Vetiver Imperiale by FOUR, from Boadicea the Victorious was released in 2015. The perfumer behind this creation is Christian Provenzano. It has the top notes of Bergamot, Mandarin Orange, and Neroli, middle notes of Patchouli, Pepper, and Pink Pepper, and base notes of Amber, Cedarwood, and Vetiver.
I enjoyed this perfume, I thought it was very good indeed. Comparisons to TdH are a little simplistic to me... ahhh okay.... This is genuine now. So I wore this perfume yesterday and I'm writing this review retrospectively However, I also sprayed it on a card which I popped in the top pocket of a jacket I'm wearing today and just as I was about to say how wrong and naive and ignorant comparisons to the Hermes fragrance are I kept thinking....I can smell Terre d Hermes....I thought it was my mind conjuring it!!! But seeing as I don't believe that woo, I knew it had to be something real, sure enough it was the Boadicea card. (Facepalm) Okay so bearing all that in mind I never made a particular association when first sprayed, nor did I when wearing this yesterday other than it being a peppery, citrus vetiver. I do now somewhat, however this is more luxurious than Terre D'Hermes, it really is, to the point I stick to what I was originally saying and comparisons are quite redundant, The point I was making was that they are not totally irrelevant I guess. This is speaking as someone who has recreated many different tweaks on GCMS formulas of Terre and used it as a jumping off point for my own creations and let me tell you like many corners of perfumery which are iconic and breakthrough for a reason, many others will arrive (or intentionally reproduce) a similar journey to get to almost the same destination. But the 'Almost' can be quite a broad church even if you start getting esoteric and talking about 'vibrations' and 'emotions' and such. If I'd immediately smelled Terre I wouldn't be as on board with this perfume as I am. I got more bergamot, malaise of fruit, and eau de cologne, and a sort of generic but still very nice vetiver/cedar. The drydown and card remnant is much richer and rounder even still. A minor tweak of similar materials to TdH no doubt but as I mentioned that can make all the difference.
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1 year ago
Vetiver Imperiale by FOUR by Boadicea the Victorious
I enjoyed this perfume, I thought it was very good indeed. Comparisons to TdH are a little simplistic to me... ahhh okay.... This is genuine now. So I wore this perfume yesterday and I'm writing this review retrospectively However, I also sprayed it on a card which I popped in the top pocket of a jacket I'm wearing today and just as I was about to say how wrong and naive and ignorant comparisons to the Hermes fragrance are I kept thinking....I can smell Terre d Hermes....I thought it was my mind conjuring it!!! But seeing as I don't believe that woo, I knew it had to be something real, sure enough it was the Boadicea card. (Facepalm) Okay so bearing all that in mind I never made a particular association when first sprayed, nor did I when wearing this yesterday other than it being a peppery, citrus vetiver. I do now somewhat, however this is more luxurious than Terre D'Hermes, it really is, to the point I stick to what I was originally saying and comparisons are quite redundant, The point I was making was that they are not totally irrelevant I guess. This is speaking as someone who has recreated many different tweaks on GCMS formulas of Terre and used it as a jumping off point for my own creations and let me tell you like many corners of perfumery which are iconic and breakthrough for a reason, many others will arrive (or intentionally reproduce) a similar journey to get to almost the same destination. But the 'Almost' can be quite a broad church even if you start getting esoteric and talking about 'vibrations' and 'emotions' and such. If I'd immediately smelled Terre I wouldn't be as on board with this perfume as I am. I got more bergamot, malaise of fruit, and eau de cologne, and a sort of generic but still very nice vetiver/cedar. The drydown and card remnant is much richer and rounder even still. A minor tweak of similar materials to TdH no doubt but as I mentioned that can make all the difference.