Reviews of Green Irish Tweed (1985)
by Creed

I liked the wearing I got from a sample and was surprised at the longevity since I expected less. I'm not a big fan of violet, but I like it in this juice. From top to drydown. it was linear and pleasant with decent projection. The sandalwood was very good holding anchor.

Is it worth $120 plus per bottle? Not to me, but price point aside, this is a very nice scent that will get the wearer noticed.

I'll throw in my 2 cents. I really enjoy this scent. But the reason I do is because I wore Cool Water for 5-6 years in the early 90s and have never had more compliments. I even own a bottle now. There is a different note in GIT that makes the drydown a little less sweet for me but overall I can't say that it changes much at all compared to CW. In fact CW lasts about 2 hours longer than GIT on me and I have tried drydown tests with both. So I will give it a thumbs up because it is a great sscent but I would spend my money for longevity and overall on CW and go get something else...or 2-3 something elses..with the change.

Don't believe the hype. It will NOT turn you into a super-sexy all conquering love-god. It will make you smell like an ordinary, well-groomed, pleasant smelling member of the male masses. The people who say it garners compliments when wearing it will receive them from people who become aware of it, because it has quite strong sillage, and smells very 'fragrancey'. It is NOT unpleasant, but neither is it intriguing, different, characterful or individual. It smells extremely generic - a very typically male fragrance that you feel you have smelt somewhere before. It reminds me of the kind of fragrance you smell in a locker room applied by some typical stock broker type guy after a hard game of squash. A safe bet fragrance for men with little imagination. I'd even go as far as saying that it smells like a pleasantly fragranced deodourant. Disasterous when you think of how expensive it is! Now don't get me wrong. Though I'm not impressed by GIT, I am a BIG fan of other Creed scents. In fact, scents like SMW and Himalaya are the OPPOSITE of GIT. They are majestic in their high quality smell. They have an exclusive smell that really does seem fit for royalty. Others will bow to your superiority when you smell like a Prince. Wear GIT and they will slap you on the back as 'one of the guys.'

A classic. Long lasting, decent sillage, very versatile. Careful with the trigger, it can get overbearing. In moderation it is a very pleasant scent. Nothing outrageous or outstanding about this Creed, not by modern standards anyway, just a good scent.

It took me 3 weeks to track down a bottle of this stuff so I could sample it, and boy am I glad I did. The notes are all things I really like and they are blended to perfection. One of the beatiful things about Creed fragrance is that they seem to set differently on each person's skin. They smell a bit different on each and every wearer so you should try this for yourself to be 100% sure you like it. The only comment is that on my skin which is extremely dry, the scent doesn't last long enough.

I used to say this smelled a lot like Cool Water, I still say that because many still confuse this for Cool Water when I wear it. However I can detect the smoothness, and richness that is lacking in Cool Water that is found here in Green Irish Tweed. Great silage and longevity and a beautiful scent overall.

What a rip off, i like the smell but i put it on & the smell only lasted about 10 mins, has anyone else had the same effect, absolutly no lasting smell?

I bought a bottle blind of this because of all the positive hype here on Basenotes. Big Mistake! I had heard that the opening is objectionable to some and the "magic" of GIT comes after the opening notes burn off. Well, yes the opening notes are really hard for me to take and it does smell better after about an hour and a half. Upon application it smells like ultra strong green apple/pinneapple syrup - somebody spilled the bottle. I guess this noxious green syrupy scent comes from the lemon + verbena + violet leaves - but wherever it comes from it is very unpleasant. After an hour or so the strong citrus tartness calms down a little and iris and violet become more prominent for a smoothe elevating scent combined with the green apple which is still there - smells sort of minty. Its OK after a couple hours, but not great. Actually it reminds me of other 1990's scents that area pinneapple tart and shallow. The ambergris basenote adds to the shimmering quality of the violet and iris and it is getting better. But I just can not get past the opening tartness - which by the way never really dies out. Actually, after the opening calms down this fragrance is sort of fresh and clean feeling - very similar to Irish Spring soap at this point. . . . ..

I just received a sample of this fragrance in the mail and I must say it is quite enticing. It is almost as if some one bottled Irish Spring soap in a bottle as a fragrance...but yet it is deeper than that.
From the get go I could smell faint similarities between this and MI. Though obviously they both dry down to scents that are totally different. I feel that this is a great fragrance for any time of day and any occasion. I couldn't believe that anyone would find this offensive, but as with any fragrance, body chemistry can ruin any good fragrance that works well on everybody.

It's clean, crisp and I feel and smell shower clean after I put it on.

A scent that will truly cure any problems concerning being attractive to women! They are drawn to this like bees to honey in any situation. To compare GIT to Cool Water is blasphemy in itself despite to similarity in the way the smell at the opening phase. After that, no contest! Long live GIT...

Well, whenever i come across a new scent, i hope it's something which i have never smelled before, something unique; i didnt get tht feel when i sniffed GIT, same thin happened when i sniffed Chanel PM, but then i thought, maybe the scents im referrin to were inspired by these. another aspect which i noticed only recently was that it was released in 1985, now was'nt tht the era of heavyweights and intense perfumes?

GIT is never too loud and is a classy scent with subtle developments. Though the opening is citrus based, this one's tempered with something very musky sweet, almost powdery quality, somethin in the vain of CK be. Some notes in it, never allows the citrus to add its brightness. the base is again a very comforting musky, ambery drydown. also, something about GIT has a "cooling" effect to it, cant really put my finger on it..

This is definitely for someone who is not looking to gather attention, but will still do in a very nice way. nothing in it can possibly offend anyone, i guess it's in its simplicity of design, comfort and wearability that GIT has won over. is it worth the price, well, very subjective... but i find this one very wearable on a daily basis, something i could comfortably wear in front of my CEO, i only wish i could afford it time to time. :)

there are some notes in it which is very common used in deodrants, hence the familiarity. similarity to CW lasts for 5 mins and not anythin beyond that, the Violets have been treated with so much finesse and Subtlety here, unlike CW where its loud and brash. so, for those who are not trying this one out thinking it CW, please reconsider. CW is really nowhere close to GIT.

GIT last over 4 hours on me which is enjoyable, thereafter moderate sillage.

WOW! I purchased this on the reviews alone, and man, I am amazed and glad that I did! It has a very fresh scent, with a slight citrus note. I think one of the reviews said that it smelled like tweed, it does! Mix freshly laundered petticoats with a freshly shaven man who has just come in from the rain, that's Green Irish Tweed. It also has a very classy smell as well.

I continue to smell my arm just because it's one of those smells that not only commands attention, but it's one that I would like to cuddle up with on a warm summer day. This fragrance turns heads, and is a keeper for me.

I'll be honest; I don't like this. It just isn't my genre. I didn't try it on my skin; it might do something magic there, but it would have to pull a rabbit out of a hat to make me want to wear it. I'm not getting any of the listed notes. Without looking, I thought it was ozonic. It was so airy, so intense, so persistent. I thought maybe it had a bit of lavendar or herbs. After I read the notes, I might agree with violet leaves, which are rather sharp and vegetal, but more salty in my opinion. This fragrance is so big and airy it's almost windy, or even watery. It's definitely masculine. I didn't enjoy it.

One of my favourites. Has a bit of a reputation as being passe to perfume collectors in the way that Cool Water is passe to everyone else but it will still be very individual to 99% of people you meet in the 'real world'.
Similarities to Cool Water are more pronounced for the first hour, after that, GIT definitely has a more complex middle and base that warms very nicely.
As close to a fragrance that can be worn any time of day, any time of year as there is.

Beautifully constructed, paramount sillage and longevity, amazing smell. Not much can be said of the way it smells than what has been said. And yes, it is reminiscent of Cool Water at the start. Irrelevant. Smells way better than Cool Water anyway. Not Creed's best, but it's so popular because it is so good.

THIS IS AN AMAZING FRAGRANCE.BUT LONGEVITY IS NOT GOOD.IT ONLY LAST 10 MINUITES TOPS ON ME.SO ITS NOT WORTH THE PRICE.

I have been lured by the name of the scent evoking something woody, fresh and old world. In fact, this is something salty, tacky and nauseous as an overripe fruit.
It has a note which I think is common to very commercial scents of today which is very strange given the very high quality and complexity of many Creed scents.
Love other green Creeds, Epicea, Cypres Musc and, especially, Original Vetiver are spectacular.

I actually cannot wear this around my girlfriend. She has been known to attack me when I have it on!!!!!!

I wore this to a very fun event in which I volunteered my time to help out someone whose house had had a fire. I was hoping to replicate the cheery, amiable mood by wearing a highly peer-rated fragrance. I can say that it lasted all day. I smelled everything from top notes to drydown. I was hard working for 10 hours straight. I smelled this all day long. I didn't like it as much as I "should have" according to many reviews (not just Basenotes). This did indeed last all day long. I enjoyed the fact that no other perfume I've worn hadn't done this.

I've had the chance to smell Cool Water. Cool Water is a little sweeter (for lack of a better term). It smells similar to GIT, I can't deny that. GIT has more of a metallic nature to it, something alien. I'd imagine this is what it would smell like on a Romulan ship (apologies for a Star Trek reference). Romulans are cold but emotional. Treachery is their way. I could imagine their ships smell like GIT. A cold, bold and metallic scent. The scent of deceiving conquerers.

In short, a metallic, fresh fougere style fragrance taht has great longevity on my skin.... but I don't like everything about it. As much as I'd like to knock a "god" off its pedestal, I will be neutral on my opinion.

For me it is one of the best niche fragrance out there. It is green-fresh also warm and smooth. If you wear this scent longer you will recognize that it is more than Cool Water. The lasting power is very good (last the whole day). Best Creed scent and I own 9 different Millésime bottles...point blank.

The other reviewers who compare this to Davidoff Cool Water are right.
A richer, more floral version of Cool Water.
Still, very very similar.
I like them both.

Green Irish Tweed is a very fresh, clean, and enjoyable fragrance. GIT is truly worthy of being called a modern classic. It is not hard to see why GIT remains so popular. GIT is very similar to Cool Water, but to my nose GIT is the better of the two products with velvety smooth ingredients that harmonize incredibly well together.

The only two downsides to this fragrance are it's high cost and low to medium longevity. On both cost and longevity Cool Water can claim a minor victory though GIT still out classes it.

I can't believe how delicious this smells on me. I'm a chypre chick all the way yet still because I am a female my body chemistry really responds to the verbena and the iris. And so on me it's like a bouquet of iris and verbena wrapped in bark with 'leaves' of moss trailing from it. As for sillage I'm not really getting it, so on me it lays close to the skin. And not even a trace of bitterness from the lemon.

Don't get me wrong, I would NEVER rate this perfume with dumbs down. It's greatly crafted and it smells nice, but it's just not my thing!

I prefer Himalaya and MI, but that's personal.

Try before you buy!

I like the smell of GIT very much, but I cannot say that this is how I would like to smell. I would like my bedding to smell like after being fresh out of the dryer. Indeed GIT reminds me of the smell of some laundry detergents and fabric softeners – very clean and slightly floral. I suspect violet leaves are the dominant note here and while I get decent longevity I cannot say that I get the typical Creed ambergris drydown.

In view of the existence of counterfeit GIT that has been discussed ad infinitum on Basenotes, I cannot help but wonder how many (if any) of the Basenotes reviews were of a fake product. I also think it would be possible for a woman to wear GIT. I would be curious to know if anyone has had similar thoughts or success with that.

This review is under revision.

A very nice scent for Spring and Summer. It's a very clean and sophisticated scent. I just wish it would stay a little longer on my skin for the price... but overall a Very nice scent.

I've been warned!
Just bought a sample of the juice and tried it twice already
maybe I should try it once again because I see very, VERY little difference with (may be less vulgar and vinegary-metalic-straight-forward, more delicate clean linen) the later Pierre Bourdon's Cool Water.
Gees, I thought this guy hated immitations...
Though it's kinna fresh, clean and average joe friendly...I'm still not a fan.
as for the oppening, the verbena note could have got much nicer in my opinion. The so called-lemon note just make it fell like hyper fresh (very sythetic) vinegary citrus... very bitter n mettalic.
I must admit that it leaves that first feeling for a shorter period of time than cool water which is more linear in my opinion and the difference between tese two fragrances start to show when you reach GIT's middle and ending notes which are more delicate, soft n smooth, balanced... clean linen, green and slightly powdery effects
well made but I don't think that we will remember this frag as something great in 20 years from now. However, this fragrance has influenced a whole generation of perfumes and I can understand why a lot of people like it

I've tried to like this one—I bought a bottle blind and I didn’t worry about my first response to it because I know it often takes me a while to warm up to a fragrance. Well, three years have come and gone and I’m still not warmed up. Looking at the pyramid, I feel that I should love it. I guess the problem is the violet leaves. In the opening I don’t smell any lemon or verbena—I get violet leaves and vetiver. In the middle notes I don’t get any Iris—I get violet leaves. I do not find this a pleasant violet smell; in fact it is a thin green-in-a-very-annoying-synthetic-way note. Only when the violet wears off, do I smell anything that I would call pleasant: The dry down is the typical Creed drydown, which is almost always quite satisfyingly impressive, but on my skin it also has the typical Creed lack of longevity, so everything about this scent eventually becomes a losing proposition. This was a rather expensive lesson and I hope I have learned from it. I gotta vote this one thumbs down.

One of my basic business, meet-with-a-client, board-of-trustees fragrances. Near unversal in its appeal, well-made to a fault, and utterly "safe" in almost any setting. Not particularly exciting, but just as comfy and dependable as that old tweed sportcoat in my closet. Becoming a bit overexposed, but still enormously useful. Amazing sillage, though little lasting power. The latter trait doesn't bother me, since I consider this scent strictly daytime and will almost always put on something more exotic at night.

GIT is, I think for many, an "acquired taste," especially to those not familiar with Creed. To mirror Ruggles comments below, the first time I tried GIT I didn't like it. It was the first Creed I ever tried and it did smell very Green with an almost vinegary smell that reminded me a lot of Cool Water. I have since come to know Creed fragrances through Imperial Milesime, SMW and Himalaya and I have now also come to appreciate the accords that run through these products. Now I can proudly say GIT is a wonderful, manly expression of these accords and makes for a great addition to my wardrobe. GIT is so much more than Cool Water, although I certainly understand the similarity. While Cool Water gets stale and fades away, GIT continues to give me hours of wonderful smells ... longetivity is quite good.

Along side Ungaro III, the best perfume ever! Incredibly elegant and sophisticated, this woody fragrance is for the man who understands the importance of a perfect look and attitude. The Creed man is a gentleman... his shirt is always clean and his shoes are always polished.

P.S. I don't smell anything green in this one...

Great scent, although it stays too close to my skin. Longevity and sillage is below average. I don't know if it is just this bottle, but I've kept this one refrigerated and another bottle in my cologne storage. The bottle in the ref lasted longer on my skin and the top notes came out as soon as I sprayed it on. The one thing about this scent, it's worth the money. It drives people crazy not being able to pin point the brand. It tends to last longer on my wife and my teenage son. I am not sure if keeping it in a cool place helps, but it does keep the the scent longer.

This gets big kudos from most of Basenotes, so naturally my expectations were pretty high. I smelled it and laughed. It was like a weak Aspen..


It is just a okay green scent.. Way overhyped...

It is tempting to invoke comparisons of Green Irish Tweed (GIT) to Davidoff's Cool Water, but seeing as to how the former preceded the latter by three years, it is really a moot issue. Whether it is Creed's GIT or MI; both are house originals that seemed to have been imitated by the likes of other more mass marketed perfumeries.

GIT is a classic scent, a strong scent and a clean scent. Its crisp citrus overtones are fleshed out by the more herbal and floral middle tones into an epitome of summertime delight. The beauty is that the citrus scent is retained by the aromatic and woody finish that leaves the skin smelling like a warm summer glade. Unlike Cool Water, which I found to have a more artificial and synthetic after-smell, GIT completes this masterpiece with a velvety and organic finish that gives the entire scent unrivaled uniqueness.

Colors I would associate with this scent would be Moss Green, Lime Green, Turquoise followed by orange and yellow and finally sustaining an Emerald Green and Teal finish. It certainly puts the "green" in Green Irish Tweed.

What can I say, this is THE Creed that didn't make me feel bad about spending over one hundred dollars for a bottle of perfume.

Some reviewers here compared this to a freshly-mowed grass...well...I don't know...not for me...as a matter of fact, I don't smell anything "green" about GIT (ironic, indeed). Original Vetiver smells more "green" than this one. Not that I'm complaining, though.

Some reviewers also recommend this as a summer fragrance...not for me...the opening citrus notes is already gone within the first half-hour on a warm summer.

Also, the fragrance just doesn't last very long...ESPECIALLY during summer.

All in all, despite the disappointing longevity...if you need to buy one Creed, this is what I recommend.

This is a bit strange, but the visual I got immediately after smelling this at Neiman Marcus was tweed. Yes, tweed. It was as if my nose was experiencing what my eyes and fingers would if I was holding and touching a pice of tweed fabric. That said, awesome fragrance, last for a long time, def worth the money. Do yourself a favor, don't buy it on eBay (99% fakes). I have a feeling the people who thumbed this down but their copy on eBay.

This has GOT to be one of the most magnificent fragrances.

Very FRESH, and the sillage is INCREDIBLE!
I have no more words for this fragrance. The smell exceeds the cost!

THUMBS............
upppppppppppppppp!

A couple of observations:

Cons:
1. To me, GIT doesn't live up to its name, I get an association to purple, not green at all. It must be the violet and iris.

2. GIT is from 1985, which I didn't know when I purchased a bottle. Strangely, one of my first thoughts when I tried it for the first time was "this is 80's stuff". It's rather generic, and there's a certain coldness to the composition,in an 80's kind of way. I can't pinpoint it further, it's just a feeling.

3. I would love to love this much talked about fragrance, but a chip on my shoulder keeps whispering "This smells cheap", because of the above mentioned reason.

Pros:
1. There are no odd or false notes. The composition and development is logical and flawless.

2. On my skin the sillage and longevity is very good. Lasts most of a day.

3. I get an uplifting feeling from GIT. It's a positive fragrance, albeit in a 80's kind of way.

OMG, this smells exactly like Davidoff's Cool Water, which I used to own. While I like the smell, I don't like the Creed price so I'd say buy Cool Water instead.

1 year ago I tried GIT and thought to myself, "another boring green scent." Well, what a difference a year makes! Thanks, in part to Basenotes, and slowly weening my nose off, the largely synthetic, designer frags, I can now appreciate the beauty of all things Creed, Malle, Lutens, etc.
GIT, along with my other favorite Creed Vanisia, speaks of quality, balance and refinement. GIT is evocative of being outside in nature while Cool Water can only only be evocative of being inside of a Sephora.

This isn't my favorite fragrance, but it may be the most elegant one I own. Useful for when I want to make an unmistakably positive impression and still keep my own nose interested. It has been a while since I've worn it, and having just spritzed I'm getting a slightly salty note that I never noticed before. Is that coming from the ambergris? It does smell expensive... Maybe because, like all Creeds I've tried, it lacks that aldehydic thing so common in the mainstream. GIT may be somewhat overplayed these days, but perhaps that's because it's so solid and dependable.

Those who dont like this fragrance must have some problem with their nose :).

Wanting to climb up the ladder to the exclusive perfumes,I bought GIT based on the reviews and all the thumbs up. Honstly, I was utterly disappointed. The perfume disappears in a matter of 3-4 hours and needs at least 6-8 sprays to release the subtle notes of violet and ambergris.
I plan to buy SMW and Himalaya next, but, not without trying :)

I agree…smells like a rich warmer version of Cool Water by Davidoff. However…the magic is in the dry down! Safe buy if you ask me.

If you are obsessed with the highest quality and consider yourself conservative, by all means try it. If you wear Brooks Brothers and go to a club, you must own it. If you have an inkling to widen your olfactory world even just a bit, skip it. There are more interesting Creeds (and other high quality niche houses to explore). Try Imperial, Bois du Portugal, Erolfa, Chevrefeuille Original (my personal favorite Creed underdog plug) or Vintage Tabaróme.

i'm guessing jon_remy is bashing this because he can't afford it since his entire review focuses on the cost as do most negative creed reviews. yes, it is a safe scent and it's not as unique as virgin island water, etc, but cost aside, it is a great scent. come one people, if it costs too much, buy something else than bash otherwise very pleasant scents (though i will admit creed is quite sub-par in longevity... i've gone through an eighth inch of virgin island water in three days.)

Without wishing to be a sheep, I must agree with many that this is the absolute best Creed in my view.

Absolutely brilliant classy fragrance - one that definitely gets people asking questions. When I try to explain to people what sets Creed apart from many mass market frags, I try to explain how clean, fresh and REAL they smell. Nothing shows that off better than GIT in my view. People will say "oh that smells a bit like...." but will always comment on how, well, expensive it smells!

Lasts well on me - damn, I go through this far to quickly. Love wearing this on a night out.

This will be 104 reviews on GIT.. love it or hate it.. this is THE frag, enough said.

enjoy

I'm a fresh member of this side and since I saw thi side Creed was just a fragrane brand for me and the other thing I knew that it was an expensive brand, but after seeing here that it was chosen as a best or one of the best fragrances a few times, then I got ver curious. There isjust one small shop where I live in Netherlands sells that brans, so I went there to give it a try. I tried GID and some others. I have th same idea like the other members: t smells like Cool Water. Actually I hould say that Cool Water smells like GIT because GIT is formulated before CW. But if you have a good nose and expeience than you can smeel that GIT is not as simple as CW. It is complexer than CW. Most of my friends and colleagues thought that it was CW.

So this one has been reviewed to "death" as well, so I will keep this short...decent scent. The first decent scent from Creed that I have smelled comparing to SWM and Himalaya. However, I don't know why it is considered to be for men and women as it is more masculine than a unviversal fragrance and I do not get the comparison with "Cool Water" at all.

I have little experience with Creeds so I'm willing to accept that my nose hasn't acclimated to this house's perculiarities. That said, however, I was nonplussed by GIT. It came across as so polite, so safe, so...boring. I had almost no reaction to it other than to find it completely and utterly inoffensive.

The "green" I got was like fresh green twigs and smoke. Or peatmoss being burned in a furnace on a foggy cold Sunday morning. The images I got from the scent were far more evocative than the actual scent itself. I think GIT must be the ultimately safety scent, perfect for business, meeting the parents, funerals, and weddings.

Arrived today. I bought it without being able to sample it and as I read
the reviews visions of the awful Cool Water corriander and sage notes clanging on my co-workers' nostrils gave me a couple of sleepless hours.
Honestly, some people are quite good at writing scathing opinions and others
at what looks like a review , but is really just a chance to say "boardroom"
as if they golf there daily.

This is blended so perfectly and with such quality ingredients that you can count the ingredients with you nose as if it were a checklist. As clear as music and the genius of design as apparent. All one need do is look at the ingredient list and decide if such
things appeal to them. There are no harsh, moldy notes like old grass or
the funny smell of mixed cooking spices
one finds in Cool Water. I just love the stuff.

Why would you waste $200 on Green Irish Tweed, when you can get Cool Water for $28 on the internet. I suppose this line of fragrance is a mere status symbol and for those of us (I wish) who can just throw money away, like movie star and Royalty. Boy, doesn't Creed squeeze the $$$ out of those two groups. In my opinion, ALL Creed fragrances have an underlying note that is similar. These fragrances are just TOO highly priced, and besides what people on the street are going to notice the alleged more complex GIT than Cool Water. I bet if you took a poll, most people would prefer the Cool Water. Anyway, Creed apparently appeals to the wealthy, and Creed is gonna "milk" that segment of society for all it's worth. I betcha the ingredients in a bottle of GIT are only worth a couple of dollars and they're charging $200 for it. I'll stick to my Givenchy and Yves St. Laurent fragrances--they're way superior to Creed, in my opinion, that is. Also, I have noticed that most Creed fragrances have a "stale" note about them. Sorry, Creed, but in my opinion you're just a status symbol fragrance charging outlandish prices for fragrances that should cost no more than $40 a bottle. I would think people would cringe to think of spending $200 on a bottle of fragrance. In fact, every time I've worn a Creed fragrance I've NEVER gotten noticed or complimented. However, when I would wear any YSL or Givenchy fragrance (Insense, Kouros, Jazz, Givenchy Gentleman, Xeryus, YSL Haute Concentration PH, Opium, etc.), I ALWAYS get compliments. I would rather spend $200 on 6 bottles of Givenchy Gentleman than one bottle of ANY Creed fragrance. Oh, well, just my opinion, but Cool Water is just as good as GIT, if not better.

Excellent stuff. Classy indeed. I always keep a bottle on hand, as it works well in most social situations and most climates, including the warmer ones. It seems to vary a bit from "vintage" to "vintage" in terms of concentration and/or the ratio of components as I've had bottles that seemed to have different "emphases" in the composition, and some that had great staying power while others faded rather quickly. It must be the "Tweed" in the name and the Cary Grant connection, but it has a sort of sartorial aura about it that I reflexively associate with those cool old black-and-white movies from the late 50's and early 60's. Thumbs up.

Firstly, GIT is an amazing frag. Addictive, alluring and refreshing. The opening is fantastic - reminds me of Sherbet Lemon's - a delicately balanced mixture of intense lemon and green undertones. This opening is so good that it smells edible to me. I just want to lick myself when I spray on GIT, it really is that intense.
After the opening comes an incredible green drydown which is good but never really matches the opening for me as the lemon (my fave note) seems to ebb away.

Comparisions to cool water are justified but GIT is just in a completely different class. Cool water is very short lived in comparison to GIT. I own both and I do like cool water but it is a long way off the high std set by GIT.

One thing I think some creeds get unfairly punished for is poor longevity - the problem is that the initial strength is so great that the drydown can seem weak but when I compared creed longevity to run of the mill frags the creed fruity / green / marine drydowns lasted lomger then their rivals and were only bested by silage monsters like Gucci Pour Homme which lasts forever on me.

Badly over rated. I do not understand the cult of Creed. Expensive and stong smelling are the best you can say about GIT and most Creed scents.

I bought a bottle of Green Irish Tweed a month ago. I was fully expecting it to smell like Cool Water, but I bought it anyway--My reasoning being that Original Vetiver smelled identical to Mugler's Cologne at first, but after a while I could detect a world of difference.

Well... When I got my bottle of GIT, sure enough it smelled like Cool Water. I was slightly saddened because I liked the way GIT smelled, but I was certain that anyone who smelled it would identify me as a guy who wears Cool Water.

But you know what? I can't stop wearing this stuff regardless! At first it seemed kind of mediocre, but the quality is first rate and the multifaceted drydown is addicting. I almost don't care if people think it IS Cool Water, because it just smells incredible.

Just last night I stopped in a Sephora and did a quick spritz of Cool Water on a paper strip--I should have put it on skin... But yep, it was similar in smell to GIT. But while they smell similar, Green Irish Tweed has much more complexity and allure about it.

To enjoy it, you really have to divorce yourself from thoughts of Cool Water, and just enjoy it for the masterpiece that it is. And if you must recall Cool Water, remember, Green Irish Tweed was created first and Cool Water was the plagiarist.

Green Irish Tweed doesn't need to reinvent the wheel. It already invented it in the first place...

Smells just like Cool Water. Sure it came out first and lasts longer, but nobody will be able to tell the difference. Does it smell great? Of course. But if you want to fork over 100 dollars just to smell like a fragrance that sells for only 40, that is your choice.

If you really want to wear Creed, go for another fragrance, like Bois du Portugal. You will smell like a million bucks and like no one else.

Green Irish Tweed seems to have become a cult of sorts in the world of fragrance. So much so that I was tempted to buy it blind. Join a cult? What the heck! But a hundred bucks? Then I was at the mall and stumbled upon a little fragrance kiosk. I was perusing the men's scents and then was shocked to see it sitting there. With a trembling finger I pointed to it and asked the girl if I could try it. She said "Sure..." and proceeded to get the box. She was so non-chalant about it. Did she not know what she was holding in her hand? The Rosetta Stone of scent? The Gutenberg Bible of fragrance? The Holy Grail of the Art of Perfumerie?
She handed me the elegant bottle and I sprayed the scent on my wrist. I was about to enter the mysterious House of Creed! I was prepared to be nothing less that transported to the rolling hills of Ireland and beyond...Beyond Hibernian Bliss to some other realm that was perhaps an outer chamber of Heaven!
I drew my wrist to my nose and after an unbearable pause, inhaled. I did not soar. I crashed and burned and woke up to find myself in a mall. "Thank you" I meekly croaked to the girl and stumbled away. I sniffed again. Is that all there is? What does this have to do with Ireland? What does it have to do with the venerable textile? Is it even Green, for that matter?
I was distraught and confused. I sat down at a table in the food court and regained my composure. Now that I knew what Green Irish Tweed wasn't, I wanted to know what Green Irish Tweed was.
I smelled again. There was indeed a green overture, but it was a sickly green. Like those clots of grass that clog the underside of a lawnmower and have to be scraped out. Or more precisely like when the autumn leaves first start decaying in the gutter at the end of October. Not a good start. Eventually, this went away and there was a generic light green scent that could've been a weak cousin of Brut by Faberge. And that was it.
Thank goodness I didn't blow a hundred bucks on it. I'd rather wear the Brut.
I do, however, bet it smells pretty good on Quincy Jones. But then, probably everything smells good on Quincy Jones.

I bought this because of the hype and am a bit disppointed. The scent is really nice and all but doesn't really last atleast on my skin. I'll try the millessime imperial next

This is a standard that should be on any refined gentleman's fragrance shelf. Just strong enough to announce your presence, but not overbearing or overwhelming. The ladies I know (including the most important one in my life) tell me this one makes thier knees buckle. The great thing about it is, that while women swoon - it is still classy enough to be worn to the office. The sandlewood and floral notes in this combine to project an image of refined power. One that doesn't have to be brash or braggy - just confident. I love this scent.

I like it, but it is not one of my favourites. There is the coolwater-alike thing in the top notes, though it does take a different turn from the heart onwards (the topnotes remain detectable for quite some time though).

I also find the creed house drydown a little sickly and overbearing at times. I really prefer the older creeds.

That said, this is a fantastically crafted scent with fabulous notes and development and logevity and sillage and I can see why so many love it.

I love Creed. I like Green Irish Tweed, but don't love it, because I don't love floral/citrus combinations. But, this is extremely well made. It lasts forever, goes with any occasion, and is generally very pleasant (but conventional).

With regard to the comparisons to Cool Water, Cool Water does indeed smell very similar to GIT - almost identical to my nose. But, there is a huge difference in longevity. Cool Water disappears in about an hour whereas GIT lasts 24 hours.

I like it a lot,but i don't want to smell like everybody,it's creed's best seller since many years. some similaraties with coolwater and polosport.GIT's drydown is wonderfull.

This blows Curve and Cool Water away. The quality is just so much better and the green opening and superb drydown make this one of the most versatile frags out there. The sillage and longevity are very good and almost as good as BDP. If green is your thing then try this one.

This is a strong empowering frag. A pleasure everytime I wear it due to the compliments from the ladies. It's a must have in every frag collection.

I just can't get into GIT...I keep trying and it starts out nice enough and promising. But then it starts to overwhelm and I feel like I'm enveloped in some kind of industrial sanitizer or deodorant. It's definitely a quality scent and has staying power, but I just don't like the scent. Original Vetiver, SMW, MI and Tabarome Millesime are working much better for me. Bummer.

After reading all of the glorious praise in various threads, I anxiously awaited my precious parcel. Finally it had arrived. Like a little boy on Christmas morning, the package was disemboweled. Oh my God, just the site of it made me grin from ear to ear. I trembled...Be careful, remove the cap with the hands of a Saint as not to spill a drop of this rare Liqueur. FINALLY, I am going to smell the absolute nectar of the gods...the tears of Aphrodite herself. What do I do? How do I put it on?..Where? A little on my wrists, that will do it...and then the moment of moments, the one I'll remember like my wedding, my first born son, my Grandparents Golden anniversary...all wrapped up into one ceremonious moment..."The Moment of TRUTH"

What the hell? There MUST be some mistake...NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I got robbed, that dirty S.O.B. refilled the bottle with....Coolwater???? I accidentally bought that stuff years ago and tossed it in the trash a few days later. Oh No, it can't be true, but alas, it is true. The sharp, piercing opening notes remind my of toilet bowl cleaner, after 10 minutes a musty background emerges with a now stale cut lawn finally overtaking the bathroom cleaner. later the clumps of overgrown cut grass are rained upon, left to bake in the sun and then raked over the white mold and bacterial digestive secretions which finish this dime store paperback romance novel...aren't they all alike?

Very disappointing to say the least. The one positive thing I can say though is, it is multi-dimensional.

What is to say that has not been said already. To me this is a very verastile fragnance. I could wear this anytime, anywhere, and in any type of weather. When I don't know what to wear for the day, I know GIT has got my back. The top notes give off a very green and earthy feeling which makes me feel clean, fresh, and one with nature. When the top notes leave I get an amazing sweet but earthy smell that takes my breath away. I would suggest Green Irish Tweed to just about anyone becuase it is so versatile. A must have in any collection.