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StarK – :
I’ve never had Earl Grey tea, but this smells exactly like what everyone else has said.
I don’t really ascribe to gendered scents, but I bet this would smell awesome on a dude. It’s kind of…lemon-cleaning-products-meets-hot-janitor!
Sharp, clean…slightly musky…polishing stuff…
*unfocused gaze*
MisterDjon – :
On paper–this is an acceptable, but not exceptional facsimile of Earl Grey. Needs more fermentation notes. Needs more bergamot.
On my skin–this is almost identical to Demeter’s ‘Green Tea’.
First blast of very sharp bergamot, followed by sharp green tea, then mellows quickly into slightly blackish green leaves. A bare hint of bergamot, a scootch of creaminess. Dries straight down into drugstore musk.
In my head–I feel cheated of a true Earl Grey experience. I wanted the same feeling I get sniffing the tea pouch I carry around in my robe pocket!
saglartyday – :
This fragrance opens with a cool cloud of bergamot and spicy citrus, then quickly turns into a rather delicious creamy, sweet scent which, unfortunately, has very limited sillage and does not smell much like the classic cold-weather beverage, but much more like a London Fog with steamed milk and plenty of vanilla and sugar.
I gave a bottle of this to my boy and love to sniff at his wrists when he wears this.
deestAlidge – :
Layered with Body Shop Vanilla = London Fog tea latte
Snikes13 – :
This doesn’t smell very much like Earl Grey Tea, but it starts off with a load of fresh citrus that smells a tiny bit like lime, and turns into a sweet, powdery, slightly woody smell laced with fading citrus that might smell a bit like a cup of Earl Grey tea that someone has put milk and several lumps of sugar into, but only if I really strain my imagination. It usually lasts a little less than an hour on me, but that’s kind of what I expect from a cheap citrus cologne. Well, it’s nice while it lasts, even if it isn’t a HG realistic tea scent.
intonryErorce – :
Nice bergamot at first, but it quickly disappears leaving a slightly astringent tea. Nicely blended but not distinctive enough as Earl Grey, but a good general purpose tea scent.
sergey.rashtnko.64 – :
Fresh scent, nice until it disapears in a NY minute.
ssnssn – :
Where is the bergamot? This one disappoint me, it last for very poor time and I never get the bergamot, just a little bit green tea and it disappeared very soon.
rumjanovski – :
I think this is more of the green leaves of Earl Grey that shines through a little more than the Bergamot.
laminat – :
For me this is a big disappointment. Only shortly after spraying Earl Grey Tea smells like its name supposes. Very soon it turns into an ordinary cologne.
avgust49 – :
I really enjoyed this scent. But then again, I love the smell of Earl Gray Tea and the Demeter perfumes I’ve owned have usually been pretty spot on. My only complaint is that it didn’t last more than twenty minutes on my skin. I felt like I had to keep applying more every hour if I wanted to continue to smell it. I love the creative yet simple scents from Demeter…..just wished they lasted longer on me. BTW, I was in RITE AID the other day and noticed they now carry a very limited library of Demeter scents! Much cheaper than I remember paying and I was surprised to see them in a drugstore.
Xeroxvxjhd – :
Thanks to Belladonna’sbliss I got to sample a scent named after a tea that I adore to drink – this will be permanently in my purse for a quick pick-me-up this summer.
Fortnum & Mason Earl grey loose leaf tea in fine bone china cups on an early summer afternoon – utter bliss! Refreshing, soothing, clean & calming…& the fragrance does not disappoint, either.
There is quite a harsh & herbal, dry, citrus-bergamot opening that blasts you awake. Then a lightly stripping black tea emerges & the scent settles into its “polite cuppa” phase….perfect, not a sugarlump in sight!
All-in-all it does what is says on the tin – a nice cup of Earl Grey with a lemon slice. I could happily douse myself in this stuff!
My only grumble is that it is gone in a nanosecond….such a shame as this is a lovely uncomplicated, dry cologne that would suit hot, sunny days.
artem-ara – :
Sampled this on a clearance table in the mall and I really liked it! I don’t think I would buy it, as it doesn’t suit my personality, but I DO think my fiancee would be able to wear it. Sadly, he isn’t big into cologne…I have to BEG him to wear Bvlgari Black once a month.
Thus far I have found that all of Demeter’s fragrances are ‘what you see is what you get’, and this is no exception. The first few minutes are energizing with mild bergamot, and then you feel the curling wisps of black tea surround you. A great fall/winter scent, but I don’t imagine it for summer or spring. If you like Earl Grey Tea, you must try this!!!