VETIVER EXTRAORDINAIRE

Frederic Malle

26 reviews

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3.9 / 5

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5.0
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SensualSusanna

13 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...

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Age44-55

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

HairBrunette, Other, Medium

EyesBrown

2.0
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elaborate

14 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

HairOther, Other, Other

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3.0
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suzi2qs

14 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

4.0
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karelin7

15 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...

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Age44-55

SkinOily, Medium

HairBrown

EyesBrown

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

EyesBrown

4.0
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tessture

16 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

1.0
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darkharbour

16 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

16 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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HairBrown

EyesBrown

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

EyesOther

4.0
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BasiaS

17 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.

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Age25-29

SkinCombination, Other

HairOther

EyesOther

3.0
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purplebird

17 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...

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Age44-55

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther

2.0
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veruska

17 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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HairBrunette

EyesGreen

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

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther

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...

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SkinOther, Other

HairOther

EyesOther

2.0
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Maximina

19 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

SkinCombination

HairBlond

EyesBlue

5.0
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laurenaj

19 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

EyesBrown

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