Note
Vetiver
Vetiver appears in 7,424 perfumes, most often alongside bergamot, patchouli, cedar. Perfumes that lead with it tend to read woody and aromatic.
In 7,424 perfumes, the leading note in 592. Usually found in the drydown.
- Opening
- 0%
- Heart
- 14%
- Drydown
- 86%

Where it leads
Perfumes in which vetiver is the note people notice most.

Terre d'Hermès
Hermès
2006

Encre Noire
Lalique
2006

Bal d'Afrique
Byredo
2009
Encre Noire A L'Extreme
Lalique
2015
Grey Vetiver
Tom Ford
2009
Vetiver
Guerlain
2000
Y Eau de Parfum Intense
Yves Saint Laurent
2023
Timbuktu
L'Artisan Parfumeur
2004
Terre D'Hermes Eau Intense Vetiver
Hermès
2018
Encelade
Marc-Antoine Barrois
2022
Les Exclusifs de Chanel Sycomore
Chanel
2008
Sycomore Eau de Parfum
Chanel
2016

Red Vetiver
Montale
2008
Gentlemen Only
Givenchy
2013
Most popular with vetiver
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.

Y Eau de Parfum
Yves Saint Laurent
2018

Sauvage
Dior
2015

Black Orchid
Tom Ford
2006

Dior Homme Intense 2011
Dior
2011

Eros
Versace
2012

Coco Mademoiselle
Chanel
2001

La Nuit de l'Homme
Yves Saint Laurent
2009

Lost Cherry
Tom Ford
2018

Oud Wood
Tom Ford
2007

Bleu de Chanel
Chanel
2010

Narciso Rodriguez For Her
Narciso Rodriguez
2003

Bois Impérial
Essential Parfums
2020

Fahrenheit
Dior
1988

Shalimar Eau de Parfum
Guerlain
1990
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to vetiver more often than chance would predict.
How it reads
Woody and aromatic above all. Reaches for earthy and fresh spicy far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for sweet and fruity.
- woody
- aromatic
- earthy
- citrus
- fresh spicy
- warm spicy
- green
- amber