Guerlain, Vetiver - Review

Note: i mentioned this was Guerlain's first masculine release, but have been helpfully reminded that it was in fact Mouchoir de Monsieur over half a century earlier.
What's that, you've never heard of this one? Well settle in and i'll tell you all you need to know.
As always, comments are loved, likes are appreciated, and subscribers are my friends.

[@gail3633]

The one vetiver I keep coming back to after sampling others, it ticks all the right boxes for me. I like your new setting for filming, especially the wallhanging💚

[@arnydiablo6205]

Great review, Pep! Nice shirt. Goes with the Vetiver themed video...

[@MkingJaCari]

Nice musical opening a good start of the day!!!! Cheers!

[@-NoneOfYourBusiness]

Excellent explanation, sir.Thank you so much for that. I like Guerlain. I have Habit Rouge, Heritage and recently, Vetiver. All really good. I will definitely watch a truck load of your videos since I am interested in "mature" fragrances for older men in their 40s and up like me. Thank You. You got a new subscriber.

[@aniccadance13]

Beautiful scent, I love it, wearing it now to sleep.. Thank you, for lovely review and matching shirt😘

[@TheScentinel]

Thank you, sweet dreams😊

[@JohmathanBSwift]

Just sprayed some on, and now press play. I got mine for $28. Its a tester . One of, if not , best $28 I've spent on perfume. Excellent shirt for the color of the juice, and a limerick. _There once was a man named Pep. Who loved perfume_ _and he had a great rep. Till once one day , he really did over spray, and the folks all said he smelled like a schlep_ *Best wishes and a early happy top o the morning Saint Paddy's Day to ya*

[@TheScentinel]

Loved it, yours truly, Schlep

[@wilmergreen9480]

Totally agree with you Pep, I tried several after this one and I’m now back to just this as my only vetiver, and a great grab and go when you just want to smell good

[@TheScentinel]

Exactly

[@vetiverfreak1890]

When I was in my teens, I saw somewhere, I guess it was some journal, that ladies really like Guerlain Vetiver on a man. So that was first perfume that I bought for myself. Imagine, nobody liked it on me. But I liked it and vetiver is still one of my favorite notes in perfumery. This one is still one of the best and I've tried and had a lot of them.

[@TheTopNote]

I love it when I actually have a sample of something you are reviewing so I can follow along :) PS I love the this setting!

[@TheScentinel]

Thanks Cherie

[@CH-yp5by]

I tried this yesterday, I pulled out an old decant and gave it whirl and thought wow I unlike all my other vetivers this one just keeps that fresh clean sensation the whole way through the scent. When I first tried it last year I thought it was too old school but now I have fully come around to it, its strange how that happens.

[@JONATHAN-db2ry]

Just wore this yesterday. Love it. And today I'm sampling it side by side with Dior Vetiver. Also a love. ✌

[@mybad4101]

This is a masterpiece and very close to an actual green Vetiver (Ruh Khus).

[@briang530]

I'd say masterpiece after the first 10 minutes of wear that, for me, are obnoxious amounts of citrus.

[@albibushi3006]

I bought this fragrance last week. It feels like it opens the gate to my suburban neighborhood garden densely filled with green trees and grass but always keeping sunny warmth. Love it

[@badabing6474]

All time classic and quality feel.This original multiple notes can knock out some 400 dollar bottles.3 hour arms length stamina to an 11 hour lasting feel.You can wear this liquid all year around without a doubt.💯

[@vanessacheung7781]

This is my first time listening to your youtube channel review and i am totally enchanted by your presentation of Guerlain Vertiver EDT.... Thank you so much & hope you keep doing more fragrance review! I have recently smelled the 2023 version of Guerlain Vertiver EDT and all i can say is, there is no longevity at all. And im very hesitant to buy a full 100ml bottle.

[@TheScentinel]

Thank you. I am definitely still doing videos, and sad to hear the current Vetiver is not lasting.

[@Segkee]

Dampness. Perfect adjective for this. Love wearing this is high, humid heat. Clings to everything.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Great review-just subscribed. Greetings from Greece!

[@razvanyke]

Very good review my friend! I think the Guerlain Vetiver hits the sweet spot for Vetiver lovers which is not too earthy, just like you said. I had the DIOR Vetiver bottle at home and was thinking: Guerlain can do the same for less. Take care !

[@thetrueconnoisseur]

The only vetiver fragrance you need, really. Though I get a good amount of smoky tobacco here, too.

[@ThePauloEmo]

To be honest, you don't need any fragrance at all.

[@munishprabhakarify]

Man!!!! I am loving this fragrance,its a very different bright, shines more in sunshine, i keep on getting whiffs after 10 hours also and in heat of India its a divine intervention from House of Guerlain, i think i need a bigger bottle next summer.

[@fragentusias5644]

Thanks for walking us through with your spot-on description. Glad to know I'm not alone noticing that glitch you mentioned in the drydown -a "minute" one (like you said), yet detectable among other male Guerlains, as well. Still, this is a timeless fragrance: smooth, comforting. A winner in my book. Saludos desde Ecuador, Pep - Ricardo

[@theartstraveler]

Love the review and that shirt. Im a Creed fanboy and also love the Terre d’Hermes line.

[@sirjohndoeofpa3292]

Creed is good, I have them all, but waaayyyy to expensive. Great clones out there

[@JFrusci]

This is a classic scent that is definitely signature scent worthy. It's lasted since 1959 and not going away anytime soon. Great review.

[@TheScentinel]

Thank you

[@JFrusci]

@@TheScentinel You're welcome. After the 6 hour mark, was anyone else still able to notice it on you? I've hit my collar with a spray or two, and it seems to last a little beyond that mark.

[@TheScentinel]

@@JFrusci not sure, next time i will ask others.

[@MLukacs]

@@JFrusci Agreed. Especially if you're nose is sensitive to vetiver.

[@UmiDaaa]

Great video, it's good to know about old classical perfumes 👍and nice interior setting in combo with shirt)))

[@belairscents]

Great scent indeed even though has been reformulated! The first Guerlain scent for men was mouchoir de Monsieur released in 1904 by Guerlain❤️ & it's a great classic👍 cheerio🍸🍸

[@TheScentinel]

Ah yes of course! Thank you

[@belairscents]

@@TheScentinel you're welcome🙏

[@MakingaStink]

Excellent video, Pep. Vetiver is my only real soliflore if you consider it one. It is still a very complex fragrance that I hope Guerlain doesn’t put on the chopping block any time soon. -Chris

[@TheScentinel]

I'd be surprised if they did Chris. You have a favourite vetiver other than this?

[@MakingaStink]

@@TheScentinel to be honest I haven’t smelled too many vetiver forward frags, but I do like Chanel Sycamore quite a bit. Obviously Encre Noire has been on my list to try. -Chris

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

You’re quite right: Vetiver (1959) was Guerlain’s first perfume (Eau de Cologne in the original iteration-later, in 1961, also released as an Eau de toilette initially for the North American market ) which was specifically and widely marketed to a male clientele. This is not to say that men did not wear Guerlain scents before; many extant and now defunct Guerlain fragrances had long been worn by men - especially the more androgynous among Guerlain’s classic perfumes, ‘Jicky’ (1889) and ‘Mitsouko’ (1919), as well as the traditional citrus eaux, like ‘Impériale’ (1853), ‘Du Coq’ (1894), ‘Fleurs de Cédrat’ (1920), and others (most of which centred on lavender, violet, and other soliflores, in keeping with the pre-1960s conventions of traditional male perfumery). Then, of course, there was ‘Mouchoir de Monsieur’ (1904), which although clearly intended for gentlemen, was always a private blend of the Maison before it was discreetly launched for the first time in the 1980s.

[@borealmat1889]

Great info, thanks

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

@@borealmat1889 - 👍🙂 There is some evidence to suggest that Guerlain had a much earlier fragrance called “Vétiver” from the turn of the 20th century (it appears to have been available until the 1930s). Was the 1959/1961 Vetiver J-PG’s resurrected version of this? One wonders...

[@tonipang7640]

A bottle of Guerlain Vetiver would look very nice next to the Heritage on my perfume shelf. I'm a woman who enjoys wearing Guerlain masculines occasionally, depending on what I'm wearing and doing.

[@TheScentinel]

Good taste

[@bagley232]

how many sprays do you use?

[@TheScentinel]

@@bagley232 usually 5

[@tonipang7640]

@@bagley232 Three: one to the throat and one to each wrist. I find Heritage to be quite potent.

[@metalsmithnick8714]

Wearing it today so thought to listen to you talk me through what I am smelling 😁

[@thomasmcclain543]

If you like the Guerlain, you should try Elie Saab’s Vetiver. I have both, but to me the Saab is better blended, and it’s a edp. The nose behind it is MFK.

[@TheScentinel]

Alot of those Saabs come highly recommended.

[@Blog4Justice]

Elie Saab Essence No 6 Vetiver is a beauty, with epic performance; check out the review by The Aetherialist.

[@simoncooney4921]

Great content. I had the rippled bottle version yrs ago. You have talked me into trying it again.

[@petra.andersen]

nice editing skills, Pep. Like how you blended the shots at the beginning of the video.

[@TheScentinel]

I try😁

[@raulsaavedra709]

I remember in one of your live streams I did comment, at first I did not like Guerlain Vetiver too much because it had a slight medicinal angle to it. Something in it smelled to me like alginate, a substance used by dentists. Granted, alginate in fact smells great, but that memory-influenced medicinal tinge did bother me a bit. My favorite vetivers were then only Terre de Hermes and Encre Noire, and I had Guerlain kind of black listed. Over time I kept smelling the Guerlain in stores every so often, and the medicinal tinge actually stoped bothering me completely. Now those three I count as my favorite vetivers, have a 200ml bottle. It is one great all-rounder of a fragrance, and great value/price. PS. TF Gray Vetiver smells great to me, but still I have not felt captured by it as much as to get it and wear it, when already having those other three.

[@munishprabhakarify]

I just brought it and applied it today, its little harsh in the opening but after an hour i have been getting whiffs of green pure heavenly peppery + vetiver and when ever i go in sunlight it projects more, its basically a different take on sweet ambery, vanilla , iso e super heavy stuff these days .

[@Radhatter1]

Hi mate any thoughts on the new Guerlain Vetiver Parfum ? Does it display any kind of characteristics of the original 80’s/90’s version which I’m craving. I have read mixed opinions that the new parfum is very similar to the original Vetiver EDT, or at least, that was the first impression. The opening is refreshingly bright and fresh then smoky ? Thanks

[@TheScentinel]

Unfortunately i have no real experience with vintage versions of Vetiver. I did smell the parfum just the once on a blotter in store, and my initial impression was that it seemed "darker" a bit less cirltrusy and vetiver felt a touch earthier.

[@MLukacs]

Great review!. This is an absolute classic and the quintessential vetiver fragrance. What's better is that you can purchase it at bargain prices, so opt for the 6.8 ounce bottle. I agree. It's much brighter than Encre Noire, and I like it better than Tom Ford Grey Vetiver. I smiled when you said that you sold your Tom Ford Grey Vetiver after smelling Guerlain Vetiver. You described this fragrance as Guerlain's most utilitarian fragrance for men. Yes! It can be worn in all seasons, day or night, when you dress casual or more formal. This fragrance immediately lifts my mood when I spray it on, regardless of anything that's going on around me. When I reach for it, I'm never disappointed or wish that I would have chosen something else. When I first smelled Guerlain Vetiver, it immediately smelled familiar to me. I describe it as the fragrance that your cool uncle wore when you were a kid. Also, I've seen many ladies write about how they like to wear it. Fine Accoutrements, LLC made a shaving soap and after shave called Green Vetiver that pairs very well with this. It looks like it's discontinued, but you may be able to find them. I concur that everyone should at least smell this for a reference, like all of the classics. When doing so, remember that this is a designer fragrance that has stood the test of time. I think that if you purchase a bottle, you'll find yourself reaching for it more than you might think. Thank you for the review!

[@robertomusitano4238]

Great fragrance review

[@TheScentinel]

🙏

[@dtdtm231]

Great review, Pep. Love it as well...but my fav is Jovoy Incident Diplomatique. Smokey, earthy, leathery. Java and Haitian vetiver....don't know the difference, but result is a powerful vetiver. Have you tried it? Thoughts?

[@TheScentinel]

Yes i have a sample of it as well as Psychedelique. Like bothe of them and will test more. I really liked Private Label as a vetiver too.

[@cyendsj]

I suggest also sampling nishane's sultan vetiver to see if another vetiver centric fragrance is worth it. And if you could compare it with the other vetivers someday.

[@TheScentinel]

I have tried that Nishane, i will review eventually.

[@josepalacios2344]

My sister told me that this one smells like a sexy doctor😂 I mean, given that Vetiver it’s used in aromatherapy I think she did a good association describing the smell.

[@dukeagainsttheodds3170]

Was JUST looking at this perfume the other day. Now I will see if I will get it or not 🤔😁

[@michaelbullock8011]

Great review and I enjoyed it and I'm going to try it and have a blessed 🌙

[@JWilks-lk7th]

Limon Verde layered with this is lively

[@JWilks-lk7th]

Lovely*

[@eminnate]

Great review and just purchased and wearing today for the first time. It's cold where I live so I'm not expecting a spring/summer performance, but the scent is great. I'm curious if you have any thoughts on notes that could possibly be layered with Guerlain Vetiver or with all the notes, is it a standalone fragrance? Thx

[@TheScentinel]

I don't really layer much, but i would expect that this might go well with citrus colognes or spicier perfumes.

[@eminnate]

@@TheScentinel appreciate the response. Like I said I am really just looking into fragrances a little bit more and I'm looking for fragrances for men my age. I have Profumo, couple decent clones, a tobacco and a leather frag, now GV. Is there any fragrance you would say is a must-have? Thx

[@natkobratko3198]

I tried original vetiver by creed, its good but its too expensive how does it compare?

[@TheScentinel]

It's not really close to the guerlain in profile. Original Vetiver always gets compared to Mugler Cologne which is predominantly neroli/musk

[@justaddlight]

On me, the edt always gets quite ashy in the drydown. Not sure if that would be considered dirty, but I sometimes feel like it could use a bit of a lift. Often end up laying it with a nice bergamot, lime or petitgrain. But for the price right now, I don't think you can find a better vetiver fragrance.

[@Blog4Justice]

Is there anything in particular you recommend to layer with GV?

[@justaddlight]

@@Blog4Justice Don't know if I could recommend anything, but I like to layer it with Penhaligon's Cousin Matthew, Dior Homme Cologne 2013, Guerlain's Homme L'eau Boisee, Eau de Rochas or something from M&W's 4711 line like Wakening Woods of Scandinavia or Lime and Nutmeg.

[@midnightmover2329]

Love it

[@anthonybee1981]

Superb review, thanks. How does this compare to T'erre D'Hermes? Are they similar?

[@TheScentinel]

To my nose i fon't find them remotely similar. TdH is more sharp citrus, mineralic and cold. Veriver in Guerlain is a bit smokier and warmer.

[@anthonybee1981]

@@TheScentinel Thanks for your reply. I like the sound of this.

[@gabrielcadiz6626]

Hope you can try out D&G velvet vetiver :)

[@Radhatter1]

Have you reviewed nishane sultan vetiver?

[@TheScentinel]

I haven't reviewed it, but i have worn it several times. As a pure vetiver goes, this is a very good accord. My problem with it was that on my skin it was very linear, not as nuanced as something like the Guerlain, and after several hours of the same smell i grew tired of it. Still haven't found a Nishane that i want a full bottle of.

[@Tyler_D444]

This or Lalique encre noire / EN sport ? 🙂

[@TheScentinel]

I have this and EN Sport. Different, so both

[@TheRealBrook1968]

Muchoir du Monsieur 1904

[@TheScentinel]

Thank you. I will add to the top of the description

[@TheRealBrook1968]

@@TheScentinel When a person smells Muchoir, it is very powdery and one thinks, "How old-fashioned" and then one thinks about Dior and Prada and the same will be said about their powdery scent.

[@SquallMonteZ]

Yes, Mouchoir de Monsieur was the first men's fragrance from Guerlain. Created by Jacques Guerlain. Actually it's a twist on the fabulous Jicky, created by Aimè Guerlain. It's a great citrus-lavender-civet bomb. with vanilla in the background.