Comments on Vetivresse: Nosing Around in Scent, Wine & Style: Rubj by Vero Profumo

Denyse, Thank you for enlightening us all. I, too,...

2008-04-03T11:39:00.000-07:00

Denyse, Thank you for enlightening us all. I, too, have it from the perfumer's mouth that we haven't heard--or, in this case, smelled--the last of VK. Rubj has complexity and is very wearable. I gave a sample to extremely discerning female colleague, and it has become her "date" scent. Brava!

I don't quite agree with Dinazad, having spoken wi...

2008-04-03T11:26:00.000-07:00

I don't quite agree with Dinazad, having spoken with Vero... More scents are in the works, though they might take some time to be perfected to her exacting standards. I think what best defines all three compositions is that they have a soul. At least they truly speak to mine. Like Helg, I would say that Rubj is the one that comes in third in my heart, but it has surprising complexity once you dig into it.

I'm not certain there will be more scents from Ver...

2008-04-02T00:05:00.000-07:00

I'm not certain there will be more scents from Vero - she spent so much time perfecting these, they might well be her "grand oeuvre", the essence of her art and person, the one perfect (triple) peak. But we can always hope!

Even in darkest, strangest ONDA there's a sense of...

2008-04-01T09:05:00.000-07:00

Even in darkest, strangest ONDA there's a sense of something beyond, the cerulean sky that peeks in at the cave's mouth. We can only pray that her future scents will be as good as the first three.

For me, this was the most readily accessibly of Ve...

2008-04-01T06:57:00.000-07:00

For me, this was the most readily accessibly of Vero's scents (I'm still working on Kiki, bit I'll get there in time) - scenes of the "Thief of Baghdad" (the version with Sabu and Conrad Veidt being one of the first films I remember seeing. I've gone through numerous other versions since then and once wanted to own all of them on Video or DVD. That and all versions of Beauty and the Beast): a spice market, a mysterious stranger selling equally mysterious things, and finally the exhilarating ride on a flying carper, with a wide sky above and soft, fresh breezes carrying up the scent of orange flowers and the odd oasis or two...

There's always the sense of space in Vero's scents, isn't there? A wide, wide, high, open sky....

CV-I find Rubj to be an exquisite, exuberantly joy...

2008-03-31T07:58:00.000-07:00

CV-
I find Rubj to be an exquisite, exuberantly joyful scent.
I admire it, but it doesn't love me, alas.
It sings VERY LOUDLY and not completely on pitch [ OUCH !]-
Which hurts my feelings....

So, I merely smell it often, and wear the other two.

Lovely review !

I had the exact same thought when I reviewed this ...

2008-03-30T07:54:00.000-07:00

I had the exact same thought when I reviewed this one last summer: that there is an uplifting, kaleidoscopic quality about this one (although it take 3rd place in my heart after the other two wonders) which borders on the therapeutic. Glad we agree :-)