Thread: L'Occitane Vetyver EDT

Originally Posted by dadsavage

I was never a fan of this one. I feel your pain though. Too many of my favorite scents have been discontinued! I have a fair collection of Vetivers which I can speak for if you want to go on a sample binge and find a replacement. Personally I think many of these are superior to the l'Occitane scent

Most 'fragrance types' score L'Occitane low when judged on it's true vetiver merits, and on that count there are more faithful varieties out there. But when judged on it's own merits you'll find that it has its fans, like me (and more importantly, my wife )

In any event, thanks for the list - very comprehensive and interesting!

Most 'fragrance types' score L'Occitane low when judged on it's true vetiver merits, and on that count there are more faithful varieties out there. But when judged on it's own merits you'll find that it has its fans, like me (and more importantly, my wife )

In this case those two votes of confidence are by far the most important. The list I gave you is pretty varied mind, and there's even more out there, and ten times as much if you want earthy or green scents that arn't true vetivers. I'm certain you'll find something.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Most 'fragrance types' score L'Occitane low when judged on it's true vetiver merits, and on that count there are more faithful varieties out there. But when judged on it's own merits you'll find that it has its fans, like me (and most importantly, my wife )

In any event, thanks for the list - very comprehensive and interesting!

There fixed that for you

I agree as far as it not smelling like a true vetiver but still I love it. Maybe that is why they spelled it with a "y" lol

I have Vetyver from L'Occitane and it smells great. But I also have their L'Occitan, and Baux which smell good too. L'Occitane seems to discontinue a lot of thing's, seems to be what they do.....

I have Vetyver from L'Occitane and it smells great. But I also have their L'Occitan, and Baux which smell good too. L'Occitane seems to discontinue a lot of thing's, seems to be what they do.....

Sadly discontinuations are a plague. As are reformulations. You see the same thing occur in the cosmetics industry, and for many of the same reasons. A fragrance in a bottle, and with a box and logo that is five years old will be harder to market and sell than one with a brand new bottle, box and logo, and certain notes come in and out of fashion as well as styles of fragrance. Generally speaking unless a fragrance is a hit (this can be deceptive as not all scents are distributed as widely even within the same house, even in the same range, and something may sell poorly or not even exist in one country but do very well elsewhere) it will tend to be discontinued. It might take six months or a year or two but it's worth your while expecting it to happen. Fragrance houses are producing vast numbers of individual scents nowadays, more than they ever have before. The vast majority of them are actually being made by the same aroma-companies, monsters like Givaudain, and the trend to focus-group products makes for endless repetition of the same themes.

To illustrate: from 1955 to 1990 Chanel made five masculine scents: Pour Monsieur, Antaeus, Pour Monsieur Cologne Concentree, and Bois Noire which was a re-worked, masculine version of Boise des Iles sold only in Chanel boutiques. It was discontinued and reformulated/re-titled as Egoiste. All of these scents were quite different, totally different styles. Since 1990 they have made nine more scents marketed for men. Almost twice as many in half the time, and more if you include the many scents in their Les Exclusif line which are unisex in character, and worn by men like their cologne, Sycomore, Coromandel, etc. Six of those scents are Allure and its flankers which are all quite similar. Two are flankers of Egoiste. One (Bleu) belongs to the most common style of masculine fragrance being made today.

It's the same story everywhere. In fact Chanel is a tame example compared to many other houses.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

I've used both very nice indeed, but the Guerlain vetiver is the classic vetiver scent beautiful EDT and long lasting, one of my only negatives regarding L'Occitane scents and I've owned quite a few and still do they don't last long enough on my skin, in my opinion the best scent they have would be Baux EDT a warm rich intoxicating EDT.

+1 on the L'Occitane, longevity of the scents, too short. Also I do not feel much vetyver in the scent. For me Royal vetyver has a great scent, but that is aftershave.

+1 on the L'Occitane, longevity of the scents, too short. Also I do not feel much vetyver in the scent. For me Royal vetyver has a great scent, but that is aftershave.

If you mean Royall vetiver it's one I neglected to mention. Back when I got some for a review I remember finding it was very similar to Guerlain's vetiver. That might make it redundant, but because it's a fragrant lotion it has many uses beyond an EDT. You can add it to washing or to soaps/balms, all sorts of things. Fantastic if you want soaps and balms to compliment the Guerlain scent.

Another I neglected to mention is Carven Vetiver. It's a wonderful and inexpensive vetiver which gets little attention.

On the subject of one of the discontinued, Vetiver-dominant scents I mentioned; namely Dunhill Edition, which tends to sell for high-prices on Ebay and the like, I have about 200 samples if anyone wants one. It's similar to Dior's Eau Savage, but actually quite superior to the current Eau Savage formulation (being 90's vintage); getting samples of discontinued scents can be very difficult. I'm happy to send a hand-full to anyone who is interested.

Just got me a brand new bottle. If you go into one of the stores and ask they might still have some left, they just aren't putting it on the shelves. I know the store in Nashville still has a few bottles left

I don't know if this is common knowledge, but It looks like you can buy Vetyver EDT from their website (US).