Vetiver fragrances

Vetiver is a tall grass whose roots smell better than most flowers: earthy, smoky, green and dry, like a riverbank after rain with a cut-grass brightness on top. It is the most complete single material in perfumery, some classics are little more than vetiver and skill, and it gives compositions a clean, grown-up bitterness that reads instantly refined. You will find it steadying the bases of Sauvage, Bleu de Chanel and Eros, sanding the sweetness off each. Vetiver-forward scents suit warm weather surprisingly well for something so earthy; the root stays cool. Once you learn its dry, smoky-green signature in Bleu de Chanel's drydown, you will spot vetiver across half the men's shelf.

Designer fragrances built with Vetiver. 24 perfumes that feature the note, from top to dry-down.

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