Brand: Frédéric Malle
Basis: Original
Concentration: Eau de Parfum
Sex: Unisex
Generally: A dry, elegant vetiver built around Haitian vetiver as its central material
Season(s): Spring, Summer, Fall
Wear: Day
Occasion: Office, Everyday
Perfumer: Dominique Ropion
Creation Date: 2002
Ingredients/Ingrédients : Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water)

Main Accords: Amber, Woody

Notes
Central note: Haitian Vetiver
Also present: Bitter Orange, Bergamot, Pink Pepper, Cloves, Cedar, Oakmoss, Myrrh, Sandalwood, Musk

The Scent

Haitian vetiver is the central material here, and everything else is built to support it: bitter orange, bergamot, and pink pepper for lift, cloves for a spiced edge, then cedar, oakmoss, myrrh, sandalwood, and musk for depth. Frédéric Malle's own house does not publish a strict top-heart-base breakdown for this one, so treat these as the notes present rather than a staged progression. Dry, elegant, and vetiver-forward throughout, with none of the sweetness some vetiver fragrances lean on.

Worth Knowing

Vetiver Extraordinaire was composed by Dominique Ropion, one of the most credited perfumers in Frédéric Malle's Editions de Parfums lineup. It has historically been positioned as a men's fragrance, though the house does not market it exclusively that way.

Where It Came From

Vetiver Extraordinaire launched in 2002, part of the original wave of releases under the Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle concept.

About Frédéric Malle

Frédéric Malle founded Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle in Paris in 2000. Rather than building fragrances in-house, the brand commissions top perfumers and credits each one by name on the bottle, an approach that was unusual for the industry at the time and has since become one of niche perfumery's defining ideas.

Hand-decanted from an authentic full-size bottle by Atelier Elemental. Not packaged, filled, or endorsed by Frédéric Malle. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.