Perfume Review: Lubin Vetiver and L'eau Nueve

By Tom Two new scents from the house whose previous release was the reissue of the delicious Idole. Vetiver starts off sweet and rather cold, its vetiver tinged with grapefruit and pepper. As it moves forward, cloves and a slight bitter rootiness come into play. Further on, incense joins in with a whiff of Tabac Blond. While this reads as surprisingly light, it has a sly sillage; I was getting whiffs of myself all day. Very pleasurable ones at that. Although It does read as a fairly manly scent, I have a feeling that quite a few ladies will be filching it; it has that allure of a cute girl in her boyfriends button-down shirt. She'll be filching it of she can wrest it from his clutches that is. I surprised myself with this one, since initially I wasn't in total love with it's chilly opening. I ended up quite liking it. Vetiver fans should be thrilled, especially at $95 for 75ML. L'eau Nueve starts of rather disconcertingly with a minted sweetness that's almost literally like candy. The candy accord doesn't last, almost immediately being joined by citrus peel (listed as Lemon Orange {Meyer Lemon?} and Bergamot). There about 67.000 other fragrances that do this, but this one does it well; it's a little Pucci dress of a scent. Light lavender pops in and dances around with sage, the scent entertainingly goes from warm to cold like one of those crisp partly cloudy fall days. The drydown unites the seemingly impossibly disparate notes with a light woody musk. There will be some serious filching of this from him; I suggest calendaring alternate wearing days. But this one's also $95 for 75ML, so let him have a few spritzes, okay? At LuckyScent.