Vetiver Moloko

Fragrance description

Did you know that vetiver essential oil has a very complex scent profile that includes about 100 elements? That's why it's impossible to recreate it in a lab, so it has to be natural. In perfumery, vetiver is considered a more masculine note, but today I want to describe a fragrance that has vetiver at its core, which is very masculine on one side, but on the other side... I can well imagine that it would also go well with a woman. What if combine Vetiver with milk....? Vetiver Moloko is the answer.

A dangerous lactonic cocktail of vetiver and milky notes is what I perceive most from this fragrance, although there are some other notes and nuances (cypress, rose, amyris, vanilla). Usually vetiver is warm and dry, and conveying earthy, woody, leathery, balsamic and smoky notes. Of course, it retains some of its characteristics here, but it presents in a slightly different way, is not as green and dry. It's like the difference between espresso and cappuccino. The milky accord brings relief and enhances the creaminess. The result reminds me a little of the smell of Japanese Genmaicha Tea, a green tea that has a little rice in it.

Longevity is good and the sillage is not too loud (too much would grate a bit with this kind of milky scent imho). From my perspective, it's the most unusual vetiver-centric fragrance I've tried so far. It's unique, addictive, very sophisticated and perfectly blended. I find so much class here so I wear it on special occasions.

In Stanley Kubrick's movie, "A Clockwork Orange", the main character, Alex, says a glass of Moloko Plus "would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence."...so be careful, because the most dangerous people are the most harmless in appearance. Sometimes it's the same with perfumes.