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Haitian Vetiver
Vetiver er en dybt jordagtig note med tørre, træagtige facetter, der minder om en blød, røget varme. Det er en intens, jordforbundet duft med overraskende undertoner af jordslag og endda grapefrugt.
Haitiansk vetiver er en af de mest værdsatte vetiver-sorter i parfumeriet. Den dyrkes på Haiti, hvor det subtropiske klima giver vetiveren en særligt blød, rund og raffineret karakter sammenlignet med vetiver fra andre regioner.
I parfumeriet er haitiansk vetiver en grundpille i klassiske mande- og chypre-dufte, hvor dens dybe, jordforbundne karakter får lov at folde sig ud. Den parres smukt med citrus, læder, oud og krydrede toner og bidrager med en sofistikeret, næsten meditativ dybde, der gør duften kompleks og elegant. Haitiansk vetiver er ideel som en basisnote, der forankrer en duft og giver den et langvarigt, mindeværdigt aftryk.
Jordagtig, røget og træagtig - en rund og raffineret vetiver fra Haiti.
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Historie
The word “vetiver” derives from the Tamil term “vettiveru,” and is widely known as “khus khus” in many parts of India. Vetiver was first imported to the Mauritius (formerly Ile de France) by a Governor General by the name of David Charpentier de Cossigny in 1764, and then to Reunion Island (formerly Ile Bourbon) in the early 20th century. Its cultivation on Reunion Island has captured the attention of the perfume industry, with “Bourbon vetiver” largely considered the highest quality vetiver in the world.
Produktion
Native to India and Indonesia, vetiver grows in thick, stiff stems with long, narrow leaves from 1 to 2 meters in length. But it is the roots (rhizomes) that interest perfumers. Rhizomes grow vertically—until depths of 2 to 3 meters. Vetiver is wild at heart: growing in both cultivated and uncultivated tropical regions of Reunion Island, India, Brazil, China, Haiti and Java. A rather lengthy and arduous process is undertaken to obtain the coveted vetiver essence, whereby the rhizomes are dug up, washed, cut into pieces and dried in the sun before the essence is extracted using organic solvents. A whopping 100 kilograms of rhizome roots are required to produce a single kilogram of vetiver essence.
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Unaware of the extent to which Vetiver Bourbon would gain popularity, the plant was originally grown to fight soil erosion—thanks to its long, thin roots. Nowadays, the plant is largely utilized and celebrated on the island, with vetiver roots being used to make fans that exhale woody scents with each movement. The fragrant properties of vetiver roots are utilized in creative ways: in India, the roots are weaved into curtains, on which water is sprayed during hot summer days to refresh and fragrance the air. On Reunion Island, vetiver roots are used to make handheld fans that exhale their woody scent with every movement.
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