Vetiver Java by Perris Monte Carlo
Men Women 2021
Description
Vetiver Java by Perris Monte Carlo is a woody-spicy fragrance for men and women. Launched in 2021, this olfactory composition was created by Gian Luca Perris. The top notes reveal timor, Calabrian bergamot and grapefruit; the heart is built around Java vetiver oil and geranium, while the base notes complete the structure with musk and amber.
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Key notes
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Top
Timur
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Heart
Java Vetiver Oil
- Base musk
Community
169 votes
- Positive 67%
- Negative 14%
- Neutral 18%
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In the collection
Leading answer I want it
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Season
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255 votes
Time of day
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121 votes
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Fragrance profile
About Vetiver Java
Vetiver Java by Perris Monte Carlo is a woody-spicy fragrance for men and women. Launched in 2021, this olfactory composition was created by Gian Luca Perris. The top notes reveal timor, Calabrian bergamot and grapefruit; the heart is built around Java vetiver oil and geranium, while the base notes complete the structure with musk and amber.
Spices Flowers Musk, amber and animalic
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Longevity
Leading answer Moderate
92 votes
Sillage
Leading answer Moderate
93 votes
Character
Leading answer Traditionally masculine
116 votes
Value perception
Leading answer Fair price
91 votes
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5 reviews
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From my perspective, it’s a pure vetiver, unfiltered and full of character, earth, and bitterness. It’s not for those seeking a green vetiver. It’s elegant, understated, and projects well, lasting just enough. I won’t add anything more, your honour!
This isn’t the typical fresh vetiver with citrus or spices that leaves a clean, classic trail like Guerlain or Tom Ford. This one is dense, complex, slightly woody, and above all, very earthy, to the point of overshadowing the green notes I usually associate with vetiver. One user says it’s not versatile, and I agree entirely. Fans of this note here will find nuances they might have missed elsewhere and enjoy it… for the rest, they’ll probably discard it after trying it.
This fragrance is a total olfactory experience. It’s like walking through a muddy field on a sunny morning after the previous day’s storm, where the smell of mud and organic matter mixes with green, damp grass. The potency is around 8 hours easily, with a trail of two metres upon exiting and quite noticeable for the first four hours. A ‘must-have’ for vetiver lovers.
This perfume is talked about little and seems to me a clear example of the dividing line between commercial and niche scents; an exquisite, natural, elegant, and sophisticated aroma. There’s no doubt it will soon enter the top 10 of the most famous perfumes. It smells of earthy, dark vetiver, softened by the citrus top notes, which together produce a base with peanut notes. It’s like rubbing your skin with freshly dug roots from the forest, still damp from the rain. Its longevity and trail are moderate, perhaps its weak point. I tested it several times on my skin before buying and compared it to others. In the final test, I pitted it against Memo’s Iberian Leather; as I sprayed from wrist to wrist, the vetiver seemed so natural that the others ended up sounding synthetic and heavy to me, and I wished they would fade away. In the end, I bought it, and although I’m happy, I feel somewhat disappointed because the tester was more concentrated than the perfume itself, losing some of that dark, gothic touch that gives it its charm. I don’t know if this has happened to you with testers, but it’s not the first time.
The earthy, dark, deep, even gloomy vetiver is on show in this creation. Versatility isn’t its greatest virtue, but in situations where that almost gothic touch is ‘called for’, it delivers with flying colours. From Perris, the quality of its ingredients is assumed, but it’s confirmed in this creation; good sillage and a moderate projection round off this piece of forest on the skin.