River water · green leaf
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Vetiver
Garut
Wet root, river stone and highland air, darkened by the wood-fired still.
Smoky root · eau de parfum · in composition
The materialThe root · field record 02
One thing to notice
The grass, or what holds it down?
Vetiver perfume comes from the roots, not the green blades above ground. They are lifted, washed, dried and distilled. In Garut, wood-fired stills can leave a smoke-darkened character in the oil.
On skinOpening · heart · trace
Opening · centre · trace
How Vetiver Garut moves on skin.
Java vetiver is darker and smokier than its better-known cousins. Here it remains mineral, root-bound and cool beneath the fire.
Vetiver root · mineral smoke
Dry grass · damp stone
At 7°13′S 107°54′E
The scene behind the composition.
Roots are pulled from the dark soil, washed in the river and dried on racks in the highland air. A wood fire runs beneath the still. Smoke, water and root meet before the afternoon rain comes across Garut.
Find Vetiver Garut in the AtlasThe lasting trace
Smoke held close to the root, with the coolness of stone after rain.
The first collection is still being composed. Letters from 8°S share what becomes clear along the way.
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