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Carven Le Vetiver ~ new fragrance

Le Vetiver de Carven

Carven has launched Le Vetiver de Carven, an updated version of their 1957 fragrance, Vetiver, reportedly created by Madame Carven for her husband.

Le Vetiver features notes of mandarin, mint, geranium, juniper…

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Perfume review: Carven Ma Griffe

Carven Ma Griffe fragrance adMa Griffe was launched in 1946 by the design house Carven. It was created by nose Jean Carles, who had apparently completely lost his sense of smell by that time (see Michael Edwards, Perfume Legends, p. 96). The fragrance notes are gardenia, greens, galbanum, citrus, aldehydes, clary sage, jasmine, rose, sandalwood, vetiver, orris, ylang ylang, styrax, oakmoss, cinnamon, musk, benzoin, and labdanum.

Ma Griffe is classified as a floral chypre. The top notes are an aggressive burst of greens and citrus notes…

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