Greenergy (2000)
by Givenchy

SImple. Clear. Green. Understand it MEANT to be light and fresh and it does its job well. Green top and mossy base but not extremely mossy. Just plain ol' clean green. Fond of it but not in love.

To Greenergy fans who find this stuff hard to find, as of June 16, 2007, there were 50 x 50ml bottles of this stuff available on Ebay under the seller: universityfragrances at a great price too. Cost me 32.00 Canadian including shipping, so it will be even cheaper for Americans with the currency conversion and cheaper shipping fees. I just bought me a bottle. There are other people selling it for twice that much saying it is discontinued and rare, but it says at the top of this page it is still in production. I've never tried it before, but I know I will like it, so I give it a thumbs up already.

Very pleasant green chypre - I got this very cheaply in a taxfree shop. Although it's supposed to be for men it worked very well for me as a refreshing vetiver scent for the summer.

Greenergy fragrance notes include: lemon, tarragon, vetiver, oakmoss.
Like others, I am always interested in well-made green scents. Greenergy is exactly that sort of fragrance. It has a cheerful, crisp opening, with a bit of lemon. Green notes appear, first from tarragon and then vetiver. They combine to project a freshly-cut grass smell that is not floral but is dry and quite pleasing. The lemon/grass combo makes this a chypre. Moss stays in the background and mellows things out a bit. I’d classify this as a clean, effortless vetiver-based chypre, an easy introduction to the type. I will register disagreement with the good Baron (below): having tried Paul Smith for Men, I prefer Greenergy. While the two scents are similar, I find PSfM to be too sweet and floral for my taste. This is a good daytime and spring/summer scent.

Having tried the ultra-feminine Insense and the extremely mediocre Givenchy Pour Homme, I had little hope for this Givenchy which sure looked like a knockoff of Insense. I was sure surprised. This stuff is great. It's a wonderful Green fragrance that exemplifies chypres. It even has a somewhat calming effect on me when I smell it. Great spring, summer scent for those who wouldn't mind a little more green everywhere.

An outstanding Green fragrance. Very long lasting. Pretty quick drydown then settles in to a classy warm scent. In my top ten for sure. Seems to be a little hard to find.