Year: 2009
Notes: citrus, vetiver
Comment: Turtle Vetiver Exercise 1 is a limited edition release
Limited to 80 bottles, the Turtle Vetiver series began with Turtle Vetiver Exercise 1. Created by Isabelle Doyen, each consecutive batch, or new release, conveys a different perspective on the vetiver theme.
Featuring a bright citrus accord, it's a bold, damp and earthy vetiver devoid of any sweetness. Any added notes are minimal and, like vetiver essential oil, it possesses a rooty green complexity. There's also a mineral nuance that, when fused with the dampness of the vetiver, imparts an aura not too dissimilar from moist granite covered in soil and foliage.
As the mineral aspect eventually dissipates, the vetiver becomes softer and woodier, while still retaining its raw earthy depth. The darkness of the vetiver still resides but is less commanding – revealing a more approachable side to its down-to-earth demeanour. And when things finally draw to a close, the persisting traces of vetiver are cleaner, clearer and somewhat brighter.
While it's earthier than Guerlain's Vetiver and Frédéric Malle's Vétiver Extraordinaire, it's not as strictly hardcore as Profumum's Fumidus or Maître Parfumeur et Gantier's Route du Vétiver, but nestles somewhere in-between. Providing minimal sillage and great tenacity, an Eau de Parfum would have been even closer to perfection.
On the whole, it's an impressively gritty vetiver fragrance, which isn't afraid to reveal its true colours.
Featuring a bright citrus accord, it's a bold, damp and earthy vetiver devoid of any sweetness. Any added notes are minimal and, like vetiver essential oil, it possesses a rooty green complexity. There's also a mineral nuance that, when fused with the dampness of the vetiver, imparts an aura not too dissimilar from moist granite covered in soil and foliage.
As the mineral aspect eventually dissipates, the vetiver becomes softer and woodier, while still retaining its raw earthy depth. The darkness of the vetiver still resides but is less commanding – revealing a more approachable side to its down-to-earth demeanour. And when things finally draw to a close, the persisting traces of vetiver are cleaner, clearer and somewhat brighter.
While it's earthier than Guerlain's Vetiver and Frédéric Malle's Vétiver Extraordinaire, it's not as strictly hardcore as Profumum's Fumidus or Maître Parfumeur et Gantier's Route du Vétiver, but nestles somewhere in-between. Providing minimal sillage and great tenacity, an Eau de Parfum would have been even closer to perfection.
On the whole, it's an impressively gritty vetiver fragrance, which isn't afraid to reveal its true colours.
