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Grey Flannel (1976)
by Geoffrey Beene
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FIFI award winner in 1976
Grey Flannel Fragrance Notes
- Top Notes
- Violet, Lemon, Orange.
Middle Notes- Oakmoss.
Base Notes- Sandalwood.
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  |  Very clean from the opening. I've grown fond of the violet. This is a classic frag that is great to have around in your wardrobe.It smells like nothing else I have, even if it's a bit minimalistic in structure. It doesn't smell sparse however.....almost"amplified" if you will. From beginning to end, a classic scent that can be had at a great price. 06 September 2008 |
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| It's a classic alright. I loved smelling it on others when I was a kid, but it's not something I reach for very often as an adult. It's well constructed and quite green with a great big violet leaf blow in the face. Once it settles down into a bit of wood, it still keeps a lot of the green alive and turns rather linear. I like it, but I don't really want to smell like it. I appreciate it and would hate to see it discontinued after all these years. 18 August 2008 |
 | With that powdery, yet citrussy drydown, it´s hard for me to think of this as the classic "suit scent". This is one of the older colognes, that will make the people around you aware of the fact that you´re wearing one (cologne, that is). It definitely changes its character throughout the first hour or so, to become a distinct, somehow aristrocatic smell. It´s dandyish, and if that´s what you´re looking for, this the best you can get for your money. Forget about the fact that it´s old - old can be classy. 31 July 2008 |
 |  No, I don't hate it, but it's too suburbia prom night rented tuxedo retro 70's. Some like it out of nostalgia, others because they can't find a citrus with longevity and some plain like it. I'm not one of them, much too overbearing a juice, If you want a violet rush that's dignified and distinct, try Joseph Abboud. GF is too high a price to pay for longevity. Pass.18 July 2008 |
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| A stunning green/spicy chypre that highlights an incredible galbanum/violet/sage combination drying down to a beautiful woody/rooty base of cedar/oakmoss/vetiver. Excellent sillage! This scent is so distinct, you won't mistake it for anything else. Ideally suited for fall/winter. This is a classic and worth a try. 11 July 2008 |
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| Grey Flannel opens with a barrage of very dry, bitter herbal notes, supplemented by what smells to me like a very heavy dose of violet leaf. Over time a slightly sweeter mown grass accord enters to underpin the brusque top notes, but Grey Flannel remains a stark and craggy scent. Grey Flannel eventually matures into a blunt vetiver on a mossy cedar base, from which point it remains resolutely linear before fading away. Grey Flannel is clearly a product of that same decade that brought us the more trenchant and confrontational Yatagan, and I’m glad it’s survived for all these years. It makes a fine antidote to the host of faceless clean men’s fragrances that dominate today’s designer market. 26 June 2008 |
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