Vetiver Lorenzo Villoresi for women and men

Lorenzo Villoresi's Vetiver is probably one of the most intriguing vetivers I have ever experienced. I greatly admire its austerity, and beyond a slightly medicinal opening, it evolves into a hauntingly dry echo. The unsentimental theme is maintained throughout, and on occasions it seems to adopt an almost medicinal piety in its pursuit of ingredient and concept integrity. For those that enjoy their poison without prevarication, LVV will illuminate you; everyone else may find this a distinctly bitter pill to swallow. One might regard the four hours it lasted on my skin as a short lifespan, but it was certainly a life well lived.

Vetiver is one of my favourite base notes of all time, I just love the raw earthiness of it, the almost animalistic nuances. Therefore, it's interesting to try as the mainstay of a perfume - the note being present from the very first spritz.

As Michael, the previous reviewer, has said - this is one for true vetiver lovers. I would go so far as saying that if you aren't madly in love with vetiver, you should steer away from this one.

Definitely one for colder climates - I feel this would overpower whole rooms in the heat of summer. There is something deliciously naughty about this fragrance, though. It does settle to a mostly sandalwood, bone-dry scent that lingers for many hours after the first spray.

Even as a vetiver fan, I am not sure I would wear this alone. It's a little simple for me. I should love to layer this with perfumes I have felt are too light & inconsequential.

Lorenzo Villoresi's Vetiver would be a marvellous underpinning - the steel-boned corsetry beneath a flimsy ballgown.

When I initially applied Lorenzo Villoresi Vetiver I could swear I was smelling a handful of good,clean dirt. This is not a bad smell but it disappears quite rapidly and turns into a peppery,celery smell that sticks around for quite a while. The base notes of vetiver,sandalwood,musk,and tonka stay close to the skin and still has some life after 8+ hours.
A really good,earthy scent for real vetiver lovers,but not for me. I just like vetiver,I'm not in love with it.Guerlain is still my #1.