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Vetyver Essence N/D

Original designation: Vétiver ESS N/D (BOURJOIS)

A Bourjois-labelled vetiver essence with the material's classic architecture: dry roots, cool earth and smoke lifted by a surprising grapefruit-like brightness.

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1 g

€10.40

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Olfactive character

Base note

In perfumery vocabulary, Vetyver Essence N/D (BOURJOIS) is associated with dry root, earthy, smoky, woody, grapefruit-like and nutty. Its creative role is a deep base-note material with architectural presence, giving structure and character to complex accords.

  • dry root
  • earthy
  • smoky
  • woody
  • grapefruit-like
  • nutty
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At the perfumer’s organ

  • architectural vetiver bases
  • dry smoke beneath citrus
  • root, leather and tobacco accords

Extraction & expression

An essence belongs to the more volatile, mobile side of the palette. Depending on the botanical, it may come from distillation or (in explicitly expressed citrus grades) from mechanical pressing, bringing immediacy and lift.

Perfumer’s vocabulary

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Archive age and character

Preserved in the HombreOils collection since before 2006, this material is at least 20 years old. It offers a rare encounter with the textures and signatures of an earlier perfumery era, ready to explore on the blotter and in new compositions.

Material registerCatalogue identity and recorded details
HombreOils reference
MO-255
Historic catalogue name
BOURJOIS
Availability
Available
Register reference
119176 · 01179 · H
Material type
Essential oil / Essence
Physical form
Liquid
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