Thread: Vetiver Soaps and Creams

Originally Posted by RJD

Cool. Keep'em coming, fellas.

I have Vetiver by Guerlain & Royall Vetiver. Any idea how the Route de Vetiver compares???

I've never used the Royall Vetiver. I own the Guerlain, and find it to be a summery, citrus-y take on vetiver. Route de Vetiver is, OTOH, very much an autumn-and-winter scent (read the reviews from my previous link, and you'll know more).

Another take on vetiver is from Comptoir Sud Pacifique, and called "Vetyver Haiti". I like it... it's not like either of the two I've mentioned. Still another is Carolina Herrera's "Sensual Vetiver" -- more like the Guerlain, but less of the Audrey Hepburn. Two more favorites are L'Occitane "Vetyver" and Jo Malone's "Black Vetyver Cafe" -- the former is woodsy and aromatic, but not "confrontational" like RdV; the latter is an interesting gourmand scent, which stays comfortably close to your skin, but lasts for hours (an evening/night-time scent, for staying-in with your g/f, wife, or mistress).

So, the bottom line is that there are many ways to spend your money on Vetiver afterscents :-)

I know it's going to sound expensive, but for me this is the one soap that I've stuck with for a long time. I've actually started to see it shrink now, given that I've had it for 2 years. The scent is not as citrusy as the fragrance equivalent and it's moisturising and lathrability properties are second to none.

What is it? Creed's Original Vetiver. My Sunday shaving soap.

Originally Posted by rum

I know it's going to sound expensive, but for me this is the one soap that I've stuck with for a long time. I've actually started to see it shrink now, given that I've had it for 2 years. The scent is not as citrusy as the fragrance equivalent and it's moisturising and lathrability properties are second to none.

What is it? Creed's Original Vetiver. My Sunday shaving soap.

Oy... the $$$. THE $$$!! And I can't buy the soap, but not the matching afterscent! Still, reading about them is "almost" as good as owning them... at least, that's what I tell myself.