AROMATIC PROFILES : Vetiver
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VETIVER
The smell of Bali Indonesia
If you spend any time in on the island of Bali in Indonesia, you will quickly come to associate it with the smell of vetiver roots.
These roots are used to make handbags, tie backs for curtains, placemats, bracelets , shopping baskets etc etc.
The smell of the dried vetiver roots is subtle and altogether delightful - more endearing than the oil which smells like grassy wet earth. it has a strong musty smell like a damp abandoned cellar under a jungle house. It is a wood family oil and classified as a heart but also a base note and definitely has masculine leanings
My friend found some plants in the gardens of a shopping mall near nelspruit - which we dug up with a blunt stick and now I have small vetiver plants starting to show green on my patio. The start of a mini vetiver farm !
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