Bois De Vetiver by Karl Lagerfeld

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It is all of the fault of the Mail on Sunday, sure, the Mail on Sunday. Casually shopping the paper in a restaurant whereas having breakfast a few week in the past I noticed an advert for Bois De Vetiver by Karl Lagerfeld. The provide prompt {that a} 50ml bottle was out there for round £30 and bing, that was me bought. After wandering across the retailers I got here throughout a 50ml bottle at The Fragrance Store for £15 (it is £16.99 now)! Being ready to spend £30 I ended up shopping for two bottles and in a pique of Christmas spirit I’ve a bottle out there to disclose to one fortunate reader.
GIVEAWAY: Bois De Vetiver by Karl Lagerfeld
GIVEAWAY: Bois De Vetiver by Karl Lagerfeld

However do you actually need to win it? In spite of everything, it may odor a bit rank, and contemplating it is properly…..low cost, suggests that it is not that well-liked. I received my sniffing sort out round my bottle and that is what I believe to the aftershave.

Bois De Vetiver is a brand new perfume for 2017 and is bought as a strong but cool perfume. Personally, after studying the notes to this I had no concept what to anticipate. The notes are:

Head: Blood orange, pink grapefruit and mint leaves

Coronary heart: Ambrox, geranium and rose

Dry-down: Patchouli, musk and Vetiver

Taking these notes under consideration, I would anticipate a extremely gentle perfume, citrusy and recent that dries all the way down to one thing of a floral and woody base. What I encountered was fairly presumably the most effective perfume discover, ever. 

The primary two sprays actually did fill me with a way of pleasure, sure, it is gentle and you’ll solely actually detect the grapefruit. It is sharp on the nostril for a superb 5 to 10 minutes earlier than the crushed mint leaves take the sting off. After ten minutes the the top notes fade and develop into actually refined and the rose takes on the driving seat. Fairly than turning into overly floral like Man Rose by Etro, the center notes mix fantastically to provide a easy mixture of citrus and rose – weirdly, that is the place the perfume begins to develop into increasingly more like Gray Vetiver by Tom Ford and after I say like, I imply it is practically equivalent! 

After about thirty minutes the perfume turns into so very refined I can hardly discover it on my pores and skin, however after thrusting my wrist on the different half she assured me it was nonetheless robust and when carrying this across the workplace it is apparent from the compliments that it has glorious sillage properties (it is like a beautiful scented path that follows you round)

An hour in and that is mainly the identical as Gray Vetiver – I truthfully cannot inform the distinction, if something, it sparks extra feedback (optimistic after all) from those that encompass me. End result! 

The patchouli and vetiver present a extremely masculine base with a heat woody twang with only a trace of the floral notes that sits on the pores and skin with out being highly effective or overbearing on the nostril. It is lush – no, it is truly higher than that. I find it irresistible. When you think about that this lasts on the pores and skin for properly over ten hours it makes it excellent for daywear, nights out or these particular romantic events. It is excellent for any state of affairs.

So, for beneath £20 you may choose up an aftershave that’s on a par with costlier variants from Tom Ford (Gray Vetiver can value as much as £85 for 50ml), and in the event you’re fortunate, you may choose up a bottle at no cost in the event you enter and are drawn because the winner of my giveaway. In case you’re not fortunate, you actually ought to choose up a bottle or two of this whereas it is on provide, and I promise you’ll not be upset.


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The giveaway is open to folks with a UK postal handle
Random reality: I met Karl Lagerfeld in a carry on the Munich Hilton after I was twelve years previous.

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