{"id":5979,"date":"2006-05-31T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-31T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/2006\/05\/31\/two-vetivers-wickle-chestnut-vetiver-and-anthousa-fig-vetiver\/"},"modified":"2015-05-19T18:09:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T22:09:03","slug":"two-vetivers-wickle-chestnut-vetiver-and-anthousa-fig-vetiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/2006\/05\/31\/two-vetivers-wickle-chestnut-vetiver-and-anthousa-fig-vetiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Two vetivers: Wickle Chestnut & Vetiver and Anthousa Fig & Vetiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WickleWickle<\/a> is a gift & toiletries company founded in the UK in 2004 by illustrator Scott Wotherspoon and cosmetics expert Elisabeth Henrikse. Chestnut & Vetiver<\/span> is one of the line’s four fragrances (the others are Muskmallow, Periwinkle and Scented Tea Leaf) and features notes of toasted chestnut, woods, warm amber, musk and vetiver.<\/p>\n

The idea of toasted nuts over earthy vetiver immediately called to mind Herm\u00e8s Vetiver Tonka<\/a>, but they are nothing alike. Chestnut & Vetiver is a simpler and fresher fragrance, without the deep rich notes of the Herm\u00e8s. It is mildly sweet, with a bit of warmth from the amber, and a touch of indistinct florals mingling with the chestnut. The vetiver is not quite as pronounced as I would have hoped \u2014 it is lightly earthy at most \u2014 but it is a fun fragrance, and very wearable. If you found Vetiver Tonka to be too much, it might be just what you’re looking for.<\/p>\n

Wickle apparently repackages their fragrances on a regular basis; the current packaging (shown above) features a “simple pure silver silhouette pendant” by jeweller Takako Copeland. Chesnut & Vetiver is \u00a339.50 for a 50 ml bottle of Eau de Parfum at ticklemywickle<\/a>, where you can also find a list of retailers. A bath & body oil is also available and is currently on markdown at \u00a34.75.<\/p>\n

Anthousa<\/a> is best known for their line of home fragrances. They released a trio of personal scents this year, including Citrus Sorbet and White Tuberose. Fig & Vetiver<\/span> has notes of green fig, bergamot, mandarin, cyclamen, fresh berry, peach, osmanthus, rosewood, vetiver and black amber.<\/p>\n

I adore both fig and vetiver, so was very much looking forward to trying this new release. It starts out promising, with green fig and fresh citrus notes, and I liked the first 15 minutes very much. After that it takes off in a different direction: sweet fruits over blended floral notes, with the fig itself rather subdued until late in the game after the heart notes have faded. There is a touch of vetiver & woods, but you will have to go looking for it \u2014 I don’t know that I would have guessed there was vetiver at all if it wasn’t in the fragrance name. If you are looking for a fruity floral with fig, it is worth a try, but it isn’t even close to the deep earthy fig I was hoping for.<\/p>\n

A 50 ml bottle of Anthousa Fig & Vetiver is $75, and is available at aedes<\/a>, beautyhabit<\/a> or your-cosmetics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Possibly of interest<\/h2>\n
5 perfumes: A Summer Vetiver-fest<\/a><\/div>
Bruno Fazzolari Vetiverissimo ~ fragrance review<\/a><\/div>
Montale Red Vetiver ~ fragrance review<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n

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\"WickleWickle<\/a> is a gift & toiletries company founded in the UK in 2004 by illustrator Scott Wotherspoon and cosmetics expert Elisabeth Henrikse. Chestnut & Vetiver<\/span> is one of the line's four fragrances (the others are Muskmallow, Periwinkle and Scented Tea Leaf) and features notes of toasted chestnut, woods, warm amber, musk and vetiver. <\/p>\n

The idea of toasted nuts over earthy vetiver immediately called to mind Herm\u00e8s Vetiver Tonka<\/a>, but they are nothing alike. Chestnut & Vetiver is a simpler and fresher fragrance, without the deep rich notes of the Herm\u00e8s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[483,255,140,482],"class_list":{"0":"post-5979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-anthousa","8":"tag-fig","9":"tag-vetiver","10":"tag-wickle","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}