VETIVER EXTRAORDINAIRE

Frederic Malle

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3.9

26 reviews
65%
would repurchase
4.1/5
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    5.0
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    SensualSusanna

    14 years ago

    I have to confess that I was originally wrong when I wrote the review for Vetiver Extraordinaire a few years ago when I said: "Not my cup of tea. I was expecting sweet freshly mowed hay -- I...

    About reviewer (636 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

    HairBrunette, Other, Medium

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    elaborate

    15 years ago

    I have a sample of Vetiver Extraordinaire sent to me by Les Senteurs. Trying it for the first time today as some rubbed off into my hands as I tipped the sample vial's content into a sprayer... ...

    About reviewer (98 reviews)

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    SkinOther, Other, Not Sure

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    suzi2qs

    15 years ago

    This opens with a green but dry woody blast. A very non-offensive, pure wood, maybe smouldering because it was not quite dry enough yet for the fireplace. The drydown is smoky, almost like embers...

    About reviewer (175 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Medium, Warm

    HairBlond, Curly, Coarse

    EyesGreen

    5.0
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    KelseyP

    15 years ago

    I have only recently started a love affair with vetiver - I've had to work my way there over many years. And this scent is demanding in that it wasn't an easy love to acquire - up front the scent...

    About reviewer (533 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinNormal, Fair-Medium, Cool

    HairBlond, Straight, Medium

    EyesBlue

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    karelin7

    16 years ago

    Austere, dry as the driest martini, with vetiver the dominant note by far, unlike some vetiver frags where it's plainly paired with citrus (Guerlain) or spices (Etro) or present only in name...

    About reviewer (48 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinOily, Medium

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    4.0
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    adeline_chan_sy

    16 years ago

    Beautiful and earthy vetiver with a quality I can best describe as wet roots steeped in monsoon mud. Defintely not one of those chilly bracing vetivers, in my opinion. Second only to The Diff...

    About reviewer (18 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinAcne-prone, Olive

    HairBrown

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    tessture

    17 years ago

    This is what I thought Tabarome would smell like. A scent that Humphrey Bogart and Winston Churchill wore. Bergamot and vetiver with woody herbs and a slight skin musk scent...It's leathery and...

    About reviewer (1727 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

    HairBrunette, Other, Fine

    EyesBrown

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    darkharbour

    17 years ago

    It was bound to happen. A Malle I can honestly say I detest. Vetiver is from the root of a rainforest grass, also know as khus-khus. It imparts a very pungent green, earthy, dry, and perhaps...

    About reviewer (307 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinDry, Fair-Medium, Neutral

    HairBrown, Other, Other

    EyesHazel

    5.0
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    ellizam

    17 years ago

    Sigh. I wish I'd hated this. I got some in a split, and it is utterly gorgeous. It opens with what may, for many, be a mildly frightening cedar hinting at B.O. But ignore that. Almost...

    About reviewer (542 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    5.0
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    sucrose77

    17 years ago

    I got a sample of this from a lovely MUA-er, and at first test I thought: nice but I'll pass. I had just fallen for Vetiver Tonka and this one seemed a little too green. But when I really wore it,...

    About reviewer (127 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinOther, Other

    HairOther

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    4.0
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    BasiaS

    18 years ago

    The fragrance is a dry, dusty and uncompromising vetiver with a soft woody base. I would recommend this to anyone who likes vetiver, but I find the note itself too much too handle.

    About reviewer (1158 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinCombination, Other

    HairOther

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    3.0
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    purplebird

    18 years ago

    Unusual, fresh, green, dry, unsweet. Smells like citrusy lemongrass from the Thai grocery, with a little salty celery, and a bit of smoky, dusty cedar. Very refreshing. A good palate-cleanser...

    About reviewer (144 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinOther

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    veruska

    18 years ago

    First of all i deeply respect the work and philosophy of FM.Bigarade Concentree is in my opinion the big window that open in front of me and urge me to fly into real perfumes terittory(well a...

    About reviewer (317 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    5.0
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    luisafranca

    18 years ago

    My first impression was: This is like radiant white light! VE opens so wonderful fresh and clean and, yes, shining. Some kind of cool, but it is not minty, a note I knew I was serching for a long...

    About reviewer (31 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    5.0
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    rpolisk

    18 years ago

    Was not at all interested in even trying this one, but allowed v. nice man at barneys counter in BH to spray my wrist. Not much initially, as I got stuck on the harsh gray-green notes up front. To...

    About reviewer (197 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

    HairBrunette, Other, Other

    EyesBrown

    4.0
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    helg

    19 years ago

    One of the best in its category out there , even if it does feature the eponymous note so dominantly,alongside Vetiver Oriental by Serge Lutens (more candied and licorice-like) and Vetiver Tonka...

    About reviewer (129 reviews)

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    SkinOther, Other

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    Maximina

    20 years ago

    I thought this smelled like BO and wood shavings. It settles down to a smooth and soft scent (which nearly gives it a 3 for me) but in general I find that BO note unbearable.

    About reviewer (772 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    HairBlond

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    5.0
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    laurenaj

    20 years ago

    Unadulterated Vetiver. Exquisite, Divine and Lovely. Raw Vetiver,straight up! You have to love and apreciate Vetiver to love this one. Woodsy, sweet and very sexy. long lasting too!

    About reviewer (151 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinVery Dry

    HairRed

    EyesBrown

    4.0
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    Elyse

    20 years ago

    very concentrated vetiver. not feminine at all. deep and woody, but so intense that it almost doesn't seem natural. it also seems to have a note that smells like ink. the "color" of this fragrance...

    About reviewer (104 reviews)

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    SkinAcne-prone

    HairBrown

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    5.0
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    anne7134

    20 years ago

    My DH wears this and it is my favorite vetiver. If you don't like vetiver scents, STAY AWAY, but if you do, I find this one to be one of the best: fresh, green, spicy, masculine with excellent...

    About reviewer (10 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinNormal

    HairBrunette

    EyesHazel

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