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· woody backbone
Released 2025 by Dominique Ropion
**Vetiver Extraordinaire 20 Ans** opens with a dry citrus flash: bergamot and bitter orange feel bright at first, then quickly turn finer and more restrained.
Shared notes: bergamot, bitter orange, pink pepper, vetiver, cedar, sandalwood
Where it differs: ginger, geranium, sage
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· bright citrus opener
**Bigarade Concentree 20 Ans** opens with a dry, bitter-citrus flash, like freshly snapped orange peel in cold air. In the first minutes, the green tartness of petitgrain comes through, along with a fine touch of cardamom that gives the…
Shared notes: bitter orange, bergamot, cardamom, cedar, pink pepper, vetiver
Where it differs: petitgrain, rose, hay, leather
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· woody backbone
**Menace** opens with a dry, almost sparkling strike of bergamot and pink pepper, sharpened by a spicy shadow of saffron. After a few minutes it warms on the skin, and at the centre a rose appears without sweetness—more velvety than lush,…
Shared notes: bergamot, pink pepper, cardamom, cedar, amber, sandalwood
Where it differs: saffron, rose, geranium, frankincense
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· bright citrus opener
Released 2018 by Jean-Claude Ellena
**Bigarade Concentree Limited Edition 2018** opens with the dry, sparkling bitterness of citrus peel, as if zest had just been cut over a sheet of cold glass.
Shared notes: bitter orange, bergamot, cardamom, pink pepper, cedar, vetiver
Where it differs: orange, rose, hay, herbal notes
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· floral heart
Released 2014 by Olivier Pescheux
**Geranium Odorata** opens with cool bergamot and the sharp snap of pink pepper, giving the first minutes a dry, almost crystalline feel. Soon the geranium rises on skin—not soapy, but leafy, with a faint metallic coolness and a rosy tint.
Shared notes: bergamot, pink pepper, cardamom, vetiver, cedar, musk
Where it differs: green notes, geranium, turkish rose, tonka bean
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· bright citrus opener
**Memo Paris Ithaque** opens bright and dry: the citrus bitterness feels less like lemonade than like cold peel just lifted with a knife.
Shared notes: bergamot, bitter orange, cardamom, cedar, vetiver, musk
Where it differs: green mandarin, iris, matcha tea, clary sage