise, I see exactly what you mean. I've never thought of root beer associated with this before, but I can certainly "smell" what you mean.
Semi-relevant question related to the L'Occitane Vetyver: has anyone ever had the vetiver note more-or-less disappear once it hits their skin? I did a test wearing a few weeks ago and could not detect vetiver at all; I got more of a spiced cedar scent (to me it smelled like a combination of Opus 1870 and Obsession). I have smelled the Vetyver on paper before and it was very, for lack of a better word, "vetivery." I am wondering if I may have somehow sprayed Eau des Baux by mistake...thoughts?
Thanks,
GS
Thanks,
GS
To me, L'Occitane Vetyver doesn't have the strong damp grassy smell that a lot of other vetivers do, it has more of a woodsy smoky smell when you first apply it. This then evolves for me later in the day to a more typical vetiver scent. It's not hard for me to imagine that you might not be getting a strong "vetivery" scent when you first apply it. But it's also possible that you might have applied Eau de Baux by mistake, as they do seem to me to be somewhat similar in their smoky woodsiness, with Eau de Baux not having the vetiver note at all.
