![]() This is an EDT, but wears like an Eau de Parfum – the scent is strong and has fantastic lasting power. Part of the reason is probably that they won’t appreciate it as much as I do, and if I give it to them, then I wouldn’t get to smell this as much, and lately, I have been spritzing it on everything. However, I’ve always been a fan of their more masculine scents, and I loved this one so much that I don’t want to give it to any of my male friends. LArtisan Parfumeur Coeur de Vetiver Sacre Fragrance Review Discontinued Gem 9 minutes 55 seconds 406. Coeur de Vetiver Sacre seems to be a bit more masculine, perhaps because vetiver scents usually are, and the bergamot opening definitely doesn’t help. It also has a woody smoky aspect that reminds you of logs burning in the fire, and then a spicy vanilla aspect that reminds one of some kind of baking.Īll L’Artisan perfumes are unisex, but of course, you would notice that some lean more feminine than masculine, and vice versa. It has a crispness to it, which autumn does because of the approaching cool weather. The scent is bright and fresh yet so woody at the same time. There is a pepper and ginger note, and then a drydown of musk, incense, and vanilla – both cool instead of being overly warm. The bergamot provides a sparkling freshness while the black tea has a smoky woodiness to it. You can see how the vetiver is being enhanced. ![]() The opening of the scent is cool and quite green, and then middles notes of bergamot and black tea come through. Thus, the warm woodiness of the vetiver grass is preserved and at the same time heightened by the other notes added to the scent. Image: Claude Monet, Wheatstacks, End of Summer, 1890-1891.L’Artisan Parfumer’s Coeur de Vetiver Sacre, and is done by Carine Vinchon who also did their L’Eau de Jatamansi, which was a nice fresh salty blend that I loved but it just didn’t last on my skin.Ĭoeur de Vetiver Sacre (which means “The Sacred Heart of Vetiver”) is quite different from that scent, and takes the idea of the smell of Vetiver as it’s heart and base, and builds the scent around it. L’Artisan line is available from Aedes, Beautycafe, Beautyhabit, and Luckyscent, as well as Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman, Barneys, and Neiman Marcus. Overall, Coeur de Vétiver Sacré is definitely appealing in its androgynous elegance, but I really wish for a bolder statement and deeper character.Ĭoeur de Vétiver Sacré includes notes of bergamot, orange, black tea, date, apricot, pepper, ginger, coriander, saffron, incense, birch, rose, osmanthus, iris, vanilla, vetiver, tarragon, sandalwood, white cedar, guaiac wood, amber, tonka beans, labdanum, castoreum, and musk. ![]() It fleets now and then like a curl of dissipating smoke, only to dissolve completely in the oriental base of the composition. LArtisan Parfumeur La Maison de la Vanille La Via Del Profumo Le Couvent Le. ![]() From the top note with its luscious fruity accents to the musk and balsam laden drydown, the presence of vetiver is almost ephemeral. In the context of Coeur de Vétiver Sacré, a clean, crisp vetiver makes me wish for something edgier, especially since the defining features of the main accord-sweet, smoky, leathery-ultimately overwhelm this delicately etched note. It reminds me of a beautiful material from Laboratoire Monique Rémy called Vetivert Coeur, which is a suave, luminous vetiver with all of its darker, smokier facets removed. The vetiver note of Coeur de Vétiver Sacré is a rather pastel toned, crisp and polished woody note. The closest reference for me is Hermès Vétiver Tonka, albeit even more delicate and limpid than Ellena’s creation. It is not the damp, dark, rooty vetiver of Frédéric Malle Vétiver Extraordinaire, nor is it the fresh breeze of Diptyque Vetyverio. Vinchon’s treatment of vetiver is quite refined and elegant, with the core of this complex note rendered quite nicely. It uses vetiver to anchor the smoky and the gourmand in a woody oriental composition that is quite interesting, even if it ultimately strikes me as too tame.Ĭoeur de Vétiver Sacré, which means “Heart of the Sacred Vetiver,” is composed by perfumer Karine Vinchon, also responsible for L’Artisan L’Eau de Jatamansi, a bright, herbal composition. Coeur de Vétiver Sacré from L’Artisan straddles the airy and smoldering spectra by pairing vetiver with leathery birch tar and candied fruit notes. This woody material derived from the roots of vetiver grass has such a range of nuances–licorice, grapefruit, earth, peanut shells-that it can function as the perfect chameleon. It can assume a variety of forms, from gossamer and sheer to dense and rich. Like tuberose, incense, oud, jasmine and leather, vetiver is a note with amazing possibilities. Star rating: 5 stars–outstanding/potential classic, 4 stars–very good, 3 stars–adequate, 2 stars–disappointing, 1 star–poor.
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