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kindersasha – :
Alpha male cloves, softened by spring pine. Riding leather and a hint of spearmint underneath.
Slumberhouse designed it for men, but a hardcore dominatrix could pull this off beautifully. Bullwhip velvet and chai tea aftercare. Yes, please.
romaaario66 – :
AWESOME blind purchase. I bought Slumberhouse Baque and was so impressed I took a gamble on this for a fresh scent.
IMO this reminds me of a Wrigleys Spearmint Gum stick after the wrapping has just been peeled away though slightly spicier.
After 10 minutes the clove smell settles and what smells like damp peppermint tea leaves come to the fore (all the herbs blending beautifully rather than smelling like many things) with a slight woody base.
If you are after a green refreshing scent with 6-10 hours linear longevity and above average silage this should be it for most people!
I’m a big Slumberous fan now and this is my top freshen up scent next to Acqua di Parma Colonia Club.
Happy Smelling!
skazochka – :
Masculine fougere Slumberhouse style. This is yet another uncommon offering from the house that promises fine improper perfumes. Unlike some of the more resinous offerings from this line, this one is rather airy but not without dark balsamic elements that are signature elements of Josh Lobb compositions. The most prominent player here is a spicy clove, which is accentuated by a variety of balsamic resins including copaiba, fir, cedar and orris root. The overall feeling is fresh and herbal but this is not a cologne you can wear easily to work because it has a real witchy feel to it and folks around you may think you have just returned from a sabbath. The composition is lovely and natural, the perfume leans clear masculine and has moderate sillage/projection and good longevity. Enjoy!
DamageBySaw – :
I LOVE Slumberhouse (yeah, I’m looking at you, Norne and Jeke <3) — but not a big fan of this one. This smells just like that canned scent that comes pouring out of Ambercrombie in the mall.
Memnb455JeomiWogkig – :
Niche, unusual, and blindingly clove! Exceptional clove note! So good, it’s almost like Josh Lobb found a really amazing clove essence and decided to build a perfume around it. The other notes are like celestial bodies circling the sun, the center of all radiance. Since cloves, along with any fir, and Virginia Cedar are favorites of mine, I can’t help but love Grev. Overall it has a elegant, almost hygienic feeling. Its fir and cedar create a clean, crisp aromatic bed that anchors the scent. Very cool, hip perfume!
umd298speagoessenda – :
I was happy to nab Grev in a recent re-release, as, while it’s not one of the longed-for short-lived Slumberhouse fragrances that comes up a lot in conversation (Zahd, Rume, etc.), it’s a name I’d heard and it sounded pleasant and interesting and unsurprisingly different from Josh’s other offerings.
From the note breakdown and prior reviews, I’d imagined a sort-of “lighter Norne with mint” and the reality is not so far-off.
Grev’s mix of copaiba and birch contributes to the acerbic, semi-bitter side that I and others seem to analogize to a minty aspect, whereas the clove lends its usual heavy-handed spiciness, complete with powdery orris and the more subdued fir balsam and cedar combination.
Its opening blast is definitely sharper and spicier, with the dry down smoother and a bit more of a creamy/spicy mix along the lines of Montblanc Presence.
Grev is slightly masculine-leaning, given that it’s varying degrees of spicy throughout its evolution, but it’s unisex enough that I imagine anyonecould enjoy it.
And, as Grev’s pale-colored juice might imply, the performance is noticeably a few notches below that of the darker-juiced compositions (pretty much all of the others that I own), though fans of Sadanne, Pear + Olive, and to some extent, Kiste, already know this to be the case.
Like Baque, I quite like Grev and am intrigued by it, but I’m not enthralled by it and wouldn’t say that I love it. I wouldn’t recommend it as a prime representation of the best that the brand can offer. Still, like Baque, I’m happy to keep my bottle and wear it from time to time, and also, like Baque, it’s not as overpowering as most of the house’s scents are (generally an asset, don’t get me wrong), so it has a time and a place where it can be useful contra Sova, Zahd, Norne, Ore, Jeke, etc.
7 out of 10
arhangeltso – :
Mint, eucalyptus, cloves and fir balsams…Grev combines these elements to create an original and bracing modern reinterpretation of the classic barbershop fougere. Its crisp, cooling familiarity is juxtaposed against Slumberhouse’s quirky, signature style to create something altogether unique and genuinely fun to wear. There’s no reason to further explain WHAT this actually smells like. As is the case with any Slumberhouse release, it needs to be sniffed to be understood. Recommended for sampling, and a blind buy for any die-hard ‘Slumberhead.’ Thumbs up. Final rating: 9/10
Side note: Grev was originally released in 2009, reformulated and released again for a limited time in 2015, and now, that formulation has just been released again for a very limited time via the Slumberhouse website. Although it’s temporarily sold out, it might pop up again, and may be available at some of Slumberhouse’s loyal distributors’ websites, so it’s still possibly available at least for the time being. I would move fast however.
juliaSmail89 – :
Cloves. More cloves. Greens. Pines. Herbs, cannot identify. Quality but just a sea of hardcore greens. As bitter as mosswort’s juice. A witches potion ingredient.
Thick, very slightly sweet but volume 10 culinary-medicinal being mulled out in some deep dark lonely woods.
Ugh. 100% not my cuppa. I came here for the balm thing, I got woodslapped.
So, Niche box ticked on the green monster; not even any trademark Niche cognac to get boozed up on.
No point taking the sample further.
My rating: 2/10.
Scent quality: 9/10.
4elove4ek – :
Interesting that so many people seem to be put off by the cloves in the opening of Slumberhouse Grev. To my nose, this potent perfume opens with a huge forest of fir trees. I am very sensitive to clove, so that note can easily ruin a perfume for me. It does not do that here–at least not in the beginning.
However, I agree that as the fir trees begin to thin out, the clove becomes stronger and stronger until finally it achieves a nerve-impinging pitch. We could say that the clove is like the lumberjack’s chainsaw, felling tree after tree, until all that remains standing is the lumberjack, alone in the clearing, with his overheated saw.
Walvorine – :
It’s like a bottle of medicine to me. Sorry guys, I really hate it. I just wasted $120 and now, I’m gonna sell it on ebay for half a price.
diman-b – :
Interesting, fresh and different. Primarily clove and fir, but they blend together well with quality ingredients. More herbal than spicy, and a bit balmy with just a hint of sweetness. My sample was a nice change of pace, but likely not full bottle worthy for me.
svinkin74 – :
This has been my signature for years, I love pine.
Many compare it to the north! that’s exactly how I feel.
Deroxqyxwv – :
76) this is my favorite in this brand. A very nice effect of freshness, like jogging in a large North American connifere forest. It is medicinal and energizing, invigorating. The trend is towards a balm sandalwood.
If this perfume was still available it would be among my favorites … but unfortunately its creator seems very whimsical.
weak sillage and less longevity than the others.
c’est mon favoris dans cette marque. Une très bel effet de fraicheur, comme faire un jogging dans une grand forêt de connifères nord américaine. C’est médicinal et énergétique, revigorant. L’évolution tend vers un baume de santal.
Si ce parfum était toujours accessible il serait parmis mes favoris…mais malheureusement son créateur semble très lunatique.
yqm430intitytek – :
Lemony Confers.
Conifers are more sweet than green perhaps by the influence of cloves.
Sweet soft cloves.
Hints of mauve, lavender but not lavender,
Homemade all natural cordial juiced water. Refreshing.
White fish marinated in lime juice on a bed of fragrant conifer branches.
Initial soft bright. Grows softer with time.
Distinctive.
Aqua blue juice color matches well the smell.
After a couple of hours have come to the conclusion that
Conifers and Cloves = unique and genius.
Has Josh created a new genre ?
Lovely, gets even lovelier with time.
4.2 / 5
[notes]
1548 physician Ogier Ferrier mentions the use of cloves as an aromatic component for the censer box
reference: Annick Le Guerer, Scent, 1992
redman00 – :
I found this one to be challenging. The herbs are strong upfront, but I suspect that there’s been a reformulation as the clove doesn’t overwhelm that much. It is quite medicinal though: an odd mix of freshness with some kind of balsamic/oily aspect to it. The roots are there, but not as pronounced as with other Slumberhouse fragrances.
But here’s the kicker: After about 5 or 6 hours (yes, it’s still going strong), it mellows out into a really great almost mineral type smell. It projects a lot but is quite light; very present and pleasant–like some kind of natural salts or something. Hard to describe — but it’s my favorite part so far. This has been pretty solid now for a good 3 or 4 hours.
As with all Slumberhouse, projection and longevity are absolutely insane. These things take you for a ride, and I think you have to take that into consideration when wearing them. Because they change so much, are so strikingly different, and the volume tends to go up and down, they’re perhaps better suited for a personal journey (sounds cliched, I know) than to, say, go out on the town with. Not that you couldn’t, of course.
While this is not my personal favorite (Norne kicks ass), anybody looking for a very unusual take on “green” and “fresh” should certainly check this out. If you genuinely like the more standard mainstream designer fragrances, this probably won’t work for you. But if you’re interested in the aesthetic experience or experimentation alone, check out this line ASAP.
CarinPost – :
It’s lovely, but too much clovey sweetness for me. I don’t get as much of the medicinal feel as other reviewers, I would probably like it more if I did.
I do get the impression of natural richness, not synthetic feeling at all.
Vaniok86 – :
I got this as a sample, and my main impression is of medicinal herbs, literaly how I smell when I leave the acupunturists office after he has applied a muscle rub. In some ways I actually enjoy the tiger balm smell, but definately not how I would choose to smell when I am feeling well. Without the associative experience however, I think it might be very refreshing and energizing fragrance to wear.
cas85 – :
Slumberhouse classifies this as a “post-modern version of an elegant masculine cologne” and, for some aspects, this description is quite fitting.
A strong and intense concoction of spices (mainly cloves) and herbs with a remarkable balsamic effect. Grev opens with cloves galore and fir. Other spices and herbs make their appearance after a while leading the fragrance to the “Tiger Balm territory”. Extremely balsamic and sort of medicinal. Nice, but not my type of fragrance.
Rating: 6/10