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gpred – :
Green vegetal. About as wild and exciting as eating your vegetables from the school cafeteria.
opersin – :
I recently wrote this in reviewing Pen’s English Fern; it serves just as well here:
“Recently got a set of samples from Trumper and Penhaligon. This is almost identical to Trumper’s Wild Fern, with perhaps a couple of small differences. The Trumper is a bit softer, with less sillage and projection. On the other hand, Wild Fern is probably a little more nuanced, since it seems like there is a just bit more going on in terms of the notes involved. But these are both very similar, mainly lavender and oakmoss, and I doubt someone could tell the difference unless they were applied side by side, if then.
Neither lasts very long on my skin but both are pleasant. They might both, and particularly the Trumper, be better viewed as great after shaves than all day colognes.
Aside from what it smells like, English Fern (and Wild Fern) are interesting from an historical standpoint. Houbigant’s Fougere Royale began the fougere fragrance family, now one of the largest. Modern representations are Brut, Clubman, Polo Green and the list goes on. Curious to know whether the current offering by Houbigant was faithful to the original, I learned in going through the reviews of that fragrance that the answer is ‘no’. But at least one of the reviewers, who apparently had some experience with the original, suggested that the closest modern representation might be English Fern.
Very interesting and probably true since Fougere Royale came out in 1882 and Trumper’s Wild Fern came out in 1887. No doubt Trumper modeled his offering after the French one. And, as I say, English Fern, which itself came out in 1911, has almost the same profile as the Trumper cologne. Fun to connect the dots.
Also fun to see just how much fougeres have changed; there is a big difference between English Fern and, say, Brut (or any other modern fougere for that matter, including the current Fougere Royale; I have a sample and indeed it smells nothing like either the Trumper or Penhaligon). How to summarize the difference between these original fougeres and the modern ones? At the risk of dumbing it down too much, the originals were much lighter and simpler.”
For Wild Fern I would say that if you like soft, clean fougeres and are looking for no more than after shave longevity, this is a nice choice. If you don’t fit that profile, keep looking.
freekmax – :
I regard this as a subtle classic that certainly attracts attention at close quarters. Very popular with (sorry, sexist) a few of my female friends who like its subtle (yes, it is, unless you insert it squarrely in your nostril) tenor.
bilal12 – :
I’m not big into this type, but here goes: it opens with mostly wintergreen or faux-WG, with a bit of a cooler, more direct green note on top of that. Burns my nostrils unpleasantly (definitely the only Trumpers to do that!). Starts to develop a Blenheim/Wellington style sweaty herb overtone. But then all of a sudden, it smooths out dramatically (did my nose break?). Now it’s a lot weaker, and more of a calm green without too much mint or dry herbs. This is acceptable. Why didn’t it tell me right from the start that it was going to do this? This is much more relaxed than Pen’s English Fern, making it another example, like the aforementioned pair, of Penhaligons using a jackhammer and brute force to create the same scent that Trumpers does with a precise chisel.
dronron – :
Has the same pungent aroma as the mosquito repellent I rolled on when I went camping. Sits close to skin and the scent fades off in just one-two hours.
11CHECHEN11 – :
Pungent lemon and lavender like a toilet cleaner — at least close to the skin. A very penetrating and unsubtle concoction.
toreto12 – :
Wild Fern, as the name suggests, is a fougere cologne. It connects with the scent of forest undergrowth in a more organic way than most other fougeres. It is indeed like “wild fern” in its natural habitat. (Is there such a thing as a “cultivated fern”, by the way?) Modesty, serenity and peace of the woods is found in this soothing green blend.
Wild Fern is the scent to reach for when one needs to calm down their mind, to be able to focus and contemplate. It’s like “green baize” – it will, too, have a soothing effect on others around you you are making business with.