Spade Of Vetiver
Spade of Vetiver opens with a sharp citric jolt—grapefruit peel squeezed over warm cardamom—that quickly gives way to an austere clary sage heart.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 accords.
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- Earthy75
- Smoky70
- Patchouli65
- Marine
The note pyramid
- Grapefruit
- Cardamom
- Clary Sage
- Incense
- Opoponax
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readSpade of Vetiver opens with a sharp citric jolt—grapefruit peel squeezed over warm cardamom—that quickly gives way to an austere clary sage heart. The sage here is medicinal and mineral rather than herbal, almost stone-like in its cool precision. This isn't the lush, decorative vetiver of classic masculines.
The base brings incense and opoponax into a patchouli foundation, creating something resinous and slightly smoky without turning sweet. The opoponax adds a balmy weight that keeps the composition from feeling too ascetic, while the incense lends a cathedral-like quality—contemplative, shadowed, faintly austere.
This is vetiver for those who prefer their greenness mediated through mineral and resin rather than earth and grass. It wears close and serious, suited to someone who finds conventional aromatic colognes too eager to please.
Scent twins
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