Grey Vetiver
A woody spicy vetiver fragrance that tailors bitter grapefruit peel and dry vetiver into a clean grey-suit impression.
Perfumer: Harry Frémont
Grey Vetiver
About This Fragrance
Grey Vetiver is a 2009 Eau de Parfum from Tom Ford. It places vetiver at the center, but instead of pushing the material toward heavy earth or smoke, it tailors the rooty bitterness with grapefruit, orange flower, nutmeg, pimento, woods, and oakmoss.
Scent Profile
The opening is not sweet orange juice; it is cool grapefruit peel with a bitter polished brightness. Nutmeg and pimento add a dry powdered spice in the heart, creating a smooth bridge from citrus to rooty vetiver. The base settles into vetiver, woods, oakmoss, and amber, leaving a clean grey-suit drydown rather than a damp forest effect.
Who It's For
This fragrance suits people who want a dry citrus, an office-friendly woody scent, or a refined vetiver that works with shirts, jackets, meetings, travel, and daytime wear. It is not designed to dominate a room. Its strength is the way it quietly sharpens the wearer's impression at close range.
