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Archive Vetiver

Vetiver, the raw material

Base note · Earthy

Vetiver.

Dry roots and smoke, with a cool grassy bitterness.

How loudly it speaksCarries

Our read on the material, not a measurement.

Build with vetiver at the bench

What it smells like.

Vetiver is root, not wood. It smells dry, smoky and a little bitter, with a cool grassy quality and a faint earthiness underneath. It is one of the few materials that is genuinely refreshing and dark at the same time.

It is a corrective note. Over sweet fruit it pulls the whole blend back towards serious; under citrus it makes a fresh fragrance last well past the point where citrus alone would have gone. If you wanted comfort or sweetness, vetiver is the note that will quietly work against you.

In a blend.

The driest base here. Vetiver cuts sweetness and adds grip. It is the fastest way to stop a blend feeling sugary.

Earthy. Natural, grounded notes inspired by soil, moss and root.

Pairs beautifully with.

The 4 scents built with it.

Blend with vetiver.

Pick it at the bench, choose up to four notes per tier, and we blend it by hand in Adelaide.

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