Aspen for Men (1989)
by Coty (orig. by Quintessence)

I find it interesting when issues of longevity and originality become deal stoppers for scents that cost 1/7th the price of some far less wearable masterpieces. This one works nicely, a clean green machine that verges on being a wintergreen sport scent. Feel free to put the oakmoss basenote in the middle because the drydown is a tonedown that equals yet another compliment-getting scent that is yes indeed quite simple.

It would be nice for this one to get at least 3rd place in the mass-market category someday since it's one I would bet that the people vote for and actually wear more than just once and awhile or behind closed doors.

I really wanted to like this one, and early on I did completely. I still love the top notes, and always want to soak myself in it because it's so refreshingly unsweet. So there I stay for a while, high on the mountaintop in the crisp, idealized pine-forest air, and I gradually forget about it. Hours later, I smell my shirt to see what happened, and much to my dismay only dead crumbling leaves remain of the beautiful forest...very disappointing. Maybe I just need to go for broke and apply a ton of it, under the theory that it's cheap, clean and inoffensive enough to do so. But, man, if there's something out there with Aspen top notes lasting all day, I'd be all over it. That might just have to be Cool Water (sorry, guys)...the bottles and the opening phases are, after all, uncannily similar.

Anyone claiming that this will replace Cool Water or Green Irish Tweed in someone's wardrobe is dead long. This lacks all the youthful edge of Cool Water, or the well-blended elegance of Green Irish Tweed, leaving me with something barely worth its two and a half dollar price tag.

I like the ingredients. I don’t like the fragrance. I didn’t expect a lot from it, and I do enjoy some inexpensive scents. But this one has something that says “loud and synthetic.” It starts with a lemony, fresh-mint note. Then there is something very powerful and soapy, along with a really fake sort of lavender and vetiver. Very quickly this gets tiresome, even irritating.

Great frag, very woody and masculine imo.

an attempt at duplicating green irish tweed gone wrong... if Coty went into this scent trying to make it original i think it would have turned out better... why must everyone try and make these crap spin-offs of creed fragrances? don't get me wrong i love scent that it offers, just not as good as green irish tweed