Vetiver Extraordinaire
Dominique Ropion's Vetiver Extraordinaire is something of a reference point: a fragrance that takes vetiver seriously as a material rather than simply deploying it as a supporting note.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Earthy90
- Mossy55
- Aromatic50
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Vetiver
- Pink Pepper
- Sandalwood
- Oakmoss
- Cedar
By the editors · 2 min readDominique Ropion's Vetiver Extraordinaire is something of a reference point: a fragrance that takes vetiver seriously as a material rather than simply deploying it as a supporting note. Bergamot in the opening provides a brief, clean introduction before vetiver steps forward and stays. The vetiver here is full-spectrum — earthy and rooty, smoky, slightly bitter, with a grassy-mineral quality that this material at its best delivers. Pink pepper provides illumination rather than contrast, brightening without distracting. Oakmoss, sandalwood, and cedar in the base extend and deepen, creating a chypre foundation that makes the dry-down as interesting as the opening. Patient and uncompromising — a vetiver that commits fully to its material.
Scent twins
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