Les Nombres d`Or Vetyver Mona di Orio for men

Mona Di Orio's Vetyver, together with Vetiver Pour Elle, is probably one of the most sophisticated interpretation of this root. Don't get me wrong, the Guerlain and the MdO don't share almost any similarity but they're still both great examples of perfect unisex elegance. Where Vetiver Pour Elle achives elegance by introducing white floral patterns, the MdO plays on subtle undertones and details with an overall result that is far from being complex yet incredibly sophisticated.

Vetyver opens with ginger and bourbon vetiver that immediately give the fragrance a fresh, fizzy, sort of zing-y quality. The ginger starts to fade while the fragrance "morphes" into a resenous and woody middle phase and drydown subtly enriched by a soft violet note while labdanum and tonka beans provide a tad of sweetness. Amazing exectution.

Overall, Vetyver would make an hell of a fragrance for any vetiver lover but, most of all, could represent a terrific alternative to anyone who's looking for a vetiver-centered composition that takes the distance from the straight forward and hardcore types of stuff a-là Vetiver Extraordinaire or Route Du Vetiver.

Just beautiful.

Downside: weak projection.

Rating: 8/10

On application I get a blast of vetiver with ginger and woods with a light musk with a hint of sweetness joining not long after.

This vetiver is bone dry and arid like the desert, a desert vetiver if you like. It is what you can imagine sandpaper to smell like.lol

Imagine if you were in a desert sandstorm with the dry hot sand hitting your face. But also a cool musky breeze with a hint of sweetness running through it been part of the sandstorm. That is what I get with this.

I am not fond of vetiver fragrances and I'm not too keen on the citrus,sour or dirty rooty earthyness of a lot of them. But this one is fantastic and I am loving it.

I guess I have found the one Vetiver fragrance that blows a lot of the others out of the water. I just love the dryness of this desert vetiver. It is going onto my to buy list.

Packaging and Bottle:

Beautiful red box, well constructed. One of the better ones I have seen. The bottle is a plain square classic one but with an interesting cap gently covered with a wired construct which, while it serves no purpose, looks quite fitting with a slight sense of ruggedness. Good coppery/gold coloured sprayer.

The Juice:

Let's go through this golden fluid.

Opens up with a darker slightly woodier vetyver. You slowly detect some ginger blooming outwards with cedar enveloping it carefully. As it dries down in the final stages you are left with a rawer vetyver infused with soft woody spices. That's what I get out of this.

Projection is very good and longevity excellent on my skin. I got 7 hours before I got a compliment on how "sexy" is smelt. This is the perfect scent for a warm evening.

I was deeply touched by Mona di Orio's sudden death, and I bought this one without proper tests. I shouldn't have done it.
Unfortunately, after a promising beginning, in which vetyver and citruses really shine, it becomes a generic, innocuous, green car air freshener. It will stay like that for long, until in the drydown it'll become even more plain, if possible.
I'm not discussing the quality of the raw materials that have been used to compose this perfume, but the way they're handled makes them smell incredibly cheap.
A huge and pricey disappointment.

Mona di Orio died today, shocking.
I just bought this vetyver about three weeks ago.
I love this stuff.

Vetyver is a scorching fragrance that blasts out of the bottle like a demonic sandstorm. If you can picture a Texas summer you can picture yourself wearing this. The only relief is from a raspy slap of tonka, which is about as effective as tossing a bone at the Alamo.

This is a man's scent. The opening is very reedy but the dry down, at least on me, is one standing reveler short of Tequila party. Just way too sweet, and I think it needs a man's chemistry to stay grounded.

Now what would I think of a man wearing this...

Heady. This fragrance is all 'air' and no 'water or earth'. I would expect a man who was wearing this to be all talk and... This is a detached scent; an aloof, disdainful, cerebral experience. IMO it could really benefit from some moisture, something to cool it down and make it more inviting.

Try it. Let's see what you get.

YOU HAVE MADE IT!!"THIS IS IT!" The Aphrodesiac, the one fragrance that i get so many compliments from the Ladys!!..Perfectly balanced notes allures and demands attention with this sophisticated redelance..Ginger and nutmeg become more prominent as the perfume progresses, and in its dry down, Vétyver’s paradoxical freshness and dryness linger delicately on the skin. A perfect scent for warm weather, Vétyver is a rarity: a clean scent that is also complex.. Ive been trying to find the 1 and i beleive i have found it, with the NEW- Mona Di Orio-Vetyver..Its dangerous to say the least, if your going out specially where Felions Prowl..This is only for the confident conissueur,i say this cos you will be set upon!...*Grrr*!!
5 stars.10/10