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Vétiver Fauve
Eau de parfum · Delphine Jelk
A vetiver made lush by a tropical green accord, pineapple and fig.
- House
- Guerlain
- Family
- Woody
- Perfumer
- Delphine Jelk
- Year
- Not disclosed
Vétiver Fauve belongs to Guerlain's L'Art & La Matière. Delphine Jelk wanted to take vetiver, often dark and dry, towards a green freshness; the house draws on Kipling's The Jungle Book.
A tropical, fruity green accord opens the composition. A fig accord then rounds off the vetiver oil, before a base of tonka bean and cypriol; Delphine Jelk also mentions a pineapple note.
Fragrance notes
- NotesThe materials named
The house names its notes without sorting them into top, heart and base. Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
Volute’s reading: the intensity of each accord.
Seasons
- Spring
- Summer
Moments
- Day
Vétiver Fauve in detail
Vétiver Fauve belongs to Guerlain's L'Art & La Matière. Delphine Jelk wanted to bring vetiver, often dry and dark, back towards lush nature; the house draws on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. Volute files it among woody fragrances.
Guerlain lists its notes without sorting them into tiers. A tropical green accord, rendered here as green notes, opens the composition, lifted by a pineapple note the perfumer mentions. A juicy, barely sweet fig accord then rounds off the vetiver oil. The base pairs tonka bean and woody, earthy cypriol.
Vétiver Fauve suits spring and summer, by day; it is a fresh vetiver, greener than it is smoky. Tonka bean softens the end of the composition, while cypriol keeps it earthy.
Three woody fragrances in our catalogue come close: Gris Charnel by BDK Parfums shares fig, vetiver and tonka bean; Eleventh Hour by Byredo finds fig and tonka bean again; Fico di Amalfi by Acqua di Parma also puts fig forward.
Text written with the help of AI, based on official information from the fragrance houses.