Reviews of GFT (2001)
by Geo F Trumper

Love the opening but I have to agree with JackTwist, it turns a little sickening in the middle. Oh the cypress! It kills me like in Cypres-Musc by Creed. I recommend GFT if you like Cypres-Musc. The top notes in GFT really last long for being top notes, about two hours but the rest... blah. This is almost the same as Art of Shaving Lemon EdT but not as sweet and minus the cypress. Definitely refreshing and I love lemon scents so I can't turn my nose nose up at this. Did I mention the cypress?

A soapy, clean and well-behaved citrus/lavender, agreeable and unmistakably British, but like 4711 or Acqua di Parma, too good-old-barbershop-cologne-y to be thrilling. Safe office/everyday wear.

Notes: mandarin, bergamot and lemon, a heart of tarragon, lavender and cypress on a light musk-like base with notes of cedar and moss.

For sure, there are a LOT of fragrances which have the typical citrus-herbal pyramid construction. And GFT is no different. But GFT is worth a try because of its good longevity.

At first GFT smells like lemons. Nice lemons. Fresh uplifting lemons to perk you up. The cypress in the middle notes is whats most evident from there onwards - the base of musk and moss lends a pleasing citrus-herbal accord to GFT. The top notes of citrus never go away - rather, the herbal middle and basenotes just add to the overall structure. The fragrance progresses like this: lemons, lemons+cypress, lemons+cypress+moss.

GFT lacks the startling quality of Neroli Sauvages top notes, and the complexity of the herbal-citrus mix of Royal Water. On its own, though, it is a nice lemony fragrance with good longevity. I just feel that Royal Water has it completely beat.