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AbnommaSonjar – :
Mmm…stunning. Golden Chypre is the perfect name. A bright glowing bergamot opening with a kick from the geranium and a teeny bit of sweetness from the orange. This eases off a touch and now the Chypre shows itself in all its glory. The sun is just rising for another bright intense day in the desert.
Intense oakmoss, spices and a bit of rose now become apparent. I think the heliotrope and Amber add a little warmth but that has gone by the end.
A true Chypre but gosh isn’t it glorious. Totally timeless and unisex. I get good sillage and longevity.
grafenokk – :
A classic chypre, beautiful, elegant, completely bang in the middle unisex and the term timeless most definitely applies. The opening is stunning the drydown is gentile and complex vetiver, oak moss, geranium citruses, musk. Nothing earth shattering or ground breaking just really really well done and smells quality. Major drawbacks are price and performance, I could let the price slide if it was potent and long lasting but golden chypre ain’t.
maxrodionow – :
I love this perfume soooo much, but it’s so darned expensive…I have only ever had teeny -weeny decants of it/sneaky sprays from a department store in London. It doesn’t have a huge amount of staying power eiither which is its major drawback. However….
I LOVE the fresh, citrusy opening a lot, it’s so juicy and clean. And geranium is one of my favourite notes in perfumes and I can really detect it quite strongly, for once. There can not be enough geranium in anything, in my humble opinion. And the beautiful woodsy dry-down is like catnip to me…Again, it must be a scent memory from my childhood or something, but fresh, floral chypres always make me feel at-one and complete in some way I just can’t articulate. They make me feel so happy and content, and this scent evokes the same feelings in me, so I adore it. But I could never justify spending so much money on a bottle of perfume, that way madness lies!
NekroHimera – :
I was unimpressed with this especially after building up high expectations from Grossmith through a few other (great) scents like Floral Veil…this one smells cheap and old. A bit like one of those fizzy candies that have been left in grandma’s pocket for too long and melted but she insists on offering it to you 😀
woron – :
orange = yes
Bergamot = absolutely
Vetiver = no
Geranium = yes
Carnation = yes
Musk, Roses, woods = yes
patchouli, Amber = Yes X2
and no cardamom at all
it’s a great creation and blend, it’s ok for me but i need to retest it on my skin cause his fragrances mingles with skin and plotters hides it’s magic.
note: the main drawback of all Grossmith’s fragrances is the spray, the top piece that sprays the fragrance. however, after few sprays that piece on top kind of wears down or melts, in another way the smell of it turns very metallic. this could be because of the quality of the spray itself, or maybe the fragrance itself is quite strong in away that the spray material can’t handle it’s strength or density. so i wish they take this into consideration cause this might ruin the essence as it has direct connection with the fragrance.
kamyshoviy – :
It smells synthetic and geranium greeny – in other words, cheap. Then you get the musk and vetiver, and that made me feel quite nauseous. Yet it is so expensive! Horrible. They should have left out the geranium for a start, with more aldehydes added. But really this is such an olfactory mess that it would be best to start all over again and quietly take it off the shelves.
dm – :
This should have been a love story. I love chypres. And I hoped so much from Grossmith.
The first blast was pure Mitsouko, which I enjoy very much. Unfortunately the heart part for me is purely composed of oranges and vetiver. The problem I have though, is that I find the combo resembling the syntethic powder-juice I used to buy when I was a kid, you know – you buy an orange powder, pour on water and get a “juice”. The resemblence is so huge, that it simply annoys me, because why would I want to smell like that? It’s not very bad, but it is not also good.
For the first hour I am purely annoyed by “Golden chypre”, but the dry down brings it to a new level – here it is, the musk so is dominant on my skin, that I start to gag, musk + “orange juice” = feces covered with orange air freshnerer. Seriously. I cannot say it enough.
The good thing though is – with many niches, especially high end ones – it is all about the chemistry. Mine sucks combined with “Golden Chypre”. So sad, I was looking forward to try this chypre.
treenik – :
Before I start writing this review I have to remind myself: I”m sniffing a $300 chypre!!! Ooh baby, this is what I live for, high quality chip-a-roos. It’s better than a shirtless scene from the Game of Thrones….
IN a side by side comparison, the opening is so similar to Mitsouko it would be hard to differentiate. I”m sorry to see this phase end. Phase II is drier, spicier; Geranium is one of my favorite florals, and if you’ve ever smelled this in aroma therapy you’ll know how earthy and untamed it is. Along with the spice notes it energizes Golden Chypre, filling me with warmth and inspiration.
We move into the lingering dry down much too quickly, finally saying adieu much too soon. This is a soft, subtle scent, and I was hoping for more oomph from the price tag. I’ve never said this before but aldehydes would do wonders to help set this off. It’s just too beautiful to squat near the skin. Try it if you can!
Freyko2 – :
Beautiful, subtle and well mannered. Too much well mannered 🙂